Make a festive treat in minutes with this St Patrick’s Day Cookies recipe. The secret is a cake mix, and you can make these quickly for a delicious cookie.
I try to make things special for the kids and they really love when I make these St Patrick’s Day cake cookies. With only a few ingredients needed, I literally can make this cookie recipe any day of the week.
They are so easy that I also have time to make St Patrick’s Day Rainbow Cookies, St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes and St. Patrick’s Day Lime Jell-O Poke Cake.
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Why We Love This Recipe
They are soft and delicious and just incredibly decadent. Each bite is so sweet and delicious with the white chocolate chips. The ingredients are simple, and the cake mix is so easy to use.
I also make a similar recipe for Valentine’s Day using Valentine’s Day Cake Mix Cookies Recipe. I also love to make Leprechaun Bait.
If you prefer a sugar cookie recipe with a cookie cutter, try Shamrock Cookies using shamrock cookie cutters. This is more of a sugar cookie dough with traditional ingredients such as baking powder, vanilla extract, salt and all-purpose flour. Whereas this recipe for crinkle cookies uses a cake mix.
Ingredients
- Box of White Cake Mix. Any brand is fine.
- Green Food Coloring. Gives the cookies the perfect green color.
- Eggs. Room temperature eggs help the cookies to bake evenly.
- Vegetable Oil. Makes the cookies moist due to the fat content but without the extra water in butter.
- White Chocolate Chips. Always use a good quality chocolate. I like to use Ghirardelli.
Find the complete ingredient list and st patrick s day cookie recipe at the bottom of the page.
Recipe Variations
- Change the Chocolate Chips – Use milk chocolate chips instead of white chocolate.
- Cake Mix Variations – Substitute chocolate cake mix for the white cake mix.
- Add in Sprinkles – Add sprinkles to the cookies to make them even more festive. Green sugar sprinkles are so pretty.
- Ice the Cookies – You can top the cookies with cream cheese frosting for added flavor.
- Cookie Sandwiches – Make a cookie sandwich with frosting in the middle. You can also ice cream in the middle of two cookies.
- Powdered – One the cookies are finished cooking, dust the tops with powdered sugar.
Step By Step Instructions
- Step 1. – Prepare Oven – First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2. Combine the boxed cake mix, eggs and oil together in a large bowl. Once you combine dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, the batter will be thick, but this is normal. I don’t use a stand mixer or hand mixer. I prefer to combine by hand instead of using an electric mixer.
Step 3. Mix in food coloring until the dough is the color that you desire.
Step 4. Fold in the White Chocolate Chips.
Step 5. Use a cookie scoop to scoop out the cookies and place on cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and serve.
Pro Tips
- Cookie Scoop – We recommend using a cookie scoop to start the dough into balls. This way the cookie dough balls are about the same size.
- Cooling Cookies – To cool the cookies before serving, place on a cooling rack.
- Line Baking Sheet – For easy cleanup and to easily remove cookies for baking pan, line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
- Cake Mix Ingredients – When making this cake, you only need the 4 ingredients listed. There is no need to add the ingredients from the cake mix box.
Storage
After your cookies have completely cooled, place in an airtight container. Separate the layers using wax paper. Store at room temperature for up to week.
How to Freeze?
Make sure that the cookies cool completely before freezing. Place the cooked cookies on a baking sheet. Then place it in the freezer for at least 1 hour. After this time, move them to a freezer bag for up to 2-3 months.
Freezing the cookie individually for an hour, allows you to take out small serving without having to defrost a large portion.
Defrost them at room temperature and then they are ready to enjoy! I love just pulling a few out at dinner time and they’re usually defrosted out in time for green St Pattys dessert.
More St Patrick’s Day Desserts
- St. Patrick’s Day Rice Krispie Treats
- McDonalds Shamrock Shake Recipe
- Edible Gold Oreos
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Guinness Brownies
- Grasshopper Pie
Go ahead and try these easy St Patrick’s Day Cookies. Then come back and leave a comment and star rating.
St Patrick’s Day Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 white cake mix
- Green Food Coloring
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix the cake mix, eggs and oil together in a large bowl. (Batter will be thick). Mix in food coloring until the dough is the color that you desire.
- Then stir in the white chocolate chips.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop out the cookies and place on cookie sheets leaving about 2 inches between each cookie.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until cookies brown SLIGHTLY on the edges.
- Allow to cool completely and then serve.
These were a hit with my family on St. Patrick’s Day!! They were moist, delicious and festive. Will definitely make them again.
These were fun and quick. I made them for a ladies lunch at church. The only problem I had was removing them from my silicone cookie sheet after they baked. I baked them for 10 minutes and used a teaspoon, they poof up quite a bit. They wanted to stick, problem solved by letting them cool longer. I was in a hurry so my bad. Thanks for the recipe, at my house it’s sure to be a seasonal cookie in March.
I’m so glad you loved them!