These Grinch Cake Mix Cookies are super easy to make with a box of cake mix and a few other simple ingredients. These cookies are fun, festive, and delicious!

overhead view of grinch cake mix cookies with small candy decorative heart at the center ready to serve on a cookie serving plate

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Grinch Cake Mix Cookies: Why You Will Love Them!

They’re a great introduction to cake mix cookies if you’ve never had them. I’m a huge fan of cake mix cookies – they’re a great and quick way to make cookies, and the customizations are endless.
Kids will love making these cookies. If you’re looking for a fun and easy cookie to make in the kitchen with kids, this recipe is a great fit!
These cookies are a fun addition to bake sales and cookie swaps. Grinch cookies definitely stand out on cookie platters.

Ingredients Needed for Cake Mix Grinch Cookies

Ingredient quantities for this easy cake mix Grinch cookies recipe are located in the recipe card at the end of the post.

White cake mix
Vegetable oil (or melted butter)
Eggs
Vanilla extract
Green food coloring
Powdered sugar
Heart-shaped sprinkles – I used the red hearts from this heart sprinkle set
Optional: green sugar sprinkles

Check out your cake mix box to make sure it’s 15.25 oz! Due to shrinkflation, some boxes of cake mix are smaller now.

How to Make Grinch Cake Mix Cookies (Quick Overview)

The section below outlines a few details. The full process in detail is located in the recipe card at the end of the post.

These cookies are a total breeze to make!

Start by preheating your oven, then grab a large bowl and mix together the dry cake mix, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract until it just starts to come together.

overhead view of eggs and cake mix in mixing bowl ready to be combined

Once it’s mixed, add some green food coloring and stir until you get the shade of green you like.

overhead view of ingredients being folded together to combine with a silicone spatula

As you can see below (and in the finished cookies), I made this batch a little on the lighter side and didn’t fully incorporate the green food coloring. I love the swirl effect it creates in the finished cookies. Feel free to make your cookies as light or as dark as you’d like! 💚

Cover the dough and pop it in the fridge for about an hour.

Don’t skip the chilling step! This makes the dough easier to form into balls, as well as helps make sure the final cookies have a festive crinkled look.

ingredients combined and green food color added to the mix and folded together until the mix is entirely green using a silicone spatula

When you’re ready to bake, take the dough out of the fridge and preheat your oven to 350°F.

Set up a small bowl with powdered sugar for rolling the cookies. If you’re using green sugar sprinkles, pour those into another bowl.

Roll the dough into 1 ½-inch balls, coat them in the powdered sugar, and place them about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Once you’ve got a full tray of cookie balls, roll them again in either the powdered sugar or green sprinkles for a second coat.

overhead view of sheet pan of the green cookie dough balled up and evenly spaced and ready to be placed into the oven

Bake one sheet at a time for 9–11 minutes, just until the edges are set.

Make sure to bake these only one sheet at a time. More than one sheet creates too much moisture in the oven, which can also impact the crinkle look.

When they come out of the oven, carefully press a red heart onto each cookie, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool. Enjoy!

overhead view of grinch cookies cooling on a sheet pan with decorative heart placed in the center of each cookie

Enjoy! 💚❤

Here’s what the final cookies look like with two coats of powdered sugar:

overhead view of grinch cake mix cookies stacked and ready to serve on a serving platter

And here is what they look like with one coat of powdered sugar and one coat of green sprinkles (as you can see, I used more sprinkles on some cookies than others).

overhead view of cake mix grinch cookies with green sprinkles and decorative candy heart at the center stacked on a serving plate

To store:

For up to five days: in an airtight container on the countertop or in the fridge
For up to two months: in an airtight, freezer-safe container in the freezer

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I hope you love these cookies as much as we do in my household!

overhead view of cake mix grinch cookies with small decorative candy hearts in the center all lined up on a green surface and ready to serve

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