Chocolate Cowboy Cake Mix Cookies

Traditionally, cowboy cookies are loaded with coconut, nuts, oats, and chocolate chips and go by many names, IE, Laura Bush cookies and the Everything Cookie, depending on where you’re from.

This version keeps all those classic, hearty mix-ins but starts with a chocolate cake mix, making them extra rich, chocolatey, and unbelievably easy to make.

No complicated steps, no chilling the dough, just mix, scoop, drop, and bake!

Perfect for bake sales, potlucks, holidays, or when you need a quick dessert with big flavor, these cookies are soft, chewy, and customizable to whatever you have on hand.

If you are a cookie jar cookie lover, do try my family’s Original Cowboy AKA Everything Cookies, Chocolate Chip Shortbread recipe, Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe, and oatmeal cookies!

Why You Will Love Chocolate Cowboy Cake Mix

• Made with a chocolate cake mix for shortcut baking
• Loaded with oatmeal, coconut, nuts, and chocolate chips
• One-bowl recipe with minimal prep
• Easy to customize with your favorite mix-ins
• Can be baked soft and chewy or crispy, depending on your preference
• Great for holidays, parties, and gifting
• Kid-friendly and freezer-friendly

Mix-in Variations

• White chocolate chips
•  Butterscotch chips
•  M&M’s 
•  Toffee bits 
•  Chopped almonds or macadamia nuts 
•  Raisins or dried cranberries 
•  You can swap or combine mix-ins as long as the total stays around 2½ to 3 cups.

Tips to Create Perfect Chocolate Cowboy Cake Mix Cookies

Baking Tips:

1. Soft vs. Crispy Cookies
   For Soft & Chewy Cookies: Bake 9–11 minutes. Centers will look slightly underbaked. Let cookies rest on the baking sheet to finish setting
2. For Crispy Cookies: Bake 12–14 minutes. Edges will be firm and lightly crisp. Flatten dough slightly before baking for extra crunch.
3. Tip: For a chewy center with crispy edges, bake for 11–12 minutes.

Storage and Freezing Chocolate Cowboy Cake Mix Cookies

• Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days
• Freeze-baked cookies for up to 3 months 
• Dough can also be frozen in scoops and baked straight from frozen (add 1–2 minutes)

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Best Chocolate Cowboy Cake Mix Cookies

These rich, buttery, chocolate cookies are loaded with many delicious mix-ins that can be easily customized to how your family prefers mix-ins.

Get creative and try different cake mix flavors and additions to make a variety.

With our tips and tricks and step-by-step instructions, our one recipe will make thin and crispy or thick and chewy chocolate cowboy cookies that are a step up from the original version in flavor and so easy.

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Author: Claudia Lamascolo

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Chocolate Cowboy Cake Mix Cookies

Cookies packed with nuts, chips, coconut, and all made easy starting with a chocolate cake mix! Cowboy cookies are outrageously delicious!

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 12 MinTotal time: 22 Min

Ingredients

• 1 box 15,25 ounce chocolate super moist version Cake Mix
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 2 cups quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
• 1 cup semi-sweet (milk chocolate, peanut butter, or another flavored chocolate chip or chocolate chunks)
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans (or sunflower seeds for nut allergies). optional

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Cream the butter, shortening, and brown sugar in a mixing bowl until evenly blended.
3. Add the water, cinnamon, cake mix, and egg mix until blended, then fold in the nuts, chips, and coconut.
4. Drop cookie dough using a cookie scoop onto the baking sheet.
5. Bake at 350 degrees until the edges are browned and the center puffs up on the cookies. Around 10 to 12 minutes.
6. Cool slightly before removing to a wire rack.

Notes

Mix-in Variations

• White chocolate chips
•  Butterscotch chips
•  M&M’s 
•  Toffee bits 
•  Chopped almonds or macadamia nuts 
•  Raisins or dried cranberries 
•  You can swap or combine mix-ins as long as the total stays around 2½ to 3 cups.

Tips to Create Perfect Chocolate Cowboy Cake Mix Cookies

Baking Tips:

1. Soft vs. Crispy Cookies For Soft & Chewy Cookies: Bake 9–11 minutes. Centers will look slightly underbaked. Let cookies rest on the baking sheet to finish setting
2. For Crispy Cookies: Bake 12–14 minutes. Edges will be firm and lightly crisp. Flatten dough slightly before baking for extra crunch.
3. Tip: For a chewy center with crispy edges, bake for 11–12 minutes.

Storage and Freezing Chocolate Cowboy Cake Mix Cookies

• Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days
• Freeze-baked cookies for up to 3 months 
• Dough can also be frozen in scoops and baked straight from frozen (add 1–2 minutes)

Nutrition Facts

Sodium (milligrams)

158 mg

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