Festive Grinch Cookies

If you're looking for fun, colorful, and incredibly easy Christmas cookies, these festive Grinch cookies will be the talk of your cookie tray.

These fun, whimsical, bright, and tasty Grinch Cookies made with cake mix are the perfect holiday baking and perfect for cookie exchanges.

They’re soft in texture, chewy, buttery, almond extract flavored, and sprinkled with red, green, with the addition of mini chocolate chips, then finished with a red candy right in the center.

The cookies bring a holiday spirit to the tray with the Grinch's classic Christmas story.

A simple recipe starting with a boxed cake mix, making it ideal for busy families, last-minute office parties, baking sessions, or festive school parties.

Cake Mix Whipped Topping Crinkle Cookies

If you're pressed for time with a busy lifestyle and love doctored cake mix recipes, these crinkle cookies (otherwise known as cool whip cookies) will be your new favorite cookie to bake for the holiday season.

These cake mix cookies are very light in texture ( using the whipped topping of choice) and with a few mix-ins like chocolate chips, nuts, sprinkles, or dried fruits, you can create all different kinds with our tips and suggestions below.

One of the best things about this recipe is its versatility. With dozens of cake mix flavors available, you can create a completely different cookie for every holiday, celebration, or craving. Whether you choose classic lemon, rich chocolate, strawberry, red velvet, spice cake, or funfetti, you'll have a colorful cookie that's always a hit.

Perfect for cookie exchanges, bake sales, holiday platters, after-school treats, or simply satisfying a sweet tooth, these cookies are nearly foolproof and require very little prep time.

Here are some favorite cake mix hack recipes to try: Turtle Cake Mix Brownies, Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mix Cupcakes, and our Half Moon Cake Mix Cookies, which we make often.

Scroll down to the recipe card and don't forget to read my tips and suggestions that have some creative ideas for other flavored cake mixes.