Green Crinkle Cookies are easy to make and fun to color. These soft baked green cookies made from store bought cake mix are fluffy and sweet and the perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Easter or Christmas!
There are some recipes that surprise you. This Green Crinkle Cookies recipe is one of them.
After doing much research on the phenomena that is the Crinkle Cookie and finding approximately 7000 recipes and pictures and ooo’s and ahhhh’s, I figured they were going to be good but considering their ingredient list is pretty minimal, I really wasn’t expecting them to be GREAT. With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I was looking for an easy green cookie made with a store bought cake mix and a few simple ingredients that would be fun for kids to bring to school to celebrate the day.
Let me just say that this recipe makes 36 cookies… by nightfall there were 13 of them left in my house.
Start by preheating your oven to 375 degrees and spray your cookie sheet with non-stick spray or cover with a sheet of parchment paper. Melt the butter and in a large bowl, combine with the cake mix and eggs. When you have your ingredients combined, add in several drops of green food coloring and mix it in.
Refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes. Once chilled, remove from refrigerator and spooning up enough dough to roll into a 1 inch ball. Drop the ball into the powdered sugar and roll it around to cover it completely. Move your cookie to your prepared cookie sheet and repeat until all the dough has been used.
When your sheet is full, cook them for 10-11 minutes. They will be puffy and crinkly and beautiful. Remove them from the oven, let them cool for one minute and then move them to a cooling rack.
HELPFUL TIPS
- Don’t be shy with the food coloring .. I prefer food coloring gel to using the liquid and once you think it’s green enough, add a bit more. The cookies will lighten as they cook
- Don’t skip chilling the dough in the refrigerator. I brings the dough together and your cookies will be fluffier and hold their shape better.
- You can flavor these Green Crinkle Cookies with any extract flavoring your like
These are quick and easy Green Crinkle Cookies and are perfect to bring to work, school or to a friends house to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
And if you share them, you won’t have to explain how you ate the entire batch yourself.
Looking for more St. Patrick’s Day grub? Check out my Baileys Truffles, my Slow Cooker Guinness Irish Stew and my Irish Soda Bread.
Enjoy! – Heather
- 1 box French Vanilla cake mix
- 8 tbl butter melted
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp almond extract
- Green food coloring
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray.
- Melt the butter and in a large bowl, combine with the cake mix and eggs.
- When you have your ingredients combined, add in several drops of green food coloring and the almond extract and mix it in.
Chill dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes and pour powdered sugar into a small bowl. Set aside
Once chilled, remove dough and scoop up enough dough to roll into a 1 inch ball. Roll the ball around until covered in powdered sugar and set on your cookie sheet. Cook cookies for 9 minutes.
- Remove them from the oven, let them cool for one minute and then move them to a cooling rack.
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I haven’t bought a cake mix in decades but it’s sure tempting for these fun green cookies. My favorite-4-year-old would love these for her preschool class on St. Patrick’s Day. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
These are perfect for kids!! I made a batch just using the cake mix as the cookie flavor and a batch with the almond extract. Both came out really good and I’m a sucker for thick, soft batch cookie so that’s why these cookies are my new favorite. Your 4-year old will love the color too 🙂
I just made these and they are delicious. They don’t look as good as the photo but, sooo yummy!!
Yay! Believe me, all that matters is how good they taste 🙂 Glad you like them!!
These were great cookies. Just finished making these with 2 of my granddaughters (5 & 3 yrs. old). They loved making them and I have the powdered sugar covered floor to prove it. I can think of several variations I can make with this recipe, different flavored cake mixes, different colors, and sprinkles in the powdered sugar. Fun.
I’m so glad!! Kids love watching the color change to something fun like green. Great way to spend the day and make some new memories. And yes, variations are endless.. I did a double chocolate peppermint one a few Christmas’ back that was out of this world!! Let me know what other combinations you come up with 🙂
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These cookies are so festive and fun and sound delicious! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?!
Thank you Joy!! I love sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?!
I made red velvet cake mix cookies for Valentine’s day. These are perfect for St. Patty’s Day. You’re absolutely right about needing to put them in the fridge for a while. They’re too runny without that chilling time. I think I’m going to make some of these. I already have the gel food coloring I will need.
Thank you Patti! I love how easy they are to make and they come out perfectly soft-baked 🙂
It’s also so much simpler to make cookies when you start with the cake mix. This is so helpful when you have children helping. We’ve had cookies with too much salt because Mommy got distracted.
I love crinkle cookies, but have never dyed them green for St. Patricks Day. How fun are these! My friend’s daughter is having a little St. Patrick’s Day party with her friends, and these would be a perfect treat for the kids!
I love making cake mix cookies. I made red velvet cookies for Valentine’s. I’m going to have to mix up a batch of these green cookies for St Patty’s day. You’re right about the need to refrigerate the dough a bit. before rolling it into bowls. That chilling time makes it so much easier to handle.
My family would love these! I will add to my Saint Patrick’s Day collection!
This looks so pretty – Love crinkle cookies and the green would be perfect for St.Patricks day. Saving for later. yum.
These crinkle cookies are so much fun! I have had the chocolate kind but what a great idea to dye them green for St. Patrick’s Day! Love it!
French vanilla cake mix sounds like a perfect shortcut for homemade cookies! And I love the green hue you have with these beauties.
Oh wow, I love the vibrant green color of these cookies! I’ve never made crinkle cookies before but I eat them way too often 🙂 I’m going to have to give these a try
I remember making cookies with assorted mixes (not intended for cookies!) when I was a kid – great introduction to baking! These look so much fun.
I can’t believe it’s already time for St. Patrick’s Day recipes. These look lovely.
These are a really cute idea! I love St. Patrick’s Day for all of the snacks!
These cookies are so fun! I need to make a batch for St Patrick’s Day!
These cookies look so soft and chewy! I have to make them for St.Patrick’s Day! My whole family would love them
These cookies look so festive and delicious! such an easy recipe to put together, I know…I have searched for crinkle cookie recipes online and there is like 7000+ recipes! this one here looks like a winner 🙂
These are simply wonderful! So happy, festive, and clever!
These Cookies are amazing! They are so green and perfect for occasions. It will be a delightful treat for parties. Thanks so much for sharing
Love how easy they are! My kids will love these!
These are such pretty cookies!!