Craving a delicious sweet treat that’s quick and simple? Look no further than these Cake Mix Carrot Cake Cookies! Made with just five readily available ingredients, these cookies are soft, moist, and perfect for baking with ease.

They’re a fun option for anyone who wants a tasty homemade cookie without the hassle.

Why We Love This Recipe

It’s SO easy and comes together fast!
They are so full of flavor and perfect for Spring.
They only require 5 ingredients!
They use a box mix so you get a soft cookie without a lot of trying.

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What do these cookies taste like?

Because they start out as a cake mix that has been leveled up, they taste exactly like carrot cake. To get the full cake experience in a cookie, see our variations for our frosting suggestion.

Ingredients for Carrot Cake Cookies

These carrot cake cookies are super simple and yes, they start with a box mix. What you call “Almost Homemade”.

But honestly, it’s worth it and you cannot tell. My whole family gobbled them up and couldn’t get enough.

1 box carrot cake mix
canola oil
eggs
vanilla
walnuts, chopped

Additions & Substitutions for Easy Carrot Cake Cookies

There aren’t a lot of substitutions in this recipe. You can choose whatever kind of oil you want to use, we use both canola and vegetable oil.

The walnuts are optional but add some flavor on their own, but you could swap them out for chopped pecans or eliminate them all together.

If you wanted to add shredded carrot to this recipe, you could do that, but be sure to try to blot out as much moisture as you can before using them.

You can whip up a cream cheese frosting to top these carrot cake cookies, or you could just leave them plain. That’s all up to you – any way you serve them they re fantastic!

Variations

While any major variation of this recipe is going to pretty much make a whole new cookie, you can get creative.

Cake Mix: Swap out the carrot cake mix for a spice cake mix or chocolate cake mix.
Frosting: If you want to use a frosting for this instead of just decorating it, use a cream cheese frosting and dust with cinnamon for a delicious carrot cake treat!
Fresh Carrots: Add shredded carrots to the cake mix before shaping for another fresh twist.

Decorations for these Cookies

We used a cookie icing and then topped with cute little candy carrots to make them a little more festive.

You can use a cream cheese frosting or use cookie icing like we did. The cookie icing is a very mild flavor, so it kept the cookie flavors from being subdued.

We found these cute little candy carrots from Wilton to decorate the tops.

You can decorate them however you’d like.

Easy Storage Tips for these Carrot Cake Cookies

Room Temperature

Cooling: Let the cookies cool all the way on a rack.
Container: Use an airtight container that seals tightly or a zip-top bag.
How Long: They’ll be good for about 3 days at room temperature.

Freezing

Cooling: Let the cookies cool completely.
First Freeze: Put the cookies in a single layer on a tray and freeze them for about 30 minutes. This keeps them from sticking together later.
Container: Put the frozen cookies in a freezer bag or container that seals well.
How Long: They’ll be good for up to 3 months in the freezer.
Thawing: Take them out and let them sit at room temperature until they’re not frozen anymore.

Tips

For the softest cookies, store them with a slice of bread in the container. The cookies will soak up the moisture from the bread.
You can also freeze the dough before baking. Make little balls of dough, freeze them on a tray, and then put them in a freezer bag.

If you have any more questions, just ask!

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Recipe for Carrot Cake Cookies