Name: Chocolate Christmas Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 13 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 13.25 oz box chocolate cake mix; 2 eggs; ½ cup unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled; 1 cup Christmas colored red and green M&M’s, plus more for topping

These Chocolate Christmas Cookies are made with just 4 ingredients. A delicious sweet treat that is perfect for holiday parties or Christmas with your family!

Why We Love These Christmas Cookies

Easy to make: The holidays are so busy and I love that these cookies come together with just 4 ingredients in just a few minutes! They’re perfect to bring to any holiday gathering or party.
Stay soft: These store beautifully and stay soft even once cooled.
Customizable: switch up the cake mix flavor or add in more mix-ins, you can dress these cookies up so many ways!

Chocolate Christmas Cookie Ingredients

The full recipe with instructions is at the bottom of this post.

Chocolate cake mix: I used Devil’s food, but any chocolate cake mix will work.
Eggs
Butter: You can also substitute oil, but I prefer the texture of these with butter.
m&m’s: Holiday colored m&m’s add a fun festive color to these cookies.

chocolate cake mix, m&m's, eggs, and butter

How to make chocolate Christmas cookies

Step 1: Mix together the cake mix, eggs, and melted butter with mixers until combined. The batter will be very thick and sticky.

Step 2: Fold in the m&m’s using a rubber spatula.

Step 3: Use a cookie scoop to scoop batter onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet, then top with additional m&m’s.

eggs, melted butter, and cake mix in a mixing bowl

Recipe Note

The cookie batter will very sticky and thick, this is normal. You will not be able to roll the balls of dough with your hands like you would other cookies. Simply drop a scoop of batter, then add additional m&m’s pressed into the top.

Step 4: Bake the chocolate Christmas cookies at 350 degrees for 11-13 minutes, until the edges are set and start to crisp.

Step 5: Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool for 3 minutes on the pan before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

chocolate Christmas cookies on a baking sheet

Storing

Leftover cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days.

Variations

Cake Mix: Try swapping out the cake mix for vanilla, yellow cake mix, or butter pecan flavored cake mix.
Mix-ins: Switch up the flavors by adding different mix-ins like chopped up Oreos, heath bits, white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, or butterscotch chips.

These cookies are the perfect fudgy soft texture and so delicious you won’t be able to stop at just one! Try baking a batch of these for the holidays this year.