I’m going to let you in on one of my favorite baking secrets today. While you probably already know that you can make cookies using cake mix, what you might not know is you can make roll-out cookies with cake mix! Cake batter cookies are delicious, easy and roll out just like a traditional sugar cookie dough. Specifically, these chocolate mummy cookies are cute and delicious for Halloween, and they’re SO much easier to whip up than a completely from-scratch cookie recipe. Cake mix cookies are a gift to bakers everywhere, and when you use flavors like chocolate, I swear it tastes just like the cake but in cookie form. For good measure, I topped it with homemade cream cheese icing and candy eyes to make mummies that are anything but scary, ha!
Nothing beats recipe hacks like this one because, I don’t know about you, but I LOVE easy recipes that don’t actually taste like easy recipes. These cake batter roll-out cookies mean no measuring whatsoever, and they end up tasting just like a chocolate cake…but in the form of a thin, soft cookie. Plus, this cream cheese icing recipe is so good you’ll want to eat it by the spoonful. Been there, done that!
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In order to create this mummy shape, I actually used an upside down flip flop cookie cutter (weird, right?) but other shapes that would work would be a circle, oblong or peanut shape. I just thought this one seemed to resemble a wrapped up mummy. Obviously, these are my *cute* take on mummies, complete with candy eyes. Very intimidating, aren’t they?
Whip these up for a Halloween party treat or just because you’re craving a cookie. I loved making these because my shaky hands prevent me from making clean piping designs most of the time, but these simple, straight lines were a piece of cake…er, cookie?
Ready? Bake!
