Easy and delicious cookies made from a cake mix, 2 eggs and Cool Whip! Low fat and delicious!
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I LOVE desserts. Who doesn’t?!
Being somewhat of a healthy food freak, I’m always trying to find some new, great low-fat recipe for cookies, brownies, cake, etc. But after trying a new low-fat dessert recipe I’m usually dissappointed. But not with these cookies! Get this: these cookies are made from a cake mix, eggs, and COOL WHIP!!!
No joke! Who woulda thunk it?! Cool Whip + Cake Mix = yummy, soft, easy, low fat cookies! And you can use whatever cake mix you like or have on hand in your cupboard.
I had a spice cake mix so I used that. They tasted like gingerbread cookies, it was awesome!! I’ve made chocolate ones and they were fantastic!
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Next up, strawberry! I used the Cool Whip Lite brand for fewer calories and you can use the low sugar cake mixes too!
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Mmmmmm…so good with a cold glass of milk!
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Have you tried this recipe? What did you think?? I can’t wait to play around with it more to see what other results I get!
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Ingredients
- 1 18.25-oz box cake mix, any flavor
- 1 8-oz container Cool Whip (I used Lite)
- 2 eggs
- powdered sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Beat together Cool Whip and eggs. Add the cake mix and stir together. Dough will be really thick. Chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray or use parchment paper.
- Pour about 1/3 cup of powdered sugar into a small bowl. Drop chilled dough by tablespoon (I used a cookie scoop) into powdered sugar and roll dough around until covered. Bake for about 9-11 minutes. Bake time depends on size of cookies so keep checking to see if cooked! Cool on baking rack and ENJOY!!
Nutrition
Calories: 78kcal
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I found your recipe on Pinterest. These look super yummy and SUPER EASY! (My kinda recipe!)
I hope you will link up with us – http://www.poofycheeks.com/2012/11/the-first-annual-christmas-cookie.html
-Kelsey
Making these now with devils food cake mix and applesauce to replace eggs (daughter is allergic). Added cinnamon chips. Will let you know how they turn out!
Looks yummy! Do you think the fat free cool whip would work as well. I love soft cookies. Just pinned!
Those look so good! I love new takes on things like cookies- it can get boring (but tasty) to bake the same ones all the time. Thanks for sharing.
Stopping by from the Cheerios and Lattes Blog Hop 🙂
Wow, I’ve never heard of these before. I have a cookie exchange coming up I think I’ll make these. Found you over at Classy Clutter.
What a great recipe! They look delicious!
These sound super great! So sorry that I don’t have any boxed cake mix in the house to make them. I will have to save this for when I do 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!
Oh my, these look delicious. I hope you will link them and more recipes up again this week at Tasty Thursdays link party going on right now. Thanks, Nichi
http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2012/12/tasty-thursdays-20.html
So easy..yet I know these cookies were not short on taste..I could eat a dozen.thanks for sharing #57 @ Rattlebridge Farm.
#95 link-up
Jo @ LoblollyLane
O yeah I’m newest follower,come see me if ya can.
Jen these look beautiful and sound delicious! I love that you used Cool Whip; how cool! Need to try these! 🙂 You are a featured favorite this week on Saturday Show & Tell on Cheerios and Lattes! Thanks for sharing your great ideas with us each week; we love having you! Can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to this week!
Mackenzie 🙂
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I’ve been using this recipe for over 30 years. Yes, I’m a grandma. Our favorite is made with lemon cake mix. Give it a try.
Great recipe! I adore cookies and these ones look amazing. Thanks you shared it at my link party!
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Did you see this?????
http://www.poofycheeks.com/2012/12/christmas-cookie-exchange-features.html
Way to go!!! XOXO LOVE YOU SIS!
<3 Mallory
PS That deleted “DrC” comment was me accidentally commenting using Craig’s account. If he signs me out of my own computer again, so help me!!! haha! 🙂
What a easy recipe and it looks so good, can’t wait to try this one. Hope you have a great week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Can’t wait to try these, Jen!! Thanks for linking up to Tasty Thursdays at The Mandatory Mooch. Can’t wait to see what you link up this week. Thanks, Nichi
Ive made these several times and they are always a big hit. I use a white cake mix sometimes and food coloring to make a colored cookie that fits a team thats playing that day such as blue for titans.Thanks for sharing!!
YUM! I had a lemon version of these at a League of Women Voters Meet and Greet last week. I HAD to track down the lady who made them and she pointed me to your blog. Excellent! Made with spice cake tonight and they are a hit with the girls and DH!
Cool whip cookies? How cool is that??!!!
Do you flatten the cookies on the cookie sheet or just leave them in balls and they flatten into the above cookies in the oven?
Never would have guessed!! I think I need to make these right away!
How much Applesauce is used in replacing eggs??
Usually about 1/4 cup of applesauce per egg, so about 1/2 cup in this recipe. Let me know how they turn out – I haven’t tried this using applesauce instead of eggs!
Hi, this is very important to me but my cake mixes is 15.25 so how do u change recipe for this box size?? Help
I’m pretty sure the 15.25 cake mix will work just fine in this recipe, Martha! Shouldn’t affect it. Thanks!
I tried these cookies, they are really good. Used strawberry and lemon cake mixes with white chips, butter pecan and put nuts in. Endless possibilities.
SO many possibilities!! 🙂
do you soften or melt the cool whip?
Hi Sunny! Soften the Cool Whip first. Thank you for pointing that out in the recipe!
Just came across this recipe for your cake and cool whip cookies, sounds great. I am always trying new things for my weight support group. Is there anything I can rool them out with besides powdered sugar? I use sugar free cake mix and lite cool whip. Don’t want the extra calories. Thanks Kathy
Hmm. I’ve only ever used powdered sugar to roll them in…the good news is you’re not using a lot of powdered sugar so not many calories in each cookie. I also use sugar free cake mix and lite cool whip. Let me know if you end up trying them!