Cake Mix Oreos

These cake mix Oreos are delicious, super easy to make and are always a household favorite at my house! They seriously always disappear quickly and I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like them. Bold statement – I know – and I am sure the cake mix Oreo haters are out there but all my peeps in my life love them.

I first tried these about 12 years ago when I worked for a law firm and a co-worker of mine used to make them and bring them in. I loved them and made some for my husband and he has never forgotten them and asks me to make them a lot. Pre-pandemic he always wanted me to make them for a treat to bring into work.

I just finished teaching a little zoom class last night on how to make these with some girls and ladies from my church and it was so fun to see everyone whip out a batch of their own! These are also a fun and easy treat to make with kids. My daughter loves to help roll the dough balls and my other kids love to help frost and sandwich them.

The filling for these cake mix Oreos is a vanilla buttercream that is thicker than normal buttercream. It’s just sweet enough and the butteriness and sweetness balances with the chocolate cookies. You can get creative with the frosting for the center of these cookies by adding different flavorings like mint, cherry, strawberry, chocolate, orange, raspberry, etc. or add some sprinkles to make them look extra cute or you can add cream cheese to the frosting too for a cream cheese frosting or add some marshmallow crème for a lighter frosting experience.

What you need to make Cake Mix Oreos:

Makes 15 sandwiched cookies

• 1 box of devils food cake mix – gluten free cake mix also works for these
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting:

• 1/2 cup salted butter – softened to room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoons milk or water
• 1/2 teaspoon flavoring – optional, if using oils do 3-4 drops, taste and adjust to preference

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1/4 cup cream cheese – softened
• 1/4 cup salted butter – room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoons milk or water

Marshmallow Crème Frosting:

• 1/2 cup marshmallow crème – softened
• 1/4 cup salted butter – room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoons milk or water – more to thin frosting

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven top 350 F.
2. Add the cake mix, eggs and oil to a mixing bowl and mix until a thick dough forms, you don’t want any powder still visible.
3. Roll into roughly 1 1/2 inch balls, you are going to make 30 cookies so they will be small.
4. Place 15 cookie dough balls on each cookie sheet, these don’t spread a lot so 15 on a sheet will be fine.
5. Use you palm to press these down into little discs.
6. Bake for 7-8 minutes or until the tops look cooked and they will probably have a little cracking on the tops.
7. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes so they don’t break apart.
8. Move to a cooling wrack and let them cool completely before adding the frosting.
9. Make the frosting my adding all ingredients together and blending until smooth, adding a little more milk or water if frosting is too thick.
10. Use a spoon, butter knife or rubber spatula to frost the backside of the cookie and then place another cookie on top to make a Oreo sandwich cookie.
11. Enjoy!

Here are a few other easy cookie recipes you may love:

Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
Thick Peanut Butter Cookies
Dark Chocolate Mango Orange Cookies
Oatmeal Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies
Rainbow Sugar Cookies
Extra Chewy No Bake Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Snickerdoodles

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5 from 2 votes

Cake Mix Oreos

Super easy and always a household hit, these homemade Oreos are delicious and fun to make!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time8 minutes mins

Course: chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, treat

Cuisine: Cookies, Dessert

Keyword: Cake, Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, easy

Servings: 15 sandwich cookies

Ingredients

• 1 box of devils food cake mix – gluten free cake mix also works for these
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
• Vanilla Buttercream Frosting:
• 1/2 cup salted butter – softened to room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoons milk or water
• 1/2 teaspoon flavoring – optional if using oils do 3-4 drops, taste and adjust to preference
• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 1/4 cup cream cheese – softened
• 1/4 cup salted butter – room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoons milk or water
• Marshmallow Crème Frosting:
• 1/2 cup marshmallow crème – softened
• 1/4 cup salted butter – room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoons milk or water – more to thin frosting

Instructions

• Preheat the oven top 350 F.
• Add the cake mix, eggs and oil to a mixing bowl and mix until a thick dough forms, you don’t want any powder still visible.
• Roll into roughly 1 1/2 inch balls, you are going to make 30 cookies so they will be small.
• Place 15 cookie dough balls on each cookie sheet, these don’t spread a lot so 15 on a sheet will be fine.
• Use you palm to press these down into little discs.
• Bake for 7-8 minutes or until the tops look cooked and they will probably have a little cracking on the tops.
• Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes so they don’t break apart.
• Move to a cooling wrack and let them cool completely before adding the frosting.
• Make the frosting my adding all ingredients together and blending until smooth, adding a little more milk or water if frosting is too thick.
• Use a spoon, butter knife or rubber spatula to frost the backside of the cookie and then place another cookie on top to make a Oreo sandwich cookie.
• Enjoy!