How to make these amazing St. Patricks Day cookies with just 5 ingredients and a little bit of Irish charm!
St. Patty's Day is one of my favorite holidays. The green, the celebration, the feeling of good luck – what's not to love?
And, of course, my favorite part is always finding new (and easy!) festive treats to try. This year, I'm hooked on these incredibly delicious chocolate cookies with a St. Patrick's Day twist.
The best part? You only need a few ingredients to whip them up. We're talking a cake mix, a couple of basics, and a whole lot of festive spirit! Let me show you how simple it is!
Cake Mix Cookies Ingredients
There are only 5 ingredients total…
Dry Ingredients : To make these incredibly easy and festive St. Patrick's Day cookies, you'll need a 15.25 oz box of chocolate or devil's food cake mix, ½ to ¾ cup of St. Patrick's Day sprinkles and a package of 24 Hershey's Kisses for the perfect finishing touch.
Wet Ingredients: ½ cup of vegetable oil, and 2 eggs. For the decorative touch, grab
St. Patrick's Day Cookie Baking Instructions (the full printable recipe card is below!)
Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees and lining a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the grocery store cake mix, oil, and eggs, using a silicone spatula to mix everything thoroughly.
Grab a cookie scoop to form even mounds of cookie dough balls.
Dip the top of each mound into your St. Patrick's Day sprinkles, and place them onto your prepared baking sheet. Make sure to leave about 2 inches of space between each cookie.
Transfer the baking sheet to the oven and bake cookies for 8-10 minutes, or until they are done. Once out of the oven, immediately press a Hershey's Kiss into the center of each cookie, then transfer the St. Patrick's Day cookies to a wire rack to cool completely to room temperature. Store in an airtight container!
St. Pattys Day Cake Mix Cookies
These easy chocolate cookies start with a cake mix! Just 3 ingredients for the dough, then rolled in sprinkles, and topped with a Hershey's Kiss!
Ingredients
- 15.25 oz box Chocolate or Devil’s Food cake mix
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup - ¾ cup St Patrick’s Day sprinkles
- 24 Hershey’s Kisses
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix the cake mix, oil, and eggs in a large bowl using a silicone spatula,
- Use a cookie scoop to gather the dough, then dip the top of the dough ball into the sprinkles, and set on the baking sheet, spacing mounds of dough 2 inches apart.
- Transfer the baking sheet to the oven, and bake for 8-10 minutes, until the cookies are done.
- Remove the cookies from the oven, and immediately add a Hershey’s Kiss to the center of each cookie.
- Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack.
Notes
Storage: Airtight Container
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 285Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 183mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 1gSugar: 25gProtein: 3g
That's it! Honestly, could it get any easier? These festive cookies are the perfect sweet treat to share with friends, family, or just to enjoy yourself.
Why I Love This Recipe
Besides the amazing flavor, I adore how simple this is. If you're looking for an easy St. Patrick's Day dessert to make, even with the kids, this is it! There's no complicated measuring or fancy dough-making required. Plus, the chocolatey base and sprinkle coating are a perfect blank slate to let your St. Patrick's Day creativity shine.
Think about using a mix of green, white, and gold sprinkles for a pop of different colors. Or, if you prefer another candy, try green M&Ms, mint chocolate chips, or even a drizzle of white chocolate instead of the Kisses.
However you make them, these cookies are bound to be your new good luck charm this St. Patrick's Day!
St. Patrick's Day Cookies Tips and Ideas
I know that I sometimes need a wee bit of inspiration to actually get cooking, so here are some of my best tips and ideas for making these cookies even easier and fun to make!
Mixing The Cake Mix
I like to use either a hand mixer or stand mixer for this recipe… for two reasons. First off, when I am making them with my grand kids, that keeps things fast and easy since they aren't allowed to touch the electric mixer. Second off I can eat the cake mix off the mixer paddles (I, for sure, don't give the grands these… their Mom would have a fit if I let them eat raw eggs so I sneak!)
Mixing Your Accouterments
One easy way your kids or grands can “help” is by letting them mix up the extra sprinkles or other bits you are going to add to the top of the cookies in a small bowl. My granddaughter insisted we add green M&M to the cookies because she had M&M cookies at my Dad's house!
St. Patrick's Day Cookies Wrapup
I had a blast making these St. Patricks day desserts with my middle daughter and my grandkids. They were such a fast and easy dessert… a big bang for a little buck… the boxed cake mix was just hanging out in my pantry waiting to come have fun with us!
Let me know in the comments if you try these out, and tell me what other sweet treats you love making for St. Patrick's Day!
Here are some additional recipes you might like to try to make the perfect treat!
- Red Velvet Cake Cookies – (another easy cookie recipe that is super bougie looking, perfect for Valentines Day!)
- White Cake Mix Cookies – (a super delicious cookie if you love vanilla cake!)
- Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies – (these ones are yummy with mint chip ice cream!)
