Funfetti Birthday Cake Cookies are a dessert that’s ready to party! Made with Funfetti Cake Mix, simple ingredients, and cream cheese frosting, this easy cookie recipe can brighten up a birthday party, baby shower or any day.
Can’t decide between cake and cookies for a birthday? Make both!
Funfetti Cookies make me happy and are so much fun. Plain and simple. It’s tough to be sad when you’re noshing on a soft, chewy cookie full of sprinkles.
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This version is made with cake mix and gives the cookies that extra birthday cake flavor. The one you might remember from childhood. Sweet, a little bit buttery and brimming with vanilla.
Just because they taste like birthday cake, doesn’t mean you have to save these cookies for a big birthday celebration. Go ahead and make them any time you want to add a little more fun to your day. They really are the perfect cookies for any occasion.
Kids love these cake mix cookies, of course. But make sure to set aside plenty for yourself! Grown ups need sprinkles sometimes, too.
Did I mention how easy it is to make Funfetti Birthday Cake Cookies? All you need are a few ingredients and 25 minutes.
I went ahead and added a homemade cream cheese frosting to these cookies too. Because what’s a birthday cake cookie without frosting?!
If you wanted to, you could swap out the cream cheese frosting in this recipe with your favorite Buttercream Frosting or even a Marshmallow Frosting instead. I happen to love the tang of the cream cheese on these sweet sprinkle cookies–and I know you will too!
What do I need to make easy funfetti cake mix cookies?
Here are the ingredients you need to make this Funfetti recipe:
- Box of Funfetti cake mix – You’ll need the whole box for today’s recipe!
- Baking powder – Helps the cookies bake puffy and soft.
- Rainbow sprinkles – The long “jimmies” shape, not nonpareils.
- Melted unsalted butter
- Eggs
For the cream cheese frosting, you will need:
- Cream cheese, room temperature
- Butter
- Vanilla extract
- Powdered sugar
- MORE sprinkles!
This recipe goes ALL in on the sprinkles. What’s the point of making Funfetti Cake Cookies if there aren’t sprinkles in absolutely every single bite?
How do I make these colorful cookies?
First, combine your dry cake mix with baking powder and sprinkles.
In a large bowl, beat together the eggs and melted butter with an electric mixer. Mix in the dry ingredients to form a dough.
Scoop the dough onto two lined baking sheets. I used a 3 TBS cookie scoop to shape dough and got 12 cookies total–6 cookie dough balls on each baking sheet.
Bake the cookies at 325°F for about 12 minutes, or until the bottoms are golden brown. Place your freshly baked Funfetti cookies on a cooling rack while you prepare the frosting.
Simple steps to make Confetti Cookies Frosting
- Beat together cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract.
- Gradually beat in powdered sugar until the frosting is smooth, with no lumps.
- Transfer the frosting to frosting bags or a ziploc bag with the corner snipped off.
- Pipe the cream cheese frosting onto cooled cookies. Top with extra sprinkles!
Funfetti Recipes
If you love these cake mix cookies, here’s another Funfetti Cookie Recipe you’ll love. You don’t need cake mix or frosting for that recipe, just a little cake batter extract! Funfetti Ooey Gooey Bars are another delicious sprinkle-packed dessert. I love the soft, melt-in-your-mouth center and rich vanilla flavor.
Today’s recipe puts Funfetti cake mix to good use! I almost never use cake mix to make Funfetti cake or cupcakes anymore. I discovered that these Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes taste so much better with hardly any extra effort.
When you’re in the mood for something truly decadent, nothing fits the bill better than these Funfetti Oreo Cheesecake Bars. Chocolate, Oreos and cheesecake all in one easy recipe!
I keep all of my recipes as easy to make as possible, but this Funfetti Puppy Chow might be the easiest Funfetti dessert of them all! It takes only a few minutes to make with sweet cake flavor and sprinkles.
Cake Mix Recipes
Why is it that I often use cake mix for everything but actual cake? Because I’m a huge fan of cake mix cookies and a box of cake mix makes it so easy to make lots of different desserts, that’s why! Some people may call it “cheating”, but I’m all about anything that makes our lives easier… and more delicious in the process.
These Lemon Cake Mix Cookies are another favorite with bright citrus flavor and crinkly edges dusted with powdered sugar. You’ll want to save this Peppermint Gooey Bars recipe for the next holiday season, but they’re too good to eat only one time a year!
Okay, sometimes I do use cake mix for cakes. Like this Lemon Marshmallow Poke Cake and this Patriotic Poke Cake! I always add my own twist, to make it a little extra special. Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake comes together with just four ingredients, cake mix included! It’s one of my go-to lazy desserts that no one can get enough of. I love mine with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
Cookie Recipes
You want cookie recipes? We’ve got cookie recipes! Here are a few I’ve been particularly loving lately.
- Bourbon Toffee Cookies
- Copycat Crumbl Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies
- Brownie Mix Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookies
- Peanut Butter Oatmeal M&M Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Oreo Cookies
- Peppermint Frosted Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Dipped Orange Cookies
- Linzer Cookies
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Funfetti Birthday Cake Cookies
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Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces Funfetti Cake Mix
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons rainbow sprinkles jimmies, not non pareils
- 6 tablespoons butter melted
- 2 large eggs
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- additional rainbow sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
Funfetti Cookies
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Preheat oven to 325°F, and prepare 2 baking sheets by lining them with parchment paper.
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In medium mixing bowl, whisk together the cake mix, baking powder and sprinkles.
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the melted butter and eggs. Add the dry cake mixture and mix with a spoon until a dough forms.
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With a large cookie scoop (about 3 tablespoons) scoop 6 dough balls evenly spaced onto the baking sheet.
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Bake for 12-15 minutes. Completely cool on a wire rack before frosting.
Frosting
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In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract together until smooth and creamy. Gradually add the powdered sugar until completely combined. Place the frosting into a piping bag and pipe a spiral onto each cookie. Top with additional rainbow sprinkles.
Nutrition
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