Luscious Chocolate Cookies

Name: Luscious Chocolate Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 38 two-inch cookies
Ingredients: 1 bag (21 oz) Pamela's Chocolate Cake Mix; ½ cup butter or margarine, softened; 1 egg; ⅓ cup water

on Mar 28 2025

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Is it a cookie or a cake? A little of both. These luscious chocolate cookies are made from our Chocolate Cake Mix, so they bake up rich, soft, and deeply chocolatey — like your favorite chocolate cake in cookie form. With just four ingredients and about ten minutes in the oven, they're the easiest way to satisfy a chocolate craving, and they're gluten-free, the way Pamela's has done it since 1988.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10-12 minutes

Total Time about 25 minutes

Serving Size about 38 two-inch cookies

Ingredients

1 bag (21 oz) Pamela's Chocolate Cake Mix
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg
⅓ cup water

Shop Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Mix, 21 oz.

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°F with a rack in the middle. Lightly grease a cookie sheet or line it with parchment.
In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix the Chocolate Cake Mix and butter together. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and water, then add to the cake mix and beat until completely combined.
Scoop 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie onto the sheet, roughly pat each into a ball, then flatten to ½–¾ inch thick. Bake 10–12 minutes, until firm but not hard to the touch. Cool on the pan set on a rack.
Make-ahead, slice & bake: Form the dough into a log 2½–3 inches in diameter, wrap tightly in plastic, and freeze. To bake, unwrap and let thaw until soft enough to slice (about 10 minutes), cut into ¼-inch slices, and bake 1–2 minutes longer than directed.
To keep it gluten-free: Pamela's Chocolate Cake Mix is GFCO-certified - a rich chocolate cookie that's gluten-free without compromise.

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Variations

Chocolate crinkle cookies: roll the dough balls in powdered sugar before baking for a crackly, snow-capped finish.
Add-ins: fold in ½–1 cup chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, or chopped nuts.
Mint or espresso: add ¼ tsp peppermint extract or 1 tsp instant espresso powder for a flavor twist.
Sandwich cookies: spread frosting between two cooled cookies.
Dairy-free: use margarine or vegan butter.