15 Incredibly Creative Ways to Use Cake Mix
Did you know that you can use cake mix in a huge variety of dessert recipes? From cakes and bars to pancakes and martinis, this list has it all!
I love cake mix. It’s of course great to have on hand to make a quick cake, but it has so many possibilities beyond that! Cookies, bars, cupcakes, dump cakes, puppy chow, you name it. I love using cake mix because it makes the baking process so simple!
I searched high and low for the best recipes that use cake mix in a creative way. All of these recipes are unique, delicious and come together in a jiff! Scroll through to see all of the recipes.
Enjoy!
Brownie Mix Cookies | Blackberry Babe
These brownie mix cookies have just a few ingredients! They’re crispy on the outside and gooey in the middle. Delish!
Wedding Cake Cookies | Blackberry Babe
Vanilla cake mix and almond flavoring make delicious cookies that taste just like wedding cake!
Brownie Batter Smoothies | Cravings of a Lunatic
Brownies in smoothie form? Believe that! Kim from Cravings of a Lunatic made it so with this two-ingredient recipe!
Peach Dump Cake | Blackberry Babe
All of the flavors of peach cobbler with barely any work! The cake mix is used for the crumble topping.
Funfetti Krispy Treats | Cupcake Diaries
Forget boring old rice krispy treats! Jazzing them up with funfetti cake mix, sprinkles, and white chocolate is the way to go!
Cake Batter Cookies | Tried and Tasty
Using cake mix to make cookies is a slam dunk decision. It cuts out a ton of measuring, and yields perfect cookies every time, like these five ingredient chocolate chip cookies from Tried and Tasty.
Funfetti Birthday Cake Icebox Cake |Life, Love and Sugar
These easy, yet festive layered dessert from uses birthday cake Oreos and cake batter pudding. Um, yes!
Polka Dot Cookies | Blackberry Babe
Chocolate cake mix cookies studded with white chocolate chips. So easy, so delicious.
Cookies and Cream Brownies | Oh, Sweet Basil
Only four ingredients in these ooey, gooey chocolatey treats from Oh, Sweet Basil!
Dark Cherry Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies | Renee’s Kitchen Adventures
Renee uses cherry chip cake mix to make these sinfully delicious cookies.
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies | Like Mother, Like Daughter
Chewy chocolate cake mix cookies, topped with peanut butter buttercream and chocolate ganache. SIGN ME UP!
Tres Leches Caketini | Snappy Gourmet
A martini that tastes like cake? Yep, I’m into that.
Blackberry Crumble Dump Cake | Blackberry Babe
This remains one of my most popular recipes on this site! It tastes like a mix between a blackberry pie and a gooey cookie.
Red, White and Blue Whoopie Pies | NeighborFood
Yeah, yeah. I know that the 4th of July has past us. But Courtney from Neighborfood uses simple food coloring to color the cookies, so the possibilities are endless! These were too cute not to include.
If you love donuts, consider trying these Baked Strawberry Donuts (Easy Recipe with Cake Mix!)
Love this! We always have cake mix on hand but hardly ever make cake. So excited to find all these different uses!
Wow, some of these are super creative! Great round up!
I know! I was so impressed with the creativity of these recipes!
What a fantastic group of recipes. I almost always have a half used box of cake mix in my pantry from recipes when I only needed to use a little. I can’t wait to give a few of these recipes a try.
Same here, Joanie! I keep White, Chocolate and Yellow on hand at all times since there are so many ways to use them!
Batter smoothies- oh my! Must try this!
Thanks for including my peanut butter cup cookies. These all look so good! I love using cake mixes in desserts!
Of course! They are absolutely gorgeous!
Michelle, you are too sweet!
I’m the same way. I love cake mix but I haven’t actually used it in such a long time. This is a wonderful round up and the creations are very creative!
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