Strawberries and Cream Cookies made with a cake mix and jello. Bursting with strawberry flavor and creamy milkshake flavored frosting!
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I’m going to start this post off with a confession- I don’t like strawberries.
Or let me rephrase that- I don’t like eating plain strawberries. The texture gets to me.
You should probably know (and may have figured out already) that I, Madison, am typing this post- not my mom. My mom loves strawberries. So does my brother, and my dad. I don’t know about my sister- it changes every day. No matter who eats strawberries in our family and who doesn’t, we all love the flavor strawberries give. Anything we make with the flavor of strawberry is fought over.
These Strawberries and Cream Cookies are no exception.
If there’s one thing I can tell you about the strawberry cookie itself, it would be: “It’s pretty good. It needs something else though.” Because we always strive to give you the best we can do.
If there’s one thing I can tell you about the strawberry icing it would be: “This tastes really sweet, like a strawberry milkshake.”
Both of these got pretty good reviews on their own, but put them together and guess what? You have a 5-star cookie! Chewy, soft, and delicious. There’s really no other way we can describe these Strawberries and Cream Cookies.
Absolute yumminess:)
There’s something about these cookies that keep you wanting more, and more, and more. I had one whenever I could get my hands on them. Have you ever been there?
Cookies have voices. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Can’t you hear them calling your name?
These cookies are super fun because they are made with a boxed cake mix and strawberry jello. That strawberry jello just gives a huge blast of strawberry flavor. The cream cheese in the cookies keeps them soft and chewy. I hope you enjoy eating them as much as I did!
Strawberries and Cream Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box Duncan Hines white cake mix
- 1 small box strawberry jello
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 large egg
- Frosting:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 1/8 cup frozen strawberries thawed and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- In a small bowl, mix the cake mix, jello, egg, cream cheese and butter until it is all well combined.
- Roll the dough into about 24 balls. Place them on a cookie sheet and gently press down on the top of the balls to slightly flatten them.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 11-13 minutes.
- Move the cookies to a wire rack to cool.
- For the frosting, in a small bowl, mix together the powdered sugar and melted butter.
- Chop the strawberries into tiny pieces or chop them in a food processor for just a few seconds.
- Mix the strawberries into the powdered sugar/butter mixture to create a frosting.
- When the cookies are cooled, spread the frosting on top of the cookies.
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Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
April 24, 2014 at 1:53 amThe color is so fun! My family is a huge fan of strawberries, so this is a recipe I need to try! 🙂
Lizzy T says
April 24, 2014 at 1:11 pmMy girls loved the pink color, Jamie! Enjoy them!
Kim @ The Cookie Puzzle says
April 24, 2014 at 7:13 amOh my dear…..I can totally hear these cookies calling my name. They look AMAZING! I love a simple cookie and using a cake mix really makes these easy to make. I would love for you to link up at our Tasty Tuesday Link Party.
http://www.thecookiepuzzle.com/2014/04/tasty-tuesday-57.html
Lizzy T says
April 24, 2014 at 1:09 pmThank you, Kim!
liz says
February 13, 2015 at 1:51 pmi see you use jello in a recipe…do i just throw in that box as a dry ingredient? or do i actually make jello and add it that way?
Lizzy T says
February 13, 2015 at 8:15 pmLiz, just use the dry Jell-O powder. Have fun!
dina says
April 24, 2014 at 9:37 amthey look cute and yummy!
Lizzy T says
April 24, 2014 at 1:06 pmThanks, Dina!
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen says
April 24, 2014 at 11:49 amThese look sssooo good! And I love strawberries and cookies!
Lizzy T says
April 24, 2014 at 1:06 pmThank you, Kristi! I think you’d love these cookies!
Amy | Club Narwhal says
April 24, 2014 at 1:33 pmI can definitely hear these lovely cookies calling my name 🙂 I love that perfect color (and I bet I could eat the frosting straight with a spoon, despite the sweetness!).
Jessi Otey says
April 24, 2014 at 3:10 pmOh my goodness this looks like heaven! Thanks for sharing! I hope you don’t mind that I feature this on my blog tomorrow for my Friday Favorites!! xoxo
Lizzy T says
April 24, 2014 at 3:51 pmJessi- we would love for you to feature this! Thank you!
Julie says
April 24, 2014 at 11:17 pmThank you for this recipe! Do you think this recipe would work as bar cookies?
Lizzy T says
April 27, 2014 at 7:28 amJulie-
Yes! I do think you could put this in a greased 8×8 pan and bake it at 350 degrees for about 14 minutes. That is just a guess as to the time and temperature based on other recipes I’ve tried that are similar. Watch them so they don’t get too done. I hope it works for you!
Jennifer says
April 25, 2014 at 9:02 amThese look so delicious!
Lizzy T says
April 27, 2014 at 7:24 amThank you, Jennifer!
Ma Martin says
April 25, 2014 at 5:21 pmHi Guys. Please think of us across the pond in good old England !Some of the ingrediants we don’t get or understand .I can’t wait to make these . But what is “Jello” . we only get wobbly blocks of jelly to melt with hot water .or packets of granuals to dissolve in hot water. What should i use ,and how much? White cake mix? Victoria sponge mix?
grams . Size of packet?
Please your recipes we need …we have endless rain!
Lizzy T says
April 27, 2014 at 7:20 amMa Martin- Jello is a packet of flavored granules that you add to hot water. We use one small box of Jello, which the packet says is about 85 grams. White cake mix is just a basic boxed white cake mix. The cake mix box says 468 grams. I hope that was of some help to you!
Mallory says
April 26, 2014 at 11:27 amThese look delicious! I am pinning them to my cookie board! Perfect for spring!
Lizzy T says
April 27, 2014 at 7:13 amThanks for sharing, Mallory!
fran says
April 26, 2014 at 8:29 pmOkay I added the stuff but in no way is it turning into dough why is there no liquid listed? Cream cheese and butter and 1 egg is suppose to wet the cake mix and jello?
Lizzy T says
April 27, 2014 at 7:13 amYes, the cream cheese, butter and 1 egg wets the dough just enough. Make sure the butter and cream cheese are very soft, which will make this easier to mix together. The dough will be very thick, so you can roll it into balls. I hope that helps!
Megan says
April 26, 2014 at 8:32 pmDelicious! I wonder if these would be even better with cream cheese icing. Ever tried it? Either way, yum!!
Lizzy T says
April 27, 2014 at 7:12 amMegan- Cream cheese frosting is great on anything! 🙂 I’d definitely give it a try!
Betsy @ BPhotoArt says
May 1, 2014 at 12:47 amYum, so pink and tasty looking! Thanks for sharing at Happiness is Homemade 🙂
Cindy says
May 3, 2014 at 8:42 pmThese cookies are so pretty. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Simple Supper Tuesday.
Roxy | Roxy's Kitchen says
May 7, 2014 at 6:29 pmThese look so pretty and delicious! I love any dessert with strawberries but can’t decide if I like more these cookies or the brownie cookies yummy!
Lizzy T says
May 8, 2014 at 9:06 amLooks like you’ll have to make both, Roxy! 🙂 Enjoy!
Ma Martin says
May 23, 2014 at 1:28 pmLizzy darling, thanks for answering my plight! I hot footing it of to the supermarket..Hay-ho- to make Strawberry cookies….Ah! life feels good!
Lizzy T says
May 26, 2014 at 2:58 pmI hope you enjoyed them!
Emily says
July 4, 2014 at 2:13 pmI just made these for a fourth of July party and they were fantastic!!!!!! Tasted like a strawberry milkshake, my only changes were to add a little bit of vanilla extract to the frosting, using a box cake mix that already had the jello in it, ad adding blue sprinkles to the frosting. WILL make again! Thanks!
Lizzy T says
July 6, 2014 at 7:57 amAwesome, Emily! I’m glad you enjoyed these cookies!
Bunny says
June 23, 2018 at 2:29 pmI’m going to make these for a meeting next week, but with a Strawberry Cake Mix. That should up the flavor more.
Bunny says
June 23, 2018 at 2:30 pmWhat kind of a cake mix has jello in it? I know that many have pudding in them, but haven’t seen any that have jello in them.
jennifer says
August 12, 2014 at 12:24 amI made the strawberries and cream cookies today and they are really good. The only ingredient I added was 1 tsp of lemon extract to each batch which just brings out the flavor of the jello. If I make this recipe again I won’t add as much extract and won’t add any to the plain batch.
I didn’t make or add any frosting as I felt it would get messy when shipping. Also, when making the dough, I doubled the batch and used 2 separate bowls. One of the batches I did use the strawberry jello and the other batch I used just white sugar in place of the jello. I then put both batches in the fridge overnight.
when making the cookies I now had a batch of white dough and a batch of the red strawberry dough. I took a small amount of each kind and rolled into a ball. Rolled the ball in sugar and pushed down flat with a small glass on a cookie sheet. The result was so gorgeous, and I have never said that about a cookie before. half the cookie is the dark pink color and the other half regular dough colored.
So fun to look at, and the flavor of this recipe is really yummy.
Lizzy T says
August 13, 2014 at 7:41 amJennifer- How you changed these up sounds so fun! I love it! And I’d love to see a picture. Do you have FB? If you do, you could post a picture on our FB page. They sound so cute! Here’s a link to our FB page: https://www.facebook.com/TastesofLizzyT?ref=hl
Nadine says
March 25, 2015 at 1:07 amThese cookies were incredible. Now I know why. I had them at an event and I could not stop eating them. Super good. Really really moist and chewy in all the right ways. Thank you!
Lizzy T says
March 25, 2015 at 12:22 pmThank you!! They are some of my favorites!
Bunny says
June 23, 2018 at 2:09 pmI’m going to make these for a meeting next week, but with a Strawberry Cake Mix. That should up the flavor more.