Moist, gooey, and delicious, these Texas Sheet Cake Cookies are everything you love about a classic Texas Sheet Cake in a handheld form.
These Texas Sheet Cake Cookies are a fun, bite-sized twist on the classic Texas sheet cake, delivering all the rich, chocolatey flavor in a soft, chewy cookie form. These cookies are made with a tender chocolate base and topped with a smooth, fudgy icing that sets just like the traditional cake’s signature frosting.
If you are a chocolate lover like me then you have to also check out my Mexican Chocolate Cake, Capirotada – Chocolate Bread Pudding, and German Chocolate Poke Cake.
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Why We Love These Sheet Cake Cookies
- It only takes 40 minutes to put these beautiful cookies together!
- No cake pans needed to bake with or clean so less overall work.
- There’s only a few ingredients needed making it simple to put together.
Recipe Ingredients
Chocolate Cake Mix – To create a moist cake texture in cookie form.
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – To give the frosting that chocolate flavoring.
Pecans – An optional topping that adds a little crunch to these soft and gooey cookies.
For a full list of ingredients and amounts see the recipe card below.
How to Make Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Step 2: In a large bowl add the cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil and mix until a dough forms. Note; the dough will be thick.
Step 3: Next, take a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough roll it into a ball and slightly press it down onto your prepared baking sheets so it is flatter than a cookie dough ball.
Step 4: Bake in the oven for 7-8 minutes. Then allow the cookies to cool completely before adding the frosting on top.
Step 5: While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting. In a small saucepan over medium heat, whisk together the butter, cocoa powder, and milk together until everything is melted.
Step 6: Then remove from the heat, add the powdered sugar and whisk until there are no more lumps.
Step 7: Next, pour the frosting over the cookies, use a knife or spoon as needed to spread the frosting to ensure each cookie is completely covered.
Step 8: Add the pecans to the top of the cookies (if using) before the frosting sets.
Step 9: Once the frosting has set, serve and enjoy!
Expert Tips
Frosting The Cookies – I recommend placing the cookies on parchment paper spaced apart after they have baked and cooled. Then, slowly pour the frosting onto each one. Note, it will set in seconds.
Adding Pecans – If you are adding pecans to the tops of your cookies have them out so that right after your pour on the frosting you can place it on top while it is still wet so that it sets properly.
FAQs
Yes you can. They will simply be chocolate cake mix cookies.
If your frosting is not setting then the cookies are either too warm, or your frosting is too thin. Be sure to let the cookies cool and if you need to thicken your frosting add in additional powdered sugar.
Storage Information
You can store any leftovers of these sheet cake cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days. For longer storage you can freeze them in your freezer for up to 2 months.
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Texas Sheet Cake Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
For the Cookies
- 1 box chocolate cake mix - I recommend a 15.25 oz box
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
For the Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 Tbsp whole milk
- 2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
- Pecan halves - optional topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl add the cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil and mix until a dough forms. Note; the dough will be thick.
- Next, take a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough roll it into a ball and slightly press it down onto your prepared baking sheets so it is flatter than a cookie dough ball.
- Bake in the oven for7-8 minutes. Then allow the cookies to cool completely before adding the frosting on top.
- While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisk together the butter, cocoa powder, and milk together until everything is melted.
- Then remove from the heat, add the powdered sugar and whisk until smooth.
- Next, pour the frosting over the cookies, use a knife as needed to spread the frosting to ensure each cookie is completely covered.
- Add the pecan halves to the top of the cookies (if using) before the frosting sets.
- Once the frosting has set, serve and enjoy!
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If you like Texas Sheet Cake, then you will like these. Mini cakes in a cookie form. Very tasty!
These cookies were so sweet and chocolatey, I’d definitely make them again.