When I'm out of ideas for a dessert to make for a crowd, my go-to is a batch of delicious cookies, usually chocolate chip cookies. However, there are times when I just don't have the time to spend in the kitchen making cookie dough.
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That's where cool whip cookies come in. With around 3-4 ingredients, you can whip up a quick batch of cookie dough for any last-minute desserts. It'll also give you an excuse to keep a container of cool whip in the freezer!
Check out These 13 Cool Whip Cookie Recipes
1. Strawberry Cool Whip Cookies
These pretty pink cookies made with strawberry cake mix, cool whip, eggs, and powdered sugar look like classic crinkle cookies. You won't regret making these. Get the recipe here.
2. Lemon Glazed Cool Whip Cookies
For a fresh, tangy take on cookies, try out these Lemon Glazed Cool Whip Cookies. The cookie dough, is made with a box of cake mix, cool whip, and an egg. How easy is that?
Since the dough tends to be sticky, rather than rolling spoonfuls of dough in powdered sugar, each cookie is topped with lemon glaze after they bake. Get the recipe here.
3. Chocolate Cool Whip Cookies
This is such an easy recipe that you can even let the kids help! With eggs, cool whip, chocolate cake mix (devil's food cake mix works), and confectioners sugar, you'll find yourself making these again and again.
Get the recipe here.
4. Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
These soft, fluffy cookies are super simple to whip up for a festive dessert. If you have a cookie scoop, you definitely want to use it because it makes life so much easier! Get the recipe here.
5. Funfetti Cool Whip Cookies
If you're like me and you can't get enough of anything that has to do with funfetti, you're going to want to make these cookies. Fluffy and full of color, these cool whip cookies will be a huge hit.
Get the recipe here.
6. Cool Whip Cookies
Get this-these cookies are sugar-free and low fat! By using sugar-free cake mix and fat-free cool whip, snacking on these won't make you feel so guilty. Go ahead, enjoy more than one!
Get the recipe here.
7. Spice Cool Whip Cookies
If you love warming spices, try out this recipe using spice cake mix. This is a great recipe for the holidays, but can really be fitting for any time of the year.
Get the recipe here.
8. Triple Chocolate Fudge Cool Whip Cookies
Chocolate lovers-save this recipe. These fudgey, chocolatey cookies will remind you of digging into a brownie. Get the recipe here.
9. Snickerdoodle Cool Whip Cookies
Instead of rolling the cookie dough in powdered sugar, just like traditional snickerdoodle cookies, they get a generous coating of cinnamon sugar. Get the recipe here.
10. Orange Crinkle Cookies
For a fresh burst of orange flavor, add in some orange extract to the batter. Kick things up a knotch and sprinkle in some orange zest as well.
Get the recipe here.
11. French Vanilla Cool Whip Cookies
If you love the simple, but incredibly yummy flavor of French vanilla, try using French vanilla cake mix for this recipe. And if you're really into that vanilla flavor, scrape out the seeds from a vanilla bean. Get the recipe here.
12. Coconut Cream Sandwich Cookies
Okay, so these sandwich cookies require more than 3-4 ingredients, but it's totally worth it! The cookies are light and chewy and the frosting is sweet and creamy- what could go wrong?
Get the recipe here.
13. Carrot Cake Cool Whip Cookies
If you need an easy recipe for Easter, we've got you covered. Instead of baking a cake with that box of carrot cake mix, use it to make cookies.
And if you're feeling extra ambitious, try spreading cream cheese frosting on top of each cookie. Get the recipe here.
