Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies are soft, chewy, sprinkle-filled cookies that taste like a party. Enjoy them plain for a quick dessert or turn them into Funfetti Sandwich Cookies with your favorite frosting flavor. This super easy recipe, made with just 3 simple ingredients, is perfect for snacking or care package treats.
Why you'll love this recipe
- The festive sprinkles are baked right in the dough. No decorating is needed.
- The super simple recipe is ready in minutes, requiring only one bowl and 3 ingredients.
- Funfetti cookies have the perfect soft, chewy texture to use as sandwich cookies filled with your favorite frosting flavor.
Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies, speckled with bright sprinkle colors, look festive and happy. They are a great quick and easy everyday snack as well as the perfect addition to a celebration care package.
Frosted cookies and cakes are hard to mail without mashing and melting. With this recipe, you can send the cookies and the frosting separately for a do-it-yourself sandwich cookie celebration.
For another funfetti cookie made completely from scratch, try these crunchy, homemade Funfetti Cookies.
If you love quick and easy, colorful cookies try Rainbow Cake Mix Cookies next.
Ingredients you'll need
This is an overview of the ingredients. The full measurements and detailed instructions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Funfetti cake mix: This recipe uses one 15.2 ounce box of funfetti cake mix. If Funfetti isn't available, vanilla cake mix plus ⅔ cup of Jimmies sprinkles can be used.
How to make Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Combine the ingredients to form a soft, slightly sticky dough.
- Scoop the dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet and flatten slightly to ¼" thickness using fingers or the heal of your palm.
- Bake until the bottom edges are golden brown.
- To make sandwich cookies, spread frosting on the bottom of one cookies and top with the bottom of a second cookie.
Storage
Store Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
Tips for perfect Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
- If Funfetti cake mix is unavailable, make these cookies with yellow or white cake mix plus ⅔ cup of jimmies sprinkles.
- If you are adding sprinkles, jimmies sprinkles are available more economically in supermarkets in the ice cream aisle than if purchased in smaller containers sold for cookie/cake decorating.
- For 28 smaller cookies, use a small cookie scoop (1 tablespoon) and bake for 8 minutes.
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How to make Funfetti Sandwich Cookies
Filled sandwich cookies may not travel well in care packages, especially in warm weather. Follow these suggestions to create a do-it-yourself sandwich cookie care package.
Mail Funfetti Cookies and unopened, packaged filling separately and include a plastic knife for spreading. The sandwich cookies can be assembled upon arrival.
Include instructions to, "Spread the filling between two cookies to make a sandwich. Enjoy!"
Some ideas for sandwich cookie filling include:
- Canned frosting
- Nutella (chocolate nut butter)
- Biscoff (cookie butter)
- Marshmallow cream
- Cookies and Cream spread
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Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box Funfetti cake mix
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375° F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir to combine all of the ingredients.
- Use a medium cookie scoop (2 tablespoon) to portion the dough and place on the prepared cookie sheet 2" apart.
- Flatten the dough balls to ¼" thickness with your fingers or the heal of your palm.
- Bake for 10 minutes until the bottom edge turns golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and cool completely on wire racks.
- For sandwich cookies, spread filling/frosting on the flat surface on the bottom of a cookie. Top the filling/frosting with another cookie, bottoms together with filling sandwiched between them.
- Store Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week. **Note** If perishable filling is used to make sandwich cookies, then the cookies must be stored in the refrigerator and can NOT be used for shipping.**
Notes
- Funfetti cake mix can be substituted with yellow or white cake mix plus ⅔ cup of jimmies sprinkles.
- Jimmies sprinkles are available more economically in supermarkets in the ice cream aisle rather than purchased in smaller containers sold for cookie/cake decorating.
- This recipe makes 18 larger cookies that can be made into 9 sandwich cookies.
- For 28 smaller cookies, use a small cookie scoop (1 tablespoon) and bake for 8 minutes.
- Double wrap stacks of 2-4 cookies in plastic wrap, then place in an airtight container or freezer weight ziplock bag.
- For longer shipping times, vacuum sealing is recommended.
- For care package shipping, add a can of frosting, a plastic knife and sandwich cookie directions.
- Include instructions for turning the cake mix cookies into sandwich cookies, "Spread between two cookies to make a sandwich. Enjoy!"
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First Published: August 20, 2014. Last Updated: November 2, 2025. Updated for improved new recipe, information, photographs, and better reader experience.
BruCrew Life
I love the balloon birthday theme! I'm sure you made Derik's day with this awesome package! 🙂
themondaybox
Thanks, Jocelyn! I think balloons are a wonderful way to celebrate just about anything. At my house we have balloons for holidays, birthdays, congrats on accomplishments, and general "I love you". I have even sent helium balloons in a care package.....just not an international care package! 🙂
Monica
I hope your ankle is much, much better these days, Wendy. I'm glad you are much more mobile. This made me smile because there's just something about sprinkles that is so wonderful! And who doesn't love a birthday theme and a special care package for such a special occasion. I think you did a wonderful job and I'm sure the recipient appreciated it.
themondaybox
Thanks so much for the good wishes, Monica! I am weaning myself out of the support boot right now. After 3 months in a cast or boot, my foot seems to have forgotten how to bend and flex. Working on that now. 🙂
Sprinkles are really good at making people smile. That's why I thought they would be perfect in a birthday box. 🙂
Reeni
Thank-you so much for sending this to him! I bet he loved it! The sprinkle balloon cookies are so pretty! Very festive and birthday-ish. I hope you are doing well and healing!
themondaybox
Thanks, Reeni! I am honored to have the opportunity to create these military care packages. I hope they deliver smiles as well as sugar! The balloon cookies are one of the best care package cookies I have found. They stay soft on the inside and sugar crunchy on the outside for a long time.
Thanks also for the kind inquiry about my ankle! I am happily in the "wean yourself off the walking boot" phase. Building up strength so that I can be back to my normal dashing around self. 🙂
Tricia @ Saving room for dessert
What a very nice birthday package. That filling looks yum!
themondaybox
Thanks, Tricia! I was going for "celebratory". 🙂 Its hard to come up with a filling or frosting for hot weather shipping so I hope the frosting in a can did the trick! My preference at home is buttercream. 🙂
candielm
I pinned this before, but just love these cookies. Also the balloon ones are so pretty.
themondaybox
Thank you so much for your kind words, Candi! I love that these cookies are delicious, pretty/fun, and ship well in warm weather. I will be using the recipe over and over. 🙂 Thanks also for the pin!
Thalia @ butter and brioche
these cookies look so delicious.. loving all the funfetti sprinkle action going on. craving a bite of one now!
themondaybox
Thank you, Thalia! Birthdays call for lots of funfetti sprinkle action. 🙂 These cookies are crave worthy.
Libby's Library
I am so glad that I found your site via Learn To Blog. I love love love all the wonderful and useful and delicious information that you provide. How I wish that I had access to your knowledge, when my grandson's father was deployed. Crossing our fingers that there will be no more deployments during the final years of his career, but if he does have to go again, I'll know exactly what to send to him.
With 10 grown kids and 23 grand kids spread across the country, I'll be coming back again and again for ideas and recipes!
themondaybox
Hi, Libby! I am so glad you found The Monday Box, too! I wish there was no reason for any soldier to be deployed, but as long as someone's son/daughter is serving our country far from home I am hopeful that Monday Box recipes can help make their care packages delicioius! 🙂 I am thankful to the men and women of our armed forces and to their families for the sacrifices they make! I will cross my fingers along with you in hoping that your grandson's father can finish out his career without further deployment!
I am completely awed that with 10 kids and 23 grandkids you find the time to bake! What a lucky group your family is! Thank you for your kind words. I hope you will try a Monday Box recipe and let me know what you think!
mommyinsports
This is awesome! i used to love to make funfetti cookies....yum!
themondaybox
Thanks, Kristen! Sprinkles seem to make whatever they touch into a party!
Becca Niederkrom
Every picture along the way was a piece of art . . . and then to top it all of you sandwiched them with fudgy chocolate. Yummers!
themondaybox
You are so sweet! Thanks! Working on photography is my biggest challenge (next to figuring out social media!) so I really appreciate the comment! You are right about the cookies. They were very tasty alone, but special once they were sandwiched with chocolate!
Faith
These are so great! I love the theme.
themondaybox
Thank you, Faith! Birthdays should be celebrated. Adding to a soldier's birthday celebration was an honor! 🙂
mmmarzipan
They looks gorgeous!
themondaybox
Thanks, Marisa!
Jess @ On Sugar Mountain
It's birthday cake in portable, on the go form! I LOVE IT! So pretty and so festive, Wendy! 😀
themondaybox
Thanks, Jess! Sprinkles work magic, don't they?! Sprinkled cookies are a party in each bite. 🙂