Soft chocolate cake-mix cookies sandwiched with a cream cheese filling.
Ingredients
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| Ingredient | Price used | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Cookies | ||
| 1 box devil's food cake mix | $1.29/boxEstimate · store-brand, about 15 oz | $1.29 |
| ½ cup oil | $0.05/tbspEstimate | $0.40 |
| 2 eggs | $2.27/dozenBLS, Sep 2026 | $0.38 |
| ¼ cup flour | $0.55/lbBLS, Sep 2026 | $0.04 |
| Filling | ||
| 8 ounces cream cheese, softened | $2.49/8-oz blockEstimate | $2.49 |
| ½ cup butter, softened | $3.96/lbBLS, Sep 2026 | $0.99 |
| 1 pound powdered sugar | $1.40/lbEstimate | $1.40 |
| Vanilla, optional | $0.50/tspEstimate · priced as ½ teaspoon | $0.25 |
| Total | $7.24 | |
| Per cookie (24 cookies) | $0.30 | |
Cookies
- 1 box devil's food cake mix
- ½ cup oil
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup flour
Filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- Vanilla, optional
Directions
- Preheat. Heat the oven to 350°F.
- Make the dough. Mix the cake mix, oil, eggs, and flour until combined.
- Shape and bake. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place them on a baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes.
- Cool. Let the cookies cool completely.
- Make the filling. Beat the cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar until creamy. Add vanilla if you like.
- Assemble. Spread filling on the flat side of one cookie and top with a second cookie.
Notes
- Make sure the cookies are fully cool before filling them, or the filling will melt.
- Because of the cream cheese filling, store the cookies in the refrigerator.
How we priced this recipe
- BLS, Sep 2026: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data, U.S. city average, September 2026.
- Estimate: Food Butler estimate of a typical U.S. store-brand shelf price, October 2026. Neither BLS nor USDA publishes an average price for these items.
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