Name: Dark Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 16 min
Ingredients: 8 oz. cream cheese, softened; 1/2 cup salted butter, softened; 1 large egg; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 box yellow cake mix; 10 oz. dark chocolate chips; 1/2 cup powdered sugar

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These Dark Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies are sweet, soft and so easy to make!! This shortcut recipe uses a yellow cake mix but you would never know! I love the addition of the dark chocolate chips! Gives the chocolate chip cookie a totally different feel!

Ingredients Needed For Dark Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

cream cheese
salted butter
large egg
vanilla extract
yellow cake mix
dark chocolate chips
powdered sugar

Kitchen Tools Used In This Recipe

hand mixer

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sheet pan

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cookie scoop

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How To Make Dark Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

Like all Gooey Butter Cookies these are VERY addicting! I swear I dark chocolate to anything I can LOL!

Pre-heat your oven to 375 and line a sheet pan with parchment. In a large bowl, mix the softened butter and cream cheese with a hand mixer.

Then mix in the egg and vanilla until well incorporated. Then add the dry cake mix. Lastly, stir in the dark chocolate chips by hand with a large spoon.

Now, using a cookie scoop or tablespoon form dough into one inch balls. Then roll dough in powdered sugar and place on parchment lined cookie sheet.

Continue with remaining dough. I baked these in two batches but if you have two sheet pans you can do them all at once. If you do them in batches, I suggest letting the sheet pan cool for a few minutes before adding the cookie dough so it doesn’t start to melt.

Bake for 11- 13 minutes, but check at the 11 minute mark. Mine were cooked perfectly by then but everyone’s oven if different.

Transfer cookies to cooling rack and continue if making in batches.

I suggest refrigerating or freezing if not eating immediately.

Enjoy!

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Dark Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

Author: The Sweet Cucina
Total Time: 16 minutes
Yield: 30 Cookies 1x

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Ingredients

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8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup salted butter, softened
1 large egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 box yellow cake mix
10 oz. dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup powdered sugar

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 and line a sheet pan with parchment.
In a large bowl, mix softened cream cheese and butter with a hand mixer.
Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
Mix in dry cake mix.
Stir in by hand, dark chocolate chips.
Using a cookie scoop or tablespoon, form dough into balls and roll in powdered sugar.
Place rolled cookie dough on sheet pan.
Repeat with remaining dough.
Bake for 11 – 13 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.
Repeat with remaining cookie dough if baking in multiple batches.
Enjoy!