The Grinch White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Everyone loves The Grinch! These Easy Grinch Cookies feature White Chocolate Chips & since they are started off with a cake mix, they couldn’t be any simpler to make. These are the perfect treat to add to your Christmas Cookies this year!

A white plate filled with green grinch cookies with a red heart in them

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Easy to make & delicious – that’s what these Grinch Cookies are. They start off with a box of cake mix & have white chocolate chips stirred into the batter. A few drops of green food coloring gives the cookies their vibrant Grinchy-Green hue & they are finished off with a red heart.

You know, in Whoville they say that the Grinch’s heart grew 3 sizes one day. And then – the true meaning of Christmas came through, and the Grinch found the strength of ten Grinches, plus two!

Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little more.

A white plate filled with green grinch cookies with a red heart in them

Ingredients

  • Cake mix – white
  • Baking powder
  • Eggs – just two
  • Cooking oil – I like to use vegetable
  • Vanilla extract – I like to use pure vanilla extract, not imitation
  • White chocolate chips – I use one cup but you can increase to two
  • Food coloring – green. I like to use the gel food coloring
  • Red Heart Sprinkles – I use these from Wilton
A white plate filled with green grinch cookies with a red heart in them

How To Make Grinch Cookies

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper & set aside.
  3. Combine the cake mix & baking powder in a medium bowl
  4. Beat the eggs, oil, & vanilla together in the bowl of a stand mixture or a large bowl with a hand mixer.
  5. Mix the dry mixture into the wet ingredients.
  6. Stir in the green food coloring.
  7. Fold in the white chocolate chips.
  8. Drop rounded tablespoon balls of the dough onto your prepared baking sheets. Flatten the dough ball slightly with a spatula.
  9. Bake for 9 minutes. Do not let them brown in the oven so that they keep their color. They will firm up when cooled.
  10. Place one heart sprinkle on each cookie right after you remove them from the oven. Careful, it’s hot!
  11. Remove to cooling rack to cool completely.

Storage

To store, keep in an airtight container for up to 5-7 days.

A white plate filled with green grinch cookies with a red heart in them

Grinch White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

  • 15.25 Oz white cake mix (1 box)
  • 1 Tsp baking powder
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 1/3 Cup vegetable oil
  • 1 Tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 Cup white chocolate chips
  • 2 Drops green food coloring gel
  • red heart sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix and baking powder. In a bowl of the stand mixer (or large bowl with hand mixer) mix the eggs, oil, and vanilla together. 
  • Mix the dry mixture into the wet ingredients. Drop in green food gel. Mix well. Stir in the white chocolate chips.
  • Using a 1 tablespoon scoop, drop rounded balls of the dough onto your baking sheet. Flatten the dough ball with a spatula. Bake for 9 minutes. Do not let them brown in the oven. They will firm up when cooled. 
  • Place one heart sprinkle on each cookie top once you remove them from the oven. Careful it's hot! Remove to a cooling rack. Store in an airtight container.

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