These easy Lemon Cool Whip Cookies are soft, chewy, and made with just four ingredients: lemon cake mix, Cool Whip, egg, and powdered sugar. Cool Whip gives the cookies their light, soft texture, while the powdered sugar coating creates that classic crinkle finish.
They’re a quick lemon dessert for Easter, Mother’s Day, birthdays, or whenever you need an easy batch of cookies. If you like shortcut baking with cake mix, try my carrot cake mix cookies and cherry dump cake.
If you have more whipped topping on hand, put it to use in another easy dessert. My Cool Whip Cream Cheese Frosting is light, creamy, and perfect for cakes and cupcakes, or try my Cool Whip Marshmallow Fruit Dip for a simple three-ingredient dessert dip.
Shortcut Notes
- Only 4 ingredients: Cake mix, Cool Whip, egg, and powdered sugar are all you need.
- Starts with cake mix: Boxed lemon cake mix keeps prep simple with no measuring flour, sugar, or leavening.
- Quick prep: The dough comes together in just a few minutes before rolling and baking.
Ingredients
- Lemon cake mix - Dry cake mix found in the baking aisle
- Cool Whip - Thawed, found in the freezer aisle near desserts
- Egg - Eggs add moisture, flavor, and structure to cookies
- Powdered sugar - Also called confectioners' sugar or icing sugar
See the recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350ºF (175ºC). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and set aside.
In a large bowl, use a wooden spoon or silicone spatula to combine the box of cake mix, the thawed cool whip, and the egg. Note: the Cool Whip must be thawed!
Stop mixing when there are no visible traces of flour. Do NOT overmix.
Scoop the cookie batter into approximately 1-inch balls. There should be 18-24 cookies, so adjust accordingly. The dough is very sticky, so it's best to use a small cookie scoop or a heaping tablespoon. Use a small spoon to get the dough out of the tablespoon.
Drop the balls directly into a small bowl of powdered sugar (avoid touching the dough with your hands), rolling gently with a spoon to coat.
Place the cookie dough balls on the prepared baking sheets about 1 inch apart.
Bake for 8-12 minutes in the preheated oven. The cookies should be slightly golden around the edges. Set the sheet pans on a wire rack and let the cookies cool completely.
Substitutions
There are a few ways you can customize this recipe to suit your taste preferences.
- Cake mix: Instead of lemon cake mix, you can use any flavor of cake mix you like such as chocolate cake mix, red velvet cake mix, or strawberry cake mix, or spice cake mix.
- Cool whip: Additionally, you can swap out the cool whip for whipped cream or whipped coconut cream if you prefer.
FAQ
Yes, adding fresh lemon juice or lemon zest will add a tart zing.
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Lemon Cool Whip Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 box lemon cake mix 15.25 ounce box
- 1 tub Cool Whip Original Whipped Cream Topping 8 ounces, thawed
- 1 large egg
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF (175ºC). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and set aside.
- In a large bowl, use a wooden spoon or silicone spatula to combine the box of cake mix, the thawed cool whip, and the egg. Stop mixing when there are no visible traces of flour.
- Scoop the cookie batter into approximately 1-inch balls. There should be 18-24 cookies, so adjust accordingly. The dough is very sticky, so it's best to use a small cookie scoop or a heaping tablespoon. Use a small spoon to get the dough out of the tablespoon.
- Drop the balls directly into a small bowl of powdered sugar (avoid touching the dough with your hands), rolling gently with a spoon to coat.
- Place the cookie dough balls on the prepared baking sheets about 1 inch apart.
- Bake for 8-12 minutes in the preheated oven. The cookies should be very slightly golden around the edges. If they stick to the pan, they are not ready. Set the sheet pans on a wire rack and let the cookies cool completely.
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