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Easy Marble cookies

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Another mid week treat using a cake mix – marble cookies.  I also added chocolate chips and topped them with melted hershey kisses.

These are made with a marble cake mix, vegetable oil,  and egg and water.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 marble cake mix
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 5 tbs water
  • 1 cup Chocolate chips

Directions –  In one bowl, combine yellow cake mix, egg, oil and 3 tbs water.  Add chocolate chips.  In another bowl, combine fudge packet and 2 tbs water.   Add fudge mixture to yellow cake mixture.  Swirl gently with a knife to marble. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough.  Chill for a few hours.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners.   Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 12 minutes.  Cool completely.  I topped these with melted hershey kisses. 

Store in covered container.

May the Sabres run their winning streak to 10 treats

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For my final treat of 2025, I made lemon frosted cake mix squares.  I didn’t have a lemon cake mix, so I used a white one and added some lemon extract, along with the other ingredients.  These are for my friend rib’s birthday and as luck for the Sabres, who go for their 10th straight win tonight against the Stars, one of the best teams in the NHL.

These are super simple, don’t require a ton of ingredients or time.  You can leave them plain or frost them.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 white cake mix
  • 1 sugar cookie mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 2 tsp lemon extract

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray.  In a bowl, combine mixes.   Blend in butter, then eggs and extract.  Evenly spread into prepared pan.   Bake 18 to 20 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbs lemon juice

In a bowl, combine ingredients.  Frost bars.  Cut and store in covered container.

Go Sabres!!

German chocolate cake mix cookies

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The German chocolate cake is a masterpiece of a dessert- German chocolate cake, pecan coconut frosting and chocolate frosting.   The bakery in my hometown of Olean, NY – the former Ried’s food barn- made the nest German chocolate cakes.  And I am sure the now olean food barn does too.

So I made a cookie sandwich version using a cake mix, canned coconut pecan frosting and a homemade chocolate frosting as the fillings. 

You can make a homemade coconut pecan frosting, but I went with canned frosting today
  • Cookies ingredients
  • 1 German chocolate cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Set aside.   In a bowl, blend 3 ingredients.  Scoop out 2 tbs of dough.  Roll into a ball and slightly flatten.  Stagger on cookie sheet.  Bake 10 to 12 minutes.  No longer.  Cool completely.

  • Chocolate frosting filling ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbs evaporated milk
  • 1 tbs vanilla

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter and cocoa. Blend in powdered sugar, then evaporated milk and vanilla.  Add more evaporated milk or powdered sugar to get the consistency you want.

Place cookies flat side up. 

On one half, spread some coconut pecan frosting.  On another half, spread some chocolate frosting.  

Put two together and voila!

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Chocolate sugar cookie cake mix bars with fudge frosting

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This is a twist on a previous recipe -sugar cookie cake mix bars.   This time, I used all chocolate crinkle cookie mix and devils food cake mix.  Super simply and easy.  I opted for a fudge frosting. But you can use whatever flavor you want.  Sprinkling powdered sugar on to would be good too, I think. 

You can use whatever flavor cookie and cake mix you want.

Remember to preheat your oven so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cake mix
  • 1 cookie mix
  • 2 sticks of butter, melted
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 sheet with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside.  In a bowl, combine all five ingredients, beat on low-medium speed with a mixer just until blended  (Mixture will be thick).  Spread evenly into prepared pan.  Bake 20 to 23 minutes.  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 6 tbs butter
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1/2 to 2/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – in a pan, over low-medium heat, melt butter.   Turn off heat, leaving pan on burner.  Add chips, cocoa, powdered sugar, cream and vanilla.  Stir until melted.  Chill 15 to 20 minutes.   Frost cooled bars. 

Store in covered container. Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Yellow cake mix- sugar cookie bars with fudge swirl frosting

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For Championship week Friday. I present yellow cake mix sugar cookie bars with fudge swirl frosting.  How did i get the frosting to swirl?  I pressed chocolate chips on top of the bars immediately after taking them out of the oven and then I was in a hurry, so I frosted them with vanilla frosting while the bars were warm and the melted chocolate chips swirled in with the frosting!

These are super easy.  You can use any cake mix you want and any flavor frosting you want.  I baked these for 25.  I would probably go a little less next time, checking them around 20 minutes.

  • Cake mix, any flavor
  • Sugar cookie mix
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • Chocolate chips (opt)

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a 9×13 rectangular pan with baking spray. Set aside.  In a bowl, combine cookie and cake mix.  Blend in butter, eggs and vanilla.  Press evenly into prepared pan.  Bake 20 to 23 minutes.  Remove from oven.  Immediately, gently press chocolate chips on top, like below.

Cool completely.  Or frost while warm and get fudge swirl frosting!

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 6 tbs butter, softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Milk

In a bowl, blend powdered sugar and butter.  Add vanilla.  Mix in milk, one tbs at a time, until you get the consistency you want.  Frost bars. 

Store in covered container. Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Triple chip cake bars

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Part of the week 8 celebratory treats for the Bills win over the Seahawks – triple chip cake bars.  I used milk, semisweet and white chocolate chips and a yellow cake mix.  You can use whichever flavor chips and cake mix you want.  Super simple recipe. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cake mix (i used yellow)
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted (5 tbs plus 1 tsp)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×14 pan with parchment paper.  In a bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, melted butter and vanilla.  Blend in chips.  Moisten hands with water.  Evenly press dough into pan.  Bake 15 to 18 minutes.    Cool completely.   Chill bars a few hours on fridge. 

Frosted chocolate chip cake bars (week 2 victory treat part 2)

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For part 2 of the week 2 Bills victory treats, I present frosted chocolate chip cake bars.  You can use any flavor cake mix (I used French vanilla), any kind of chips (I used traditional semisweet), and any kind of frosting (I used vanilla).

  • Bars ingredients list
  • 1 cake mix
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • Extra chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper.  Set aside.  In a bowl, combine cake mix, oil, eggs, and vanilla.  Mix in 1 cup chocolate chips.   You may want to wet your hands for this next part – gently, evenly press dough into prepared pan. Sprinkle extra chips on tip.   Bake 15 to 18 minutes (toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs).  Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 cups powdered sugar (scooped from powdered sugar container into cup)
  • Milk or heavy cream

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and vanilla.  Blend in powdered sugar and enough milk or heavy cream to get the consistency you want.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day!  Go Bills!

Golden oreo stuffed cake mix cookies

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Need a quick treat?  This is one recipe to try.  I used golden oreos, but you can use any candy you want too.  I added sprinkles to the dough, which is optional, of course.  You can also make these unstuffed. I estimate this recipe makes 12 to 15 cookies.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cake mix
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbs water
  • Golden oreos

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  In a bowl, combine cake mix, vegetable oil, egg and water.   You may need to use your hands (like when making meatballs) to get dough to come together.  Add sprinkles, if using.  Scoop out 2 tbs dough and form around oreos.   Stagger cookies on prepared sheets.  Bake 9 to 10 min.  Cool completely.   Store in covered container.

Tollhouse cake mix bars

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I had 2 yellow cake mixes that are expiring in a few days, so I decided to whip them up and make them into tollhouse bars and frost them with a simple vanilla frosting. Of course, I frosted them when they were warm, so they will be gushy. I think these will go over well at work tomorrow

These use 2 cake mixes, 4 eggs, chocolate chips, 1/2 cup flour, 1 tsp vanilla, and 12 tbs of butter, melted.

  • Ingredients
  • 2 yellow cake mixes
  • 12 tbs butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup)
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions – spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray. Preheat oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes so it cycles to the right temp. In a bowl, blend cake mixes, flour, melted butter, eggs and vanilla. Blend in chips. Spread evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes (edges will be golden). Cool completely. Store in covered container.

Reese’s stuffed cake mix cookies

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Reese’s stuffed cake mix cookies

I am bringing in 3 treats to work tomorrow, in honor of the Bills 3 point win over the Dolphins today. 3 has been quite significant recently for the Bills with Damar Hamlin and his miraculous recovery. Plenty to clean up for Buffalo moving forward, but a win is a win. Onto the divisional round.

These Reese’s stuffed cake mix cookies are super simple – a cake mix, water, vegetable oil, one egg, and Reese’s or oreos or other candy to stuff them with. I do recommend preheating your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. And bake no longer than 10 minutes.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cake mix (I used chocolate)
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbs water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • Reese’s pb cups, unwrapped

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. In a bowl, combine cake mix, egg, water, and vegetable oil. Mix well. If you feel the dough is too dry. Add more water, one tbs at a time. Scoop out 2 tbs dough. Divide equally into two pieces. Lightly flatten each half. On one flatted half, place one peanut butter cup

Place other flattened piece of dough on top. Make sure dough completely covers reeses. Stagger on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes. Cool completely. Store in covered container

Thank you for stopping by today. Hope you have a wonderful day, filled with peace and joy. Go Bills!