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Carrot Cake Cookie Recipe

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April 6, 2023

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Carrot Cake Cookie Recipe is perfect for sharing at Easter. Even the Easter Bunny would approve!

Carrot Cake Cookie Recipe

Carrot Cake Cookie Recipe

Easter is right around the corner which means it’s time to make a batch or two of these delicious carrot cake cookies!

They are perfectly sweet and have just the right amount of crunch!

Even the Easter Bunny would approve of this carrot recipe.

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Ingredients Needed For Carrot Cake Cookies

  • 1 box of carrot cake mix
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1/2 cup of canola oil 
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cupcake pan with cupcake liners
  • 1 cup of pecan chips
  • 1 container of cream cheese frosting 
  • 1 syringe
  • 3/4 cup of unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup of packed brown sugar 
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
  • 3 tsp of pure vanilla extract 
  • 2 1/4 cups of flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp of cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda 
  • 2 tbsp of vanilla pudding mix
  • 1/4 tsp of kosher salt
  • 1 cup of white chocolate chips


Easy Semi Homemade Carrot Cake Cookies

How To Make Carrot Cake Cookies

  • First, we want to make our semi-homemade carrot cupcakes. Follow the back of the cake mix box to bake the cupcakes.
  • Once the cupcakes have been baked, allow cooling completely.
  • Once cooled, crumble carrot cake into a large bowl and mix in with pecan chips. Then set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Carrot Cake Cookie Mix Recipe

  • Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter, brown sugar, and sugar until combined and smooth.
  • Beat in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract one at a time until combined.
  • Using a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, pudding mix, and salt and whisk until combined.
  • Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  • Fold in the white chocolate chips gently.
  • Using a medium ice cream scooper or spoon, scoop out some dough and roll it into a ball.
  • Roll the cookie dough ball into the crumbled carrot cake.
  • Place the dough ball onto the cookie sheet and repeat the step for 6 more cookies.
  • Bake the first cookie sheet in the oven for 11 minutes.

Easter Dessert Recipe Carrot Cake

  • While the cookie is baking, remove the foil from the container and soften the cream cheese frosting by placing the container into the microwave for 15 seconds.
  • Scoop some of the frostings into the syringe.
  • Once the cookies are baked, allow cooling for 5 minutes.
  • Poke one side of the cookie and push in some frosting.
  • Repeat the steps with the remaining freshly baked cookies.
  • Allow to cool again for another 5 minutes.
  • Repeat the steps with the remaining cookie dough.
Easy Semi Homemade Carrot Cake Cookies

Carrot Cake Cookie Recipe

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Servings 24 Cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box carrot cake mix
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 cupcake pan with liners
  • 1 cup pecan chips
  • 1 container cream cheese frosting
  • 1 syringe
  • 3/4 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp vanilla pudding mix
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • First, we want to make our semi-homemade carrot cupcakes. Follow the back of the cake mix box to bake the cupcakes.
  • Once the cupcakes have been baked, allow cooling completely.
  • Once cooled, crumble carrot cake into a large bowl and mix in with pecan chips. Then set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter, brown sugar, sugar until combined and smooth.
  • Beat in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract until one at a time until combined.
  • Using a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, pudding mix, and salt and whisk until combined.
  • Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  • Fold in the white chocolate chips gently.
  • Using a medium ice cream scooper or spoon, scoop out some dough and roll into a ball.
  • Roll the cookie dough ball into the crumbled carrot cake.
  • Place the dough ball onto the cookie sheet and repeat the step for 6 more cookies.
  • Bake the first cookie sheet in the oven for 11 minutes.
  • While the cookie is baking, remove the foil on the container and soften the cream cheese frosting by placing the container into the microwave for 15 seconds.
  • Scoop some of the frostings into the syringe.
  • Once the cookies are baked, allow cooling for 5 minutes.
  • Once the cookies are baked, allow cooling for 5 minutes.
  • Repeat steps with remaining freshly baked cookies.
  • Allow cooling again for another 5 minutes and repeat steps until all cookies are baked.

Although, this recipe has a few extra steps than I usually take to create a recipe.

It’s so worth it!

The recipe is very easy to create and it will be the talk of Easter dinner with family and friends.

Carrot Cake Semi Homemade Cookie Recipe

You Are Also Going To Love: 

If you loved this Carrot Cake Cookie Recipe, then you will also love the following cookie recipes I have put together for you:

Pink Strawberry Champagne Sugar Cookies    Eggnog Cookies    Mantecaditos Puerto Rican Cookie Recipe

Do you love a good cookie recipe?

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Victoria is a mom of two beautiful girls and wife to a supportive husband living in sunny Florida! She's on a mission to help moms create purposeful motherhood without the chaos. She loves to share simple family-friendly recipes, inspirational parenting tips, and ways to create habits for a peaceful home.

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I'm a certified Integrative Nutrition Health + Hormone Coach + former teacher. Sharing about motherhood, easy recipes, and wellness.
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