These vegan cake mix cookies are extremely easy to make and require only 3 ingredients. The cookies are so easy to bake which makes them a great option if you need to make a lot of them or even something you can do with kids in your life.

These vegan cake mix cookies are free of most major allergens: dairy-free, nut-free, egg-free, and soy-free. You can make these cookies gluten-free easily, with a simple substitute. Learn how to make these cookies and their gluten-free substitution down below.

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What do you need for vegan cake mix cookies?

The great thing about cake mix cookies is they only require 3 ingredients ( sometimes 4 depending on your cake mix size.) This makes these cookies easy to make with kids and in large batches.

For this you’ll need:

Vegan Box Cake Mix. You want to find a box that is 18.25-ounces. If you’re like me and only can find a 15.25-ounce box than you can simply add 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour to the mixture.
Neutral Oil. I used vegetable oil for mine, but you can use any neutral oil or vegan butter. If you use vegan butter you need to melt it first.
Vegan Egg Replacement. I used Flax Egg made out of Bob’s Red Mill Ground Flax Meal.* If you don’t want to use this method I have some other options listed below.

What cake mixes are vegan?

Most cake mixes from Duncan Hines and Betty Crocker are accidentally vegan. With a few small adjustments, you can make these boxed cake mix flavors into yummy cakes or cookies.

Betty Crocker:

Butter Pecan
Carrot
Cherry Chip
Chocolate Fudge
Dark Chocolate
German Chocolate
Red Velvet
Triple Chocolate Fudge
Spice
Strawberry
Butter Recipe Chocolate
Devil’s Food

Duncan Hines:

Classic Butter Golden
Classic Butter Recipe Fudge
Classic Dark Chocolate Fudge
Classic Devil’s Food
Classic White
Classic Yellow
Decadent Carrot
Signature Angel Food
Signature Blue Velvet
Signature Confetti
Signature Fudge Marble
Signature German Chocolate
Signature Lemon Supreme
Signature Pineapple
Signature Pink Velvet
Signature Red Velvet
Signature Spice
Signature Strawberry
Signature Swiss Chocolate

How do you make vegan cake mix cookies gluten-free?

Making these cookies gluten-free is as simple as substituting a regular vegan cake mix for a gluten-free vegan cake mix. Down below I’ve listed some options from several brands. You can find these gluten-free cake at most major supermarkets. If that’s not the case for you I’ve linked the ones I could find on Amazon.

Betty Crocker:

Gluten-Free Devil’s Food*
Gluten-Free Yellow Cake

King Arthur Flour:

Krusteaz:

What can you use as an egg replacement?

When making these cookies you need to replace 2 eggs with an equal amount of a vegan egg replacement. I choose to use ground flaxseeds for mine, but here are a few other options that would work as well:

Ground Chia Seeds. To replace a single egg you need to mix 1 tbsp of ground chia seeds with 3 tbsp of water. Let it sit for 5 minutes to thicken up and then it’s ready to use.
Apple Sauce. To replace the eggs traditionally used in this recipe you can add 1/2 a cup of applesauce to the mix.
Bananas. You can replace the eggs traditionally used in the recipe with 1/2 a cup of banana. Which is around 1.5 bananas according to this calculator.

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Thank you for checking out our Vegan Cake Mix Cookie recipe and make sure to check out our other vegan recipes like this Vegan Lemon Loaf Cake, or our Vegan Buffalo Cauliflower.