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These fun Grinch cookies are easy to make starting with a cake mix! Add white chocolate chips for deliciousness and a candy heart for cuteness to bake a new favorite Christmas cookie!
“Santa, don’t forget the Grinch. I know he’s mean and hairy and smelly, and his hands are cold and clammy, but I think he’s kinda… sweet.” — Cindy Lou Who.
If Cindy Lou Who is able to see the good in the mean old Grinch, I think we can too! He’s a character we all love to hate and becomes somewhat of hero by the end of the story.
To make our Grinch cookie baking process easier, we start with a box of cake mix. You can opt to make your cookies from scratch instead and in that case I would recommend our Not Too Sweet Sugar Cookies Recipe.
If you’re starting with the scratch cookie recipe, then just pick up with the recipe below at the point where the green food coloring is added and follow along from there.
If choose to make your Grinch cookie recipe with a cake mix, I recommend using a white cake mix (rather than a yellow cake mix) so the batter will tint a better green than some yellow cake mixes that add a bit of color to them.
Things You’ll Need
They key to making these Grinch-themed cookies is the red heart! For the heart we use red heart shaped sprinkles.
While these are usually considered to be a decoration for Valentine baking, luckily they are available all year round. If you can’t find them at your store you can also order them here.
Why Do People Use a Red Heart for Grinch Recipes?
As the classic story goes, the main character, The Grinch, has a heart that is two sizes too small. Only after he meets Cindy Lou Who does his attitude toward Christmas and toward humanity slowly begin to change and then his heart grows by three sizes!
This of course is where that iconic decoration that is almost always seen in a Grinch recipe or decorative craft – or basically anything Grinch – comes from!
Ingredients
- Box of White Cake Mix
- Baking Powder
- Eggs
- Vegetable Oil
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- White Chocolate Chips
- Green Food Gel
- Red Heart Sprinkles
📌 Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full ingredients list with quantities and step-by-step instructions!
🥣 How to Make
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.
Grinch Cookies with Hershey Kisses
For an alternative Grinch cookie, remove cookies from oven one minute before they’re done baking. Place a Peppermint Hershey Kiss on top of each cookie and return to the oven for one minute.
The peppermint Kisses have a fun red and white striped pattern that are very reminiscent of Whoville!
If you want to have even more sweet Grinch treats, you can also make our Grinch cupcakes recipe. For even more fun, you can serve them on and with these Grinch items:
Lenox Grinchie Gifts Tray
Department 56 The Grinch Cindy Lou WhoMug
Department 56 Grinch Face Mug
Merry Grinchmas Napkins
Grinch Paper Plates
Grinch Tableware Party Set
More Grinch Recipes
- Easy Grinch Cupcakes Recipe
- Grinch Punch Recipe
If you tried this Grinch Cookie Recipeor any other recipe on my site, please please leave a 🌟star ratingand let me know how it turned out in the 📝commentsbelow. I love hearing your about your results and thoughts!
📖 Recipe
Easy Grinch Cookies with White Chocolate Chips
Chrysa
These fun Grinch cookies are easy to make starting with a cake mix! Add white chocolate chips for deliciousness and a candy heart for cuteness to bake a new favorite Christmas cookie!
4.63 from 8 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 9 minutes mins
Total Time 24 minutes mins
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 24 Cookies
Calories 138 kcal
Ingredients
- 15.25 oz white Cake Mix 1 box
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 2 drops green food 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 yourbaking 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.
Notes
- You can opt to make your cookies from scratch instead of using a cake mix and, in that case, I would recommend our Not Too Sweet Sugar Cookies Recipe. Then just pick up again with this recipe at the point where you add the food coloring.
- For an alternative Grinch cookie, remove cookies from oven one minute before they’re done baking. Place a Peppermint Hershey Kiss on top of each cookie and return to the oven for one minute.The peppermint Kisses have a fun red and white striped pattern that are very reminiscent of Whoville!
Nutrition
Serving: 1CookieCalories: 138kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 125mgPotassium: 27mgFiber: 0.02gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 22IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 0.1mg
I am not a nutritionist. These values were calculated automatically with the Spoonacular Food API.
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