Multicolored sprinkles give these adorable birthday cake cookies a fun and festive touch… These birthday cookies taste just like birthday cake and are super easy to make!
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Funfetti Birthday Cake Cookies
Our birthday celebrations have been greatly simplified over the years... When you have at least one birthday every month from January through May, it's just inevitable. And you know what? My kids are totally okay with it!
But that doesn't mean I'm not down with baking them a special dessert for their special day. And why not when treats like these yummy Funfetti birthday cake cookies are SO simple and easy to make?!?
You simply can't go wrong with these birthday cake sandwich cookies. We're talking creamy vanilla frosting sandwiched between two colorful and soft birthday cake-flavored cookies... My 10-year-old went absolutely crazy when she saw them!
Betty Crocker Birthday Cake Mix Cookies
These easy Funfetti cake mix cookies are from the Betty Crocker Birthdays cookbook. It's packed with easy ideas for birthday cakes, cupcakes, and other sweets for stress-free birthday celebrations.
Birthday cake cookies are adorably cute and, according to my kids, totally taste JUST LIKE birthday cake!
How To Make Birthday Cookie Sandwiches
As you can see from the photo above, making these birthday cake cookie sandwiches is pretty straightforward. But I do have a couple of simple tips that will make it even easier to produce the prettiest cookies possible!
- Fold in the sprinkles last: In the images above, you can see that my cookies turned a slight pinkish shade, which my pink-loving daughter actually adored. But I would have preferred them to be slightly more yellow like the book photo... I think folding in the sprinkles last will help prevent any color run.
- Invest in a set of stainless steel cookie scoops: I have these small, medium, and large sizes, and they're indispensable in my kitchen. For this recipe, the small scoop is perfect for portioning out the cookie batter, and the medium scoop is ideal for doling out the frosting.
The multicolored sprinkles really give these cake mix cookies a colorful, fun, and festive touch. Candles are optional, but they're one party essential that my kids are NOT willing to give up!
Printable Recipe ↓
Funfetti Birthday Cake Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- ½ cup rainbow nonpareils sprinkles - divided
- ½ cup unsalted butter - melted
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 container creamy vanilla frosting
Instructions
- Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 350℉.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir dry cake mix, ¼ cup rainbow candy sprinkles, butter, milk, and egg until a soft batter is formed.
- Using a small cookie scoop, scoop 20 tablespoons of batter onto ungreased large cookie sheet.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or just until cookies are set. Remove from the cookie sheet to a wire cooling rack; cool completely.
- Flip over 10 of the cookies. Using a medium cookie scoop, place a heaping scoop of frosting onto the bottom side of each. Top with second cookie, bottom side in.
- Roll the edges of the frosting in the remaining ¼ cup confetti candy sprinkles. If desired, top each with a birthday candle.
Recipe Notes
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