Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies have a bright, fruity cookie outside with a creamy, tangy cream cheese filling. Made with cake mix & other simple ingredients!
Ingredients
Strawberry Cookies
- 15.25 ounces strawberry cake mix (1 standard box)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 stick salted butter (room temperature)
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup finely-diced fresh strawberries
Cheesecake Filling
- 6 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together 1 box of strawberry cake mix, 2 eggs, and 1 stick of butter until smooth. Fold in ½ cup of white chocolate chips and 1 cup of diced strawberries. Refrigerate cookie dough until ready to bake cookies.
- In another mixing bowl, beat together 6oz room-temperature cream cheese and ½ cup powdered sugar. Spoon this mixture onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet in 1 tablespoon increments. Freeze these for about an hour.
- When you're ready to bake the cookies, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Scoop 2-3 tablespoon balls of cookie dough onto a baking pan lined with parchment paper (about 6 per cookie sheet works best; I cooked mine in two batches).
- Make an indent in the middle of the cookie dough ball with a spoon.
- Place a frozen cream cheese spoonful in the indent on each ball of cookie dough. Gently fold cookie dough over to surround cream cheese filling.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 13-16 minutes, until cookies start to brown on top. Cool on the baking sheet for at least 15 minutes before carefully transferring to a baking rack.
Notes
- Freeze cream cheese filling solid before using so it holds shape; it softens perfectly while baking.
- Makes about 12 large cookies; bake in 2 batches of 6.
- Cookies are more cake-like; for thicker/chewier results use 1 egg and melted butter.
- Delicious warm or cold.
- Store in the fridge up to 3–4 days; freeze flat, then bag, and thaw 12–24 hours in the fridge.
Nutrition Facts
Calories: 312kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 5gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 51mgSodium: 453mgPotassium: 105mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 29gVitamin A: 289IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 157mgIron: 1mg
