Easy Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

If you’re looking for an amazingly tasty and beautiful Valentines day treat, these easy red velvet crinkle cookies are so perfect and super yummy–you’re definitely going to want to taste them.

This is seriously one of my favorite easy Cookie Recipes for Valentines Day because the kids can help roll the cookie dough balls–and even do the mixing, if they’re interested. Which makes for a much more meaningful Valentines gift for their teacher or friends!

What You Need to Make Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• 1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• ½ tsp red gel food coloring
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar for rolling
• 6 tbsp powdered sugar

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How to make Crinkle Red Velvet Cookies

Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

Combine cake mix, oil and eggs in a medium-sized bowl and mix thoroughly.

Add red gel food coloring and mix until the color is consistent throughout.

Cover the mixing bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes.

Remove the cookie dough from refrigerator and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Place granulated sugar in a bowl and set aside.

Place powdered sugar in a bowl and set aside.

Roll the cookie dough into 18 one-inch balls.

Roll each cookie dough ball in the granulated sugar.

Roll each cookie dough ball in powdered sugar.

Place each cookie dough ball on the lined baking sheet spaced 2 inches apart.

Bake cookies for 9 to 12 minutes.

Allow cookies to cool completely on the cookie sheet before enjoying!

HOW LONG DO Red Velvet COOKIES Last

On the counter, they don’t last long at my house. They’re exactly what the kids seem to focus on when it’s time to grab a snack. If you can keep the kids out of them, though, these cookies can rest on the counter for 3-5 days in an airtight container.

If you’d like to keep them a bit longer than that, even, plan to take that airtight container of cookies and pop it in the fridge.

In the refrigerator, the cookies should last 12-15 days no problem.

CAN YOU FREEZE Crinkle COOKIES

So…you’re going to make a ton of cookies and save them for the big V-Day party? And you need to store them for longer than 15 days? Well, have I got a plan for you! These valentines cookies will freeze really well.

Just put them in that single-layer in the airtight container and you’re welcome to pop them in the freezer. That way they’ll last 3-5 months, or as long as you can manage to keep the kids out of them..

When you’re ready to have a red velvet crinkle cookie, you’ll just pull them out, let them thaw on the counter and you’re good to go!

Tips to Make Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Oh, your red velvet crinkle cookies came out flat? That’s too bad. Good news, though? I have a handful of tips to troubleshoot your flat cookies:

• The oven was too hot. If you didn’t set the oven to a higher temperature than the recipe called for, your oven might need to be calibrated.
• The oven was cold. Yeah, if your oven wasn’t fully preheated or never reached the required temperature, the cookies might not have risen. So, again, if you didn’t pop your cookies in the oven too early, then you might need to calibrate it.

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Valentine Inspired DESSERTS

• Heart Sugar Cookies with Nutella Filling
• Valentine Cake Mix Strawberry Cookies
• Valentine Cookie Bars
• Chocolate Orange Love Heart Cookies