If you love Crumbl Cookies but want to avoid bakery prices, these Crumbl copycat recipes are for you. Each recipe starts with a simple cake mix and yields thick, soft, bakery-style cookies you can make at home.
Having tested hundreds of cake mix cookie recipes, I can confidently say cake mix is one of the easiest ways to achieve the signature soft texture Crumbl is known for.
I’m June, cookbook author of Practically Homemade Cookies and Bars and the baker behind Practically Homemade. As a former culinary teacher and bakery owner, I’ve spent years developing bakery-worthy cookies that are simple for home bakers to make.
Table of Contents
- What Are Crumbl Cookies?
- Why You’ll Love These Recipes
- What Makes These Cookies “Crumbl Style”
- Tips for Making Bakery-Style Cookies at Home
- Crumbl Copycat Cookies
- Crumbl Cookie FAQs
- More Cake Mix Cookie Recipes
What Are Crumbl Cookies?
Crumbl Cookies is a popular bakery brand known for oversized cookies with soft centers, inventive flavors, and generous frostings and toppings. Their rotating weekly menu keeps fans excited and coming back for more.
Fortunately, you can replicate that same thick, bakery-style cookie at home using a cake mix and a few pantry staples.
Why You’ll Love These Recipes
If you haven’t tried a Crumbl Cookie, you’re in for a treat: unique flavors and an incredibly soft texture. These copycat recipes let you recreate those desserts at home without the $5-per-cookie price tag.
Every recipe begins with a cake mix, so there are no complicated ingredients or extra steps—just reliably soft, large cookies that bake up beautifully every time.
And yes—they’re large. Big enough to share, though indulging solo is perfectly acceptable.
What Makes These Cookies “Crumbl Style”
Crumbl’s cookies are recognizable for their thickness, oversized shape, and soft, slightly underbaked centers that deliver that bakery-quality bite.
The cake mix base in these copycat recipes helps recreate that soft, pillowy texture without extra fuss. The recipes also honor Crumbl’s serving styles—some cookies are best warm, others chilled—so you can enjoy the same contrasts at home.
Tips for Making Bakery-Style Cookies at Home
- Portion generously. Use a full 1/4 cup of dough per cookie so they’re thick and substantial.
- Shape into a disc before baking. Flatten each ball slightly into a disc to help them bake up round and tall.
- Avoid overbaking. Remove cookies when the edges are set but centers still look slightly soft. Let them rest on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes so residual heat finishes baking the centers.
- Use a cookie cutter for perfect rounds. For neat edges, press a large round cutter around each warm cookie and rotate gently to tidy the shape.
- Cool fully before frosting. Frosting added to warm cookies will melt into the cookie; wait until they’re completely cool.
- Don’t skimp on frosting. Generous frosting is a big part of the Crumbl experience and balances the cookie perfectly.
- Mind serving temperature. Some flavors are best warm, others chilled—serve accordingly for the best texture and flavor.
Crumbl Copycat Cookies
These Crumbl copycat recipes have been tested and refined so you can achieve bakery-quality cookies at home.
The Best Crumbl Copycat Cookie Recipes
If you can’t get enough Crumbl cookies, you’ll love making them at home. These copycat recipes are easy and taste just like the originals.
Easy Copycat Crumbl Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cookies With a Cake Mix
A graham-cracker-style cake mix cookie topped with cheesecake frosting and salted caramel for a copycat of Crumbl’s Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cookies.
Easy Crumbl Copycat Oreo Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies
This Oreo cake mix cookie is finished with cheesecake frosting and a raspberry drizzle to recreate Crumbl’s Oreo Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies.
Easy Copycat Crumbl Twix Cookies With a Cake Mix
A cake mix sugar cookie stuffed with Twix pieces and topped with melted caramel and milk chocolate for a copycat Twix cookie.
Easy Copycat Crumbl Churro Cookies
All the flavors of classic churros translated into a soft cake-mix churro cookie.
Copycat Cookies: Crumbl Chilled Sugar Cookie Recipe (Cake Mix)
A white cake mix becomes the chilled sugar cookie you love from Crumbl.
Crumbl Birthday Cookie Recipe (Copycat, Starts with Cake Mix)
Celebrate with a birthday cake-style cookie instead of a whole cake—perfect for parties or gifts.
Copycat Cookies: Crumbl’s Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Make a red velvet white chocolate chip cookie at home using a cake mix base for easy, delicious results.
Easy Key Lime Cookies Recipe
A soft graham-cracker cookie finished with tangy key lime frosting and whipped topping for a bright, summery treat.
Copycat Crumbl Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies
This version starts with a cake mix and finishes with cheesecake frosting and a raspberry drizzle to mimic Crumbl’s Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies.
Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies with a Cake Mix
A graham-cracker-style cake mix cookie topped with no-bake cheesecake frosting and strawberry jam for a handheld strawberry cheesecake treat.
Crumbl Copycat: Cookies and Cream Milkshake Cookies
Made with cake mix, these cookies recreate the Cookies and Cream Milkshake flavor with an indulgent finish.
Easy Strawberry Crunch Cookies
Soft strawberry cake mix cookies topped with cream cheese frosting and strawberry crunch for extra texture and flavor.
Easy Cosmic Brownie Cookies
Inspired by Crumbl’s Galaxy Brownie Cookie, these start with a brownie mix and finish with rainbow chips for a nostalgic treat.
Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies Recipe
All the rich flavor of Kentucky Butter Cake transformed into a soft, buttery cookie that starts with a cake mix.
Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
The most popular recipe on the site—rich, chocolatey Texas Sheet Cake Cookies that are a fan favorite.
Crumbl Cookie FAQs
Start with a cake mix base, portion the dough into large discs, watch the bake time closely so centers stay soft, and finish with generous frosting. Serve warm or chilled depending on the cookie.
Yes. Cake mix provides a reliable, soft texture that mimics bakery cookies without complex techniques.
Remove cookies from the oven when edges are set but centers are still slightly soft, then let them cool on the baking sheet so residual heat finishes them gently.
Use about 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie and reduce bake time, checking early to avoid overbaking.
More Cake Mix Cookie Recipes
Chocolate Cake Mix
Red Velvet Cake Mix
Yellow Cake Mix