Pinterest is going to be the death of me. I sit here in the evenings and see all of these mouth watering unique ideas, asking myself, “Why didn’t I think of that?”. I have seen an assortment of goodies with chocolate, caramel, cookies, cakes, you name it….I think it has been pinned.
A couple of fun recipes that I have found were Dr Pepper Cake and Cookies made from a cake mix and a can of soda. But I haven’t seen Dr Pepper Cookies. So, I thought, why not? I got in the kitchen and made a mess. The kids thought I was some sort of mad scientist, but when they saw the results they were in awe, and frankly so was I . Who knew you could get a cookie from 1 cake mix and a can of soda.
Dr Pepper Cookies
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Author: Amanda@AFewShortCuts.com
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- 1 Chocolate Cake Mix
- 6-8 oz Dr Pepper Soda
- 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1-2 tbsp Dr Pepper Soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- In a large bowl mix chocolate cake mix and 6 oz of Dr pepper. Stir until well combined and the consistency of cookie dough. If necessary add a little more Dr Pepper. Stir in 1 cup of chopped pecans (optional).
- Scoop into tablespoonfuls onto parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool.
Glaze
- Whisk together powdered sugar and Dr Pepper until you achieve your desired glaze consistency.
- Drizzle over cooled cookies.
Notes
Yes, you can use Diet Dr pepper.
I am sure this works with other sodas, but I haven’t tried.
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So, do these taste like chocolate cake or Dr. Pepper?
Angela, they taste chocolatey, but you can taste the dr pepper flavor.
Think you could use vanilla cake instead of chocolate?
Ashley – I just made them with a box of yellow cake mix because that’s all I had. I added 2 – 3 T of Hershey’s cocoa powder to make it chocolate-y. They turned out pretty good but next time I’m going to add chocolate chips instead of the chopped pecans.
ooh let me know how they turn out with the chocolate chips. i was wanting to make them with the chocolate but didnt know how it would taste.
I made these today. I used a german chocolate cake mix and diet cherry dr. pepper. They turned out really good. The only thing is, I had to cook them for about 15 minutes or they were still too soft to lift out of the pan. Think I might try an orange cake mix with diet orange sunkist.
I’ve done that combo! It’s one of our favorites – I use a french vanilla cake mix with diet sunkist – it tastes like a creamsicle! I’ve never made them into cookies though, just cupcakes!
So just the cake mix and dp?
Yes
My husband drinks nothing but DP so I am going to have to give these a try for him! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
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the glaze measurements don’t seem right.
They probably are…. the powdered sugar practically disappears into a very small amount of liquid.
So just cake mix and Dr. Pepper? No eggs or anything that goes with the cake mix??
I am going to make these without the glaze and send them to my husband overseas. I hope he loves them. Thanks for the recipe!
Can you make them with yellow cake mix without adding cocoa powder? For someone who doesn’t like chocolate…would they taste bad?
No you can make them with a yellow cake mix just fine
Thanks! can’t wait to try them!
I have the funfetti cake mix and that’s all but would that taste bad with diet cherry dr pepper?