Butter recipe cake mix. It’s where it’s at.
I remember once upon a time, back when Nate and I had been married less than a year and I was still considerably in my early 20’s, we went to a small group and my friend Melanie brought these cookies as a treat for everyone. And ever since that day I’ve been bombarded with questions as to when I’ll ever make anything that matches up to them.
OK, so that last part isn’t true.
Give Nate some chocolate chip cookies and he’s a happy man; however, there have been moments in the past 4 years that these cookies have been brought into conversation ever so casually: When will I make them? What will the ‘treasure’ be? Will they ever, ever, EVER taste as good as Melanie’s?
Well my sweetheart, today is the day. The treasures are Reese’s and Rolos, and yes they DO taste as good as Melanie’s [I think].
And if you’re smart you’ll agree 😉
These cookies are cheap, they’re easy to make, and require practically no measuring. I like using a box mix (butter flavor only!) because it’s consistently wonderful and then I only actually need a whopping 4 ingredients.
They’re the epitome of semi-homemade, and quite frankly it doesn’t even matter. Because if you’re anything like my adorably, cookie-loving husband you’ll probably fall in love and count the days til you make them again.
HIDDEN TREASURE COOKIES
- 1 box butter recipe cake mix
- 2 eggs (you can also make these with a flax or chia egg if you don’t have any real eggs at home…not that I know anything about that)
- 1/3 cup oil
- assorted chocolate candy (use what you love!)
Preheat oven to 350. Mix the eggs, oil, and cake mix in a bowl. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Remove from fridge and scoop into 2 Tbsp-sized scoops. Press a piece of the chocolate candy into the center and roll the dough around it, forming ball. Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat; bake at 350 for about 8 minutes until golden brown. Remove from baking sheet and eat to your heart’s content!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to tell Nate that he no longer has to wait in excess of 4 years for cookies he loves. And all I have to say is thank goodness I won’t be wearing a bathing suit again for a while…
Hidden treasure, indeed! These are so fun!
Hidden treatsure, indeed! These are so fun!
Now this is the only way to enjoy a cookie 🙂
theres nothing better than biting into a cookie and having a surprise!
O Wow! These look so good! I bookmarked it to make as a treat for my classmates on the day of our final!
These would be fun with Easter candy inside. Do you think a Reese’s PB egg would fit? 😉 LOL
Got any let? And do you deliver? Yum.
I love cookies with surprises inside. These look wonderful.
Perfect!!! Nate is gonna be a happy happy man!!
Darnit I want these right now.
I love the name of these cookies!!! I saw the post title and was literally going – ooohhh!! These look amazing!!
I love these! Cake mix is an underrated ingredient!
yummy! It’s neat that the cake mix works in cookie form and it’s not too – for lack of a better word – cakey. Love the candy treasure inside!
What a simple recipe, love it! Thanks for sharing and making me crave cookies before 9 am!
Wow, I’ve never tried those but they look really good. I’m sure my husband would like the Reese’s version :D.
Mmmmmm!!! I love this! Especially the hidden treasure part 🙂
Haha…anything called “hidden treasure cookies” has to be good 🙂
Heather, These LOOK AWESOME! I am going to make them for Easter 🙂 Thanks!