German Chocolate Cake Cookies

23 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 10 min
Ready In: 20 min

“A very easy, fun spin off the original cake! If desired, lightly dust with confectioners' sugar.” - by BLKLABB1

Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) package German chocolate cake mix
2 eggs, beaten
2/3 cup shortening
1 (16 ounce) container prepared coconut pecan frosting

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Original recipe yields 2 dozen

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, stir together the cake mix, eggs and shortening until well blended. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Match up evenly sized cookies and sandwich them with the coconut pecan frosting.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (24 total)

Calories
215 cal
11%

Fat
11.6 g
18%

Carbs
26.4 g
9%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (23)

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madhatter22

Oct. 1, 2009

"Don't substitute oil!! Unless you're sure you know the right proportions. This rating is only for the batch I tried to make by substituting oil as some of the previous reviewers did. Since they didn't..." See more say otherwise, I assumed a one-to-one substitution and completely wasted a whole box of cake mix. Very disappointed. I went with the oil b/c it was more affordable, If you're going to suggest substitutions, please be specific!!"

Kelly

Jun. 12, 2006

"These Came Out great, and my little sister loved them! I used devils food and chocolate frosting per her tastes. I made them very big, so next time I will roll out the dough and make mini cookie sandw..." See moreiches. I will also try lemon cake with lemon icing"

KERRIEBERRIE

Feb. 11, 2003

"Very good, RICH recipe. The cookies are not too sweet, so when filled with the caramel frosting you get a great flavor. The cookies will be puffy when first removed from the oven, but will flatten as ..." See morethey cool."

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