Thinking outside the box of cake mix has never been yummier when you level it up into decadent cookie bars. This roundup of cake mix cookie bars includes delicious dessert recipes, like peanut butter brownies, cheesecake bars, carrot cake bars, German chocolate bars, and more. Perfect for potlucks, bake sales, and last-minute cravings.

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I love coming up with new ways to turn a boxed cake mix into something a little more special, like Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake, Lemon Cake Mix Muffins, and Cake Mix Apple Cobbler. But my favorite is cookie bars. They're easy and simple enough for last-minute entertaining, but decadent and delicious enough to proudly bring to potlucks, bake sales, and holiday parties.
Take a twirl through this roundup of delicious recipes for easy cake mix cookie bars, then stock up on cake mixes and enjoy!
Easy Toffee Cookie Bars with Chocolate Chips
No one will believe these started with a simple box of cake mix. The cake mix shortbread crust is layered with gooey caramel, toffee bits, chocolate chips, and a buttery cake mix streusel.
Lemon Coconut Cranberry Cake Mix Bars
Gooey Lemon Cake Mix Bars are layered with almonds, cranberries, white chocolate chips, and coconut in a gooey cream cheese filling. Like a cross between a 7-layer bar and a lemon bar.
Red Velvet Brownies
These red velvet cake mix brownies are fudgy and dense with the iconic color and flavors of red velvet cake, and topped with a thick layer of classic cream cheese frosting for the perfect pairing.
Strawberry Crunch Dessert Bars
When you're craving a strawberry shortcake ice cream bar, these Strawberry Crunch Dessert Bars have got you covered. With a strawberry cake mix base, sweet cream cheese frosting, and crunchy cookie topping, it's an easy dessert recipe, perfect for a summer birthday party, picnics, and BBQs.
Carrot Cake Mix Cookie Bars
A soft carrot cake cookie makes a great base for dried pineapple, pecans, white chocolate, coconut, and a gooey condensed milk cream cheese filling. Quick, decadent dessert, perfect for Easter and Thanksgiving.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Mix Brownies
These chocolate brownies with peanut butter and chocolate chips are chewy, gooey, and decadent and a good reason to always have a box of chocolate cake mix in your pantry.
Easy Toffee Bars Recipe
Irresistible Toffee Bars start with a simple white cake mix base, topped with melted chocolate and crunchy toffee pieces for a quick and easy dessert bar for bake sales, holiday cookie platters, or anytime you're craving a sweet treat.
Lemon Brownies
Lemon Cake Mix Brownies are big, thick, gooey bars layered with cream cheese, white chocolate chips, and Lemon Oreos. These chewy cake mix cookie bars look like something from a bakery and taste homemade, but are super fast and easy to make.
Two Ingredient Lemon Bars
Super easy lemon bars with angel food cake and lemon pie filling. A perfect quick dessert for when you don't feel like baking, and it is also delicious and impressive enough to serve to guests.
Strawberry Brownies
Soft, gooey brownies made from strawberry cake mix are thick and fudgy, just like a brownie, but with sweet strawberry flavor. Layered with cream cheese and white chocolate chips, they're an easy, pretty pink dessert for spring or summer, and always a huge hit.
German Chocolate Bars
All the flavors of German chocolate cake in an easy cake mix cookie bar! The rich chocolate cookie base is layered with a gooey filling of condensed milk, coconut, pecans, and chocolate chips and baked until soft and scrumptious.
Red Velvet Brownies (from Cake Mix)
Rich, decadent Red Velvet Brownies from cake mix are thick and fudgy and layered with cream cheese filling, chocolate chips, and Oreos. A stunning dessert for Valentine's Day or Christmas, and easy enough for a random Tuesday craving.
Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
It doesn't get any easier than these chocolate chip cake mix cookie bars. Made with just five simple ingredients, they bake up soft and chewy, just like chocolate chip cookies, but no scooping!
Pumpkin Bars with Cake Mix
Turn a box of yellow cake mix into a rich, gooey, decadent dessert bar with pumpkin, dried cranberries, pecans, white and dark chocolate chips, and sweet coconut baked until golden brown and crispy. Perfect chewy yellow cake mix cookie bars for fall baking.
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