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There Crumbl strawberry shortcake cookies are made using strawberry cake mix, a light and delicious mousse frosting, then topped with a homemade strawberry shortcake streusel to tie all those flavors together. It is one of the best cookies you will ever make!
If you love Crumbl cookies, I know you also enjoy CRUMBL Cornbread Cookies with Honey buttercream, Better Than CRUMBL Cosmic Brownie Cookies, CRUMBL Waffle cookies with Buttercream Frosting, The softest Crumbl Circus Animal Cookies as well as Crumbl Oreo cookies with buttercream frosting Copycat Recipe.
Last week’s cookie haul was amazing! Of course, the CRUMBL Strawberry shortcake cookie was the one that stood out the most to me. It was not overly sweet especially with the vanilla mousse frosting on top. It tasted like a cloud and balanced out the flavors so well!
This is the best Strawberry shortcake cookie recipe ever!
Even though these cookies don’t have any fresh strawberries in them the combination of the strawberry cookie base and the strawberry shortcake streusel will make it taste almost better than a regular shortcake dessert!
This was actually my first time making strawberry cookies using cake mix and was very pleasantly surprised at how they turned out so I am so excited for you to try them!
Table of Contents
- This is the best Strawberry shortcake cookie recipe ever!
- Why you need to make this recipe!
- What’s a traditional strawberry shortcake?
- Ingredients for Crumbl Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
- How to make CRUMBL Strawberry shortcake cookies
- Frequently asked questions – FAQ
- CRUMBL Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
- CRUMBL Strawberry shortcake cookies Recipe
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Why you need to make this recipe!
- These cookies taste absolutely delicious.
- They taste just like the real deal!
- It uses cake mix to make your life easier
- These cookies are the cutest, perfect for birthday parties 🙂
- It comes together in less than an hour!
What’s a traditional strawberry shortcake?
The traditional strawberry shortcake dessert is made using a sweet biscuit, layered with whipped sweet cream and strawberries.
It is a very fresh and light dessert that is perfect for spring or summer time.
Ingredients for Crumbl Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
Here are the ingredients you will need to make these strawberry cookies. Make sure to scroll down to the recipe card for the full detailed ingredient measurements.
- Strawberry cake mix– The strawberry cake mix will be the base of our cookies.
- Egg– The egg is used as a binding element for the cookies. Make sure to use room temperature eggs.
- Oil– Use either vegetable, canola, or any other flavorless oils for this recipe.
- Vanilla pudding– The vanilla pudding is used for both the frosting as well as the strawberry shortcake streusel topping.
- Strawberry jello– The jello is used to make the strawberry streusel topping. You can use either regular or sugar-free jello for this.
- Butter– The butter is used to make the streusel topping. You can use either salted or unsalted.
- Flour– All-purpose flour will work great for this.
- Cream cheese– The cream cheese is gonna be used for the vanilla mousse frosting.
- Heavy cream– Heavy cream is also used for the cookies and the vanilla mousse frosting. Make sure it’s really cold.
How to make CRUMBL Strawberry shortcake cookies
This is how you can make these cookies. Make sure to scroll down to the recipe card for the full detailed instructions!
- Make the strawberry shortcake streusel and let it cool fully on the baking sheet.
- Mix the cake mix, oil, and egg together to form a cookie dough.
- Scoop cookie dough, place it on a baking sheet, and bake.
- Make the vanilla mousse frosting.
- Frost the strawberry sugar cookies.
- Top with the strawberry shortcake streusel.
Vanilla mousse frosting
The vanilla mousse frosting is made by whipping the cream cheese, heavy cream, and a little vanilla pudding.
It makes a lightly sweetened frosting that will not overpower the cookie or the strawberry streusel topping.
Frequently asked questions – FAQ
How to store CRUMBL strawberry shortcake cookies?
You can store these cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for up 4 days.
Because they are frosted with cream cheese and heavy cream they need to be kept in the fridge so it stays fresh.
You can also freeze the cookies in the an airtight container for up to 1 months.
How does these strawberry shortcake cookies taste like?
These strawberry shortcake cookies taste like a light strawberry sugar cookie topped with a not overly sweetened vanilla cream cheese mousse frosting.
The chef’s kiss had to be the strawberry shortcake streusel. It has a strong strawberry flavor and will bring the whole thing together!
CRUMBL Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
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CRUMBL Strawberry shortcake cookies
Ingredients
Strawberry shortcake streusel
- 4 tbsp all purpose flour divided
- 2 tbsp butter Cold
- 1 & 1/2 tbsp strawberry jello powder
- 1 & 1/2 tbsp vanilla pudding powder
Strawberry cake mix cookies
- 1 box strawberry cake mix
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup oil any unflavored oil works
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
Vanilla mousse frosting
- 3 oz cream cheese at room temeprature
- 1 & 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream cold
- 3 tbsp vanilla pudding
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Make the strawberry shortcake streusel
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchement paper and set aside.
- In two separate small bowls, add in 2 tablespoons of flour in each one. Add in 1 tablespoon of butter in each bowl then add in the jello in one and the pudding in the other bowl.
- Using a fork, mix the content of each bowl until combined and crumbly looking. Pour the strawberry jello streusel on one side of the pan and pour the vanilla streusel on the other. Bake in the preheated oven for 11 minutes.
- Let the streusel cool down completely while making your cookies, then gently mix it to get the vanilla and strawberry flavors combined togehter.
Make the strawberry cake mix cookies
- In a large bowl, add the strawberry cake mix, flour, oil, eggs, and heavy cream, and mix until the dry cake mix disappears.
- Using a large cookie scooper, scoop out 8 equally sized cookie dough balls and bake in the 350F preheated oven for 9 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool down on the baking sheet for 15 minutes then transfer to a coolin rack.
Make the vanilla mousse frosting.
- In a stand mixer bowl, using a paddle attachemen, mix the cream cheese until smooth and lump free. Add in the heavy cream, the vanilla pudding, and the powdered sugar and mix using a whisk attachement until it thickens. This will take baout 60 seconds on medium high speed.
- Transfer the mousse frosting to a piping bag with a large piping tip, and frost the cooled down cookies. Top the cookies with the strawberry shortcake streusel and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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These were an absolute hit for my friend’s baby shower!! Quick question, how could these be stored without the frosting?
Without frosting, you can store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Planning on making these could I substitute with sugar free vanilla pudding and strawberry jello mix?
Thanks ☺️
Yes! you can use sugar-free pudding and jello mixes. The texture will be very similar, but the flavor might be slightly less intense.
Can the dough be refrigerated overnight to be baked later? or even formed and frozen or would that mess something up? Also this is probably an obvious question but I’m not that experienced, but when doubling or tripling the recipe, do you do it all at once or one batch at a time?
Yes! You can refrigerate the dough overnight or shape and freeze it. Bake straight from frozen and just add 1–2 minutes to the baking time. And when doubling or tripling for cookies, you can mix and bake all at once as long as you have the space for it.
Turned out great! And sorry, but I used my medium pampered chef scoop and got 20 nice sized cookies! Storing in refrigerator?
Yes, you can store these cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for up 4 days or you can also freeze the cookies in the an airtight container for up to 1 month. I hope this helps!
Do these cookies have to be refrigerated?
Yes, because they are frosted with cream cheese and heavy cream so they need to be kept in the fridge so it stays fresh 🙂
Second request…please define if the vanilla pudding is the instant or cooked kind. Thank you
In the recipe card, there is a clickable link to which vanilla pudding I used! It’s the Jell-O Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, Vanilla 🙂
Is the vanilla pudding instant or the cooked kind?
It’s vanilla pudding instant! In the recipe card, I have a link to the vanilla pudding I used in this recipe 🙂
These cookies were heaven!
The chewy strawberry cookie combined with the melt in your mouth vanilla mousse truly made me feel like I was eating clouds! It is oh so sweet and fruity and totally going to be a new favorite! The topping made it even better! Thanks Chahinez 🙂
These cookies are so amazing! I love all of your crumbl cookies recipe. I just want to make them all! Not crazy sweet and that’s what I love about it, the strawberry flavor comes thru and super easy to make even though it seems like it would be time consuming for so many part but it is really not!
I am so happy to hear this friend!
Chahinez
Should these cookies be stored in the refrigerator?
Never mind I found the information in your post 🙂
**I am not a dessert eater, but I made these for my boyfriend and he said they were perfect. He says he will have no trouble eating the whole batch by himself**
I’m glad y’all enjoyed the recipe!
Yes, because since they’re frosted with cream cheese and heavy cream they need to be kept in the fridge so it stays fresh 🙂
Do you think these cookies would ship successfully?
I would not ship them because of the frosting. It would not hold.
Chahinez