Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Rainy Day Picnic

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (593)

Cook Time:
12 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 dozen cookies

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 2 hr 0 min
Cook: 12 min
Total:: 2 hr 27 min

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Ingredients

1 (8-ounce) brick cream cheese, room temperature
1 stick butter, at room temperature
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (18-ounce) box moist chocolate cake mix
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in the egg. Then beat in the vanilla extract. Beat in the cake mix. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to firm up so that you can roll the batter into balls. Roll the chilled batter into tablespoon sized balls and then roll them in confectioner's sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake 12 minutes. The cookies will remain soft and "gooey." Cool completely and sprinkle with more confectioners' sugar, if desired.

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recipe Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies
teressa pittsburgh, PA 11-01-2009
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my niece is addicted...
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My niece tells me every time I make these that she is going to turn me into child services because she is addicted to these... cookies! These are seriously some of the best chocolate cookies that I have ever eaten/made. They are moist,chewy,sweet..everything you want when eating a cookie. And,an added bonus,they are super easy to make. I probably make them once a month. And,it may sound strange,they taste even better COLD!Read more
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Sonya Odenville, AL 10-27-2009
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Awesome cookie
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made these for our church fall festval and they are delicious, a very moist and chewy cookie (which is my favorite), I new... if Paula made them they would be terrific. A must try recipe.Read more
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heidi madison, AL 10-23-2009
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So Moist!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These cookies have everyone raving. So moist and chocately. I like mine a little doughy so i pull them out of the oven... earlier. All my friends think that these cookies are so hard that the recipe must be hard but boy are they wrong! Thank you Paula for having good food and cute sons. Read more
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Deanna Las Vegas, NV 10-23-2009
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A great recipe!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is such a great recipe! It is so easy to tweak and add different things. Right now I have a batch in the oven with the... crushed andes mints and next I am making it with peanut butter chips! I make this for all my gatherings and people just love them!Read more
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Adrienne Glen Oaks, NY 10-17-2009
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The best chocolate cookie I ever ate!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Seriously! They are moist, chewy, chocolatey, HEAVENLY! I was searching for a yummy chocolate cookie and had very... dissappointing ones, but Paula saves the day! I have made these many times... Guests love them and they are super EASY! I have also made them with vanilla cake mix and served them on a platter together. You MUST try these!Read more
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Christy Lenoir City, TN 10-13-2009
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Loved them!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I make them every year around Christmas time, only I add dried cherries to them to kind of give them more of a Christmasy... taste. My husband loves them and is already talking about them. They are very messy so be prepared! Read more