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January 28, 2022 By Brandy 6 Comments

Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » Cookie Recipes

Amazing Texas Sheet Cake Cookies (Video)

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If you like Texas Sheet Cake you’ll LOVE our cookie version! Texas Sheet Cake cookies are everything you love about the classic dessert in cookie form. Rich chocolate flavor, soft, and smothered in a smooth and delicious frosting. We can’t get enough of these cookies!

You might also like our rocky road Texas Sheet Cake, our peanut butter sheet cake or our homemade Hostess cupcakes (made with a chocolate cake mix!).

hand holding Texas Sheet Cake cookie

Watch our step by step video!

I am so stinkin’ proud of these cookies! A simple adaptation of our rocky road cookies, which are an adaptation of our double chocolate cookies. I’m telling you, when you figure out a good basic cookie dough you’ll find yourself using it a million different ways. Our Texas Sheet Cake cookie version is, hands down, my favorite version using this chocolate cookie dough. These are unbelievable and SO easy to make.

hand holding cookie broken in half

I love the glossy layer of melted chocolate frosting on Texas Sheet Cake that you pour onto the hot cake. These cookies are made these made the same way! Fudgey in the center, and coated in a smooth frosting that hardens as it cools.

Texas Sheet Cake Cookies

This recipe makes 2 1/2 dozen delicious cookies that stay soft for days. Ready to make a batch? Let’s get started!

hand holding Texas Sheet Cake cookie

Texas Sheet Cake Cookie Ingredients

Cookies:

  • melted butter
  • cocoa powder
  • white sugar
  • brown sugar
  • eggs
  • vanilla
  • salt
  • baking soda
  • flour

Frosting

  • butter
  • powdered sugar
  • cocoa powder
  • vanilla
  • milk

Texas Sheet Cake cookies on parchment paper

How To Make Texas Sheet Cake Cookies

I use my stand mixer for making cookies, but a hand mixer or Danish dough whisk works as well.

Combine melted butter and cocoa powder in a large bowl and mix. Add sugars and mix until smooth. Add eggs, milk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients.

Allow dough to chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. You don’t need to chill very long, just enough for the dough to set up enough to form into cookie balls.

electric mixer beaters covered in chocolate frosting

While dough chills, beat frosting ingredients together. Set aside.

Use a medium cookie scoop (2 Tbsp. size) to drop cookies on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes (DO NOT OVERBAKE!) Leave cookies on baking sheet instead of moving to a cooling rack. They will set up slightly as they stay on the hot sheet.

scoop of chocolate frosting on hot cookie

As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, spoon on a tablespoon of frosting onto each cookie. I use a small cookie scoop (1 Tbsp. size). Let stand 3 minutes. It will become glossy and soft.

chocolate cookie covered in melted frosting

Spread frosting over cookie and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Texas Sheet Cake cookies on parchment paper

Allow cookies to cool completely. The frosting will harden slightly making it the perfect texture.

bite taken out of cookie

Store cookies at room temperature in an airtight container or covered with plastic wrap. They will stay soft for 3 days.

Texas Sheet Cake Cookie Recipe

Texas Sheet Cake cookies on parchment paper

Texas Sheet Cake Cookies

Texas Sheet Cake cookies are everything you love about the classic dessert! Rich, soft, and smothered in melty chocolate frosting.
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 9 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 12 minutes
Servings: 28 cookies
Calories: 220kcal

Ingredients

COOKIES

  • 1 cup melted butter
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups flour

FROSTING

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 4 Tbsp milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Topping

  • 2/3 cup chopped nuts pecans or walnuts

Instructions

  • Combine melted butter and cocoa powder. Stir until smooth.
  • Cream brown sugar and white sugar with the butter/cocoa mixture.
  • Add eggs and vanilla.
  • Stir in salt, baking soda, and flour.
  • Chill dough for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Mix frosting ingredients and beat until smooth and creamy.
  •  Scoop dough onto cookie sheets using a medium cookie scoop (2 Tbsp. size).
  • Bake cookies for 9 minutes.
  • As soon as cookies come out of the oven scoop 1 tablespoon of frosting onto each cookie. Allow cookies to sit 3 minutes to allow frosting to soften and begin to melt.
  • Spread frosting over cookies.
  • Sprinkle with chopped nuts, if desired.

Notes

I use my stand mixer, but a hand mixer or Danish dough whisk works as well.
I always use salted butter in my baking, but you can use unsalted butter.

Nutrition

Calories: 220kcal
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About Brandy

Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. janice says

    February 3, 2022 at 9:19 pm

    5 stars
    Made the texas sheet cake cookies!! so yummy! did not change a thing!!! except added sugar crystals on top instead of the nuts and that is just because that is what I had on hand very good!!!
    Thank you for sharing your recipe!!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      February 3, 2022 at 9:28 pm

      Sugar crystals sound yummy too! So glad you liked them!

      Reply
  2. Lori says

    March 17, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    5 stars
    We love Texas Sheer cakes
    So I had to try these. They did not disappoint !! They were delish!!! Thanks you for sharing!!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      March 17, 2022 at 9:29 pm

      Awesome! I’m so glad!

      Reply
  3. Susan says

    April 10, 2022 at 5:58 pm

    These sound delicious! Do you think they would freeze well? I need to ship them.

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      April 10, 2022 at 11:11 pm

      Hi Susan! I haven’t ever tried freezing them but would imagine they’d be fine.

      Reply

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