Soft, thick, and packed with sprinkles, these simple cake batter blondies use a box cake mix for a classically sweet cake batter taste. You need just 1 mixing bowl for the batter, and there’s no electric mixer required. White chocolate chips add a little texture, but feel free to leave them out.
From-scratch dessert recipes are a specialty, but from time to time, I like to use boxed cake mix because it adds a party-perfect cake batter flavor to various treats. In fact, boxed cake mix gives us that unparalleled nostalgic flavor in my reader-favorite cake batter chocolate chip cookies and cake batter Oreo cookies.
And we’ll do the same thing here!
Plus, they’re super easy to slice and transport, making them a convenient (and crowd-pleasing) choice for birthday parties, office potlucks, neighborhood get-togethers, or any celebration that calls for sprinkles.
Grab a box of cake mix from the baking aisle to use in these blondies. A homemade mix of dry ingredients from, say, yellow cake or confetti cake, wouldn’t work quite the same way here. I usually reach for yellow cake mix or vanilla cake mix.
Some readers have reported using lemon cake mix and chocolate cake mix (for an ooey-gooey treat that hovers somewhere in the middle of chocolate cake and homemade brownies) in this recipe with success. I imagine any box cake mix will work fine! (Although steer clear of more delicate cake mixes, like angel food cake.)
What differentiates these blondies from cake (because we’re using cake mix) is the careful selection and ratio of other ingredients in the batter. You need the following:
If you’re not into blondies and are looking for more of a traditional cookie bar, try my frosted sugar cookie bars. They’re just as fun—and include frosting!
Soft, thick, and packed with sprinkles, these simple cake batter blondies use a 13.25-ounce box cake mix for a classically sweet cake batter taste. White chocolate chips add a little texture, but feel free to leave them out.
