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Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies

Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies are soft and chewy carrot cake cookies filled with vanilla cream cheese frosting.
Substitutions
If you can’t find boxed carrot cake mix, spice cake mix can be used instead.
Carrot cake cookie batter scooped onto a baking pan

A thick batter is made by combining boxed carrot cake mix, eggs, oil, and water. The cookie batter is then scooped out onto a parchment-lined pan and baked.

Baked carrot cake cookies topped with cream cheese filling

Once completely cooled, half of the carrot cake cookies are topped with homemade cream cheese frosting.

Stack of four carrot cake sandwich cookies

The frosted carrot cake cookies are topped with a second cookie and gently pressed together to form frosting-filled sandwiches.

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Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies

Yield

14-16

sandwich cookies
Prep time

20

minutes
Cook time

10

minutes
Total time

40

minutes

Soft and chewy carrot cake cookies filled with vanilla cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

  • For the Cookies
  • 1 (15.25-oz) box carrot cake mix (like Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines)

  • 2 eggs

  • 1/4 cup oil

  • 1/4 cup water

  • For the Cream Cheese Filling
  • 3 oz cream cheese, softened

  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened

  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

  • 1 cup powdered sugar

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl, beat together cake mix, eggs, oil, and water until well combined.
  • Drop 1-2 tablespoons of batter onto the prepared baking pan, about 2 inches apart.
  • Bake for 9-11 minutes, until the tops are puffed up and firm to touch. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking pan for 10 minutes before filling.
  • For the Filling: In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add vanilla and powdered sugar and beat again until smooth, about 1-2 minutes.
  • Spread 1 tablespoon of filling onto the flat side of one cookie and form a sandwich by pressing another cookie on top.

Notes

  • Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

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