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Double Chocolate Nut Cookies

These quick and easy cookies start with a box of cake mix and are perfect for chocolate lovers.
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Course Cookies, Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix (18.25 oz)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat together cake mix, vegetable oil, and eggs, until batter is smooth. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
  • Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Makes 4-1/2 dozen cookies. Enjoy!

Variations:

  • Using the same amount of vegetable oil and eggs, you can try these fun variations:
    - Lemon cake mix, 1/2 tsp. fresh lemon zest, white chocolate chips, chopped walnuts.
    - Yellow cake mix, 1 tsp. almond extract, white chocolate chips, chopped almonds.
    - Chocolate cake mix, peanut butter chips, chopped peanuts or walnuts.
    - Yellow cake mix, chocolate chunks, caramel bits, chopped pecans.
    - Butter pecan cake mix, Heath Bar bits, chopped pecans.