Some of my very favorite recipes come into my life via friends. These Secret Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies are one of them, courtesy of my neighbor Mickie. She brought them to a pot luck and forever changed my cookie experience and when she told me what made these little works of art so especially delicious I couldn’t believe it!!!!
As if the taste alone weren’t enough to win my heart, I then learned there were only FIVE(!) ingredients required to make the magic happen, hurrah! As busy mamas, simple is our friend. These work so well for any kind of get together and I always know I can pull them together quickly.
Secret Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Okay, so the basic ingredients include a boxed cake mix, pudding, chocolate chips and pecans. If you’re not a nut person you can leave them out, but you’d be surprised how many people tell me they don’t like nuts in their cookies, but love them in these. As for the pudding, I really prefer Butterscotch, but I had the vanilla on hand so I went with that! Either way, they’re still divine!
Okay, ready for the secret ingredient? Here ya’ go:
Mayonnaise….seriously! Don’t make that face, trust me, there is no mayo taste when you’re throwing down these cookies. You won’t believe how quickly people keep swiping another and another. They are THAT good and no one needs to know the secret unless you tell them. 😉 I promise I won’t give you away.
- 1 box of yellow cake mix
- 2- 3oz boxes of cook & serve{NOT INSTANT} pudding(butterscotch or vanilla)
- 1¼c. of mayonnaise
- 12 oz. chocolate chips
- 1c. chopped pecans
- Mix dry ingredients, stir in mayo, mix well. Add chips and nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet, bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 15 minutes or until cooked through.
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Melody says
These look fantastic! I wonder if it is ok to use lite mayonnaise?
Joy @ Yesterfood says
How fun is this? I bet they’re great! Thanks for linking these up with Treasure Box Tuesday- they’re one of my features this week- pinned! We get started Monday evening (3/30) at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. Hope to see you soon! 🙂
Joy @ Joy Love Food says
These look so good! I’ve never used mayo in a cookie, pinning to give it a try. Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend? I hope you will join us again next Monday!
Laurie says
Who would have known? I will have to give these a try! Thank you so much for sharing with us at VMG206 Brag About It. Pinning too!
~Laurie
Jess says
This is so interesting that I must try it! 🙂 Pinned!!
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Nancy says
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA I TOTALLY did the make a face thing and SO laughed when you said don’t make the face! So weird. But I bet they’re nice and gooie inside, due to the creaminess of the mayo. So weird, so awesome.
Tara Joy says
I would have NEVER EVER thought to put mayonnaise in cookies.. I am a little weary, but may have to try it to find out for myself 🙂
angela@spinachtiger says
I admit I was taken aback, but they look great and I’m sure taste great.
Valerie@Occasionally Crafty says
Do you know what’s funny? I totally made a face when I read “mayonnaise”, and then I read “Don’t make a face!” How did you know I’d do that 😉 Seriously- I have to try this though.
Sagan says
Oh. my. goodness.
I can only imagine how deliciously rich these cookies taste!
Chrisy @ Homemade Hooplah says
Oh, I can’t wait to try these! Just more proof to my theory that mayo makes everything better 😀
Madaline says
This just brought back a ton of memories for me! My grandma use to make a mayo cookie when I was little!!!
aimee fauci says
This made me laugh. I have heard great things about it.