Strawberry Cookies are the happiest cookies you’ll ever bake! They’re soft, chewy, and packed with sweet strawberry flavor making them SO delicious and one of the girls’ favorite cookies!
Not only are these cookies easy to whip up, but there are 2 ingredients that help make them extra flavorful. White chocolate pudding mix keeps them super soft and the Jell-O adds that fun strawberry punch. Perfect for parties, holidays, or even for a baby shower.
If you’re as smitten with these as I am, you’ll also want to try our Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes, Strawberry Sheet Cake, and Frozen Strawberry Dessert.
Why we think you’ll love it:
- Bright and fresh. The strawberry flavor and cookie texture are amazing!
- Freeze well. You can freeze either the cookie dough or baked cookies for another day.
- Pink! The pink color of the cookies is perfect for themed parties, showers, and brunch.
Strawberry Cookie Ingredients
- Unsalted butter, softened (1 cup) – Provides richness, moisture, and helps create that tender, chewy texture. See How to Soften Butter Quickly for tips.
- Sugar (1 cup) – Sweetens the cookies and contributes to the soft structure.
- Strawberry Jell-O mix (2 tablespoons) – Adds strawberry flavor and color throughout. Use only the Jello powder. You can use any flavored Jell-O you love (like cherry or raspberry) to change up the cookie color and flavor.
- Eggs (2 large) – Help bind the ingredients and add structure. Room temperature eggs will combine better than cold eggs.
- Vanilla extract (1 teaspoon) – Rounds out and deepens the overall flavor.
- All-purpose flour (2 ½ cups) – The main structure of the cookie dough.
- Instant white chocolate pudding mix (3.4-ounce package) – Adds moisture and chewiness, and helps maintain softness. Be sure you only add the INSTANT pudding POWDER to the recipe. You can use vanilla or cheesecake pudding mix; both give the same chewy texture with a slightly different twist.
- Baking soda (1 teaspoon) – Provides lift and lightness.
- Salt (½ teaspoon) – Balances sweetness and enhances flavors.
- White chocolate chips (12-ounce bag) – Adds pockets of creamy sweetness and texture.
How to Make Strawberry Cookies
PREP. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray or line it with a silicon mat or parchment paper.
WET INGREDIENTS. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and jello powder together. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
DRY INGREDIENTS. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, pudding mix, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add to the butter mixture. Mix well. Fold in white chocolate chips.
BAKE. Spoon onto a greased baking sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes.
Kristyn’s Recipe Tips
- Use room temperature butter and eggs so the batter mixes smoothly and the cookies bake evenly.
- Chill the dough for 15–20 minutes if it’s too soft- this helps prevent spreading.
- Use any flavored Jell-O you love (like cherry or raspberry) to change up the cookie color and flavor. You can also use instant vanilla or cheesecake pudding powder.
- Picture perfect cookies. Place a few white chips on the top of the cookies when they’re just out of the oven and use a silicone spatula to gently nudge edges into a perfect circle before they cool.
Strawberry Cookie Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons strawberry Jell-O mix
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 (3.4-ounce) package Instant white chocolate pudding
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 (12-ounce) bag white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and Jell-O mix together with a hand mixer. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour, pudding mix, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to the butter mixture, and mix well.
- Fold in white chocolate chips.
- Use a small cookie scoop to scoop and roll dough into 1½-inch balls, then place on a greased baking sheet.
- Bake for 9–10 minutes.
- Let cookies sit on the cookie sheet for a few minutes, then remove to a rack to cool.
Notes
- Use room temperature butter and eggs so the batter mixes smoothly and the cookies bake evenly.
- Chill the dough for 15–20 minutes if it’s too soft- this helps prevent spreading.
- Use any flavored Jell-O you love (like cherry or raspberry) to change up the cookie color and flavor. You can also use instant vanilla or cheesecake pudding powder.
- Picture perfect cookies. Place a few white chips on the top of the cookies when they’re just out of the oven and use a silicone spatula to gently nudge edges into a perfect circle before they cool.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe FAQ
Cool and store in an airtight container for about a week. Including a piece of bread will help keep them soft.
Cookie dough can be covered and stored in the refrigerator for 1-2 days before baking. You can also freeze the cookie dough for about 2 months.
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This recipe was originally published January 2018.
It has add egg and vanilla and then it says vanilla again after adding flour
My girls are planning a rainbow themed sleepover in a few weeks. With so many Jello flavors and colors out there, this is gonna be great!!! THANKS for this recipe!
I’m using cheesecake pudding mix for strawberry cheesecake cookies. Awesome recipe!!!!
I’m totally in love with these already because they’re pink 🙂 I had a package of pudding that said it was 1 lb. So I just poured it all in :p the dough tasted good 🙂 lets see how the cookies turn out.
How did they turn out?! Hopefully YUMMY!
Made this for my community group a few weeks back, they loved it. This will be part of the dessert spread for baby sister’s graduation party.
YAY! So glad to hear it – I’m definitely craving them right now!
I have the same questions as a couple of others that I do not see a response for about the pudding. Should you use instant or cook and serve? Large or small box, there are two sizes. I am going to try it with a small box of instant so I hope it works!
Thanks!
Small box of instant is correct. 🙂
I seen in step 1 that it says to cream butter with the other ingredients but it isn’t in the list. Do I use butter in the mix? I am making these for my daughter and her friends today for their play date!
Just wanted to make sure you saw that there was 1 cup butter in the ingredients. 🙂
I just made very similar strawberry cookies and they were super delicious! Mine were pretty basic, though – with just strawberry cake mix….I’ll have to try this out and make it even more unique and yummy!
So what size of jello and pudding packaging? Because they have big box and a little box? And no milk? Wouldn’t they come out kind of hard? The intructions are kind of vague along with the measurements.
The pudding is the instant kind and is the small box – I believe it’s 3.5 ounces. 🙂