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This simple recipe for low calorie Chocolate Cake Mix Air Fryer Cookies begins with a common box of Devil’s Food Cake Mix, mixes in a little pumpkin puree and egg white, and then gives you the option for additional mix-ins, or you can keep them plain. For this batch, I opted for peanut butter baking chips with no added sugar.
It’s very similar to these popular 2-Ingredient Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies, which uses a standard chocolate cake mix and doesn’t require adding egg whites.
How Many Calories and WW Points in Air Fryer Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies?
According to my calculations, each cookie has just 65 calories.
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Recipe Ingredients
Devil’s Food Cake Mix
Egg white – creates lightness, air and will give the cookies a drier texture, helping to balance out the pureed pumpkin.
Pumpkin puree – adds moisture and gives a slightly fudge texture.
Mini chocolate chips
How to Make Air Fryer Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies, Step-by-Step
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients. Add parchment paper to air fryer basket – make sure to leave enough room around the edges for air circulation.
Step 2: In a mixing bowl, stir together the cake mix, egg white and pureed pumpkin until combined. The batter will be thick and sticky. Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
Step 3: Drop the batter in 8 equal size mounds on the parchment paper. If your air fryer basket isn’t larger enough, you may have to bake two separate batches of 4 cookies.
Step 4: Adjust the air fryer to 350F degrees and cook for about 5 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cookies comes out clean. (Repeat with remaining batter if necessary.)
Step 5: All cookies to cool for a few minutes before removing from the parchment.
Step 6: Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container.
Recipe Notes
After 5 minutes at 350F degrees in the air fryer, the cookies were done on the outside but undercooked and mushy in the middle. (Not necessarily a bad thing if you love super-fudgy cookies!) This was unexpected since I tested the cookies with a toothpick which came out clean without crumbs, so assumed they were done. And felt like I couldn’t bake any longer because the outsides would burn.
When I try these again, I am going to experiment with lowering the temperature of my air fryer and increasing the time by a minute or two. If you’ve had success making air fryer cookies, please comment below and let us know how you did it!
I substituted Lily’s Peanut Butter Flavor Baking Chips with no sugar added. Lily’s makes a range of no sugar added baking chips, including: Chocolate Cinnamon, Chocolate Salted Caramel, Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Semi-Sweet Chocolate and White Chocolate.
Other optional mix-ins include: mini M&M candies, chopped Heath toffee bars, Caramel Sea Salt baking chips (Trader Joe’s), shredded coconut or chopped Almond Joy, salted chopped peanuts, chopped walnuts, dried cranberries or raisins, chopped pretzels, etc.
Already low in Points, you can reduce these to 1 WW Point cookies by substituting the Devil’s Food Cake Mix with a sugar-free version.
How to Make Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies in the Toaster Oven
With a little disappointment in air fryer cookies, I was curious to see how the recipe worked in the toaster oven. So, I remixed a new batch of batter and preheated my toaster oven to 350F degrees.
I dropped 8 cookies onto a small silicone-lined sheet pan and placed in the pre-heated toaster oven.
My cookies were done after about 5-6 minutes. To test for doneness, remove pan from oven and insert a toothpick in the center of the cookies and when it comes out clean, they are done.
Allow cookies to rest for a minute or two on the pan before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Store any leftover cookies at room temperature in an airtight container.
Air Fryer Chocolate Cookies Taste Test
Not completely cooked through, even though they were crispy on the outside.
Chewy on the inside with a crispy, crunchy outside.
Smaller in size and with a more dense texture.
Toaster Oven Baked Chocolate Cookies Taste Test
Cooked completely through and maintained a softer exterior.
Lighter and airy on the inside with a puffy texture.
Baked up larger in size than the air fryer cookies.
How Do Air Fryer Cookies Compare With Toaster Oven Cookies?
We much preferred the taste and texture of the chocolate cookies that were baked in the toaster oven versus the air fryer version. The toaster oven cookies were more visually appealing, lighter and fluffier in texture. The air fryer cookies seemed more dense, chewier (not really cooked all the way through) and much smaller in size.
Air Fryer Cookies on the left, Toaster Oven Cookies on the right
I want to keep experimenting with baking cookies in my air fryer, but this will require testing as I try cooking on a lower temperature for a little bit longer to achieve the results I’m looking for in a cookie.
Ways to Use Leftovers
Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. My cookies softened up a lot after spending just one night in a sealed glass container.
FAQs
I made these cookies in my new basket-style Cosori TurboBlaze™ Air Fryer. Air fryers are not standard, so the recipe instructions may vary based on your type of air fryer—basket (affiliate link), dual-basket (affiliate link) or oven-style (affiliate link).
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Air Fryer Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
WW Points: 2
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2 PointsPlus (Old plan)
After 5 minutes at 350F degrees in the air fryer, the cookies we done on the outside but undercooked and mushy in the middle. This was unexpected since I tested the cookies with a toothpick which came out clean without crumbs, so assumed they were done. And felt like I couldn’t bake any longer because the outsides would burn.
When I try these again, I am going to experiment with lowering the temperature of my air fryer and increasing the time by a minute or two. If you’ve had success making air fryer cookies, please comment below and let us know how you did it!
I substituted Lily’s Peanut Butter Flavor Baking Chips with no sugar added. Lily’s makes a range of no sugar added baking chips, including: Chocolate Cinnamon, Chocolate Salted Caramel, Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Semi-Sweet Chocolate and White Chocolate.
Other optional mix-ins include: mini M&M candies, chopped Heath toffee bars, Caramel Sea Salt baking chips (Trader Joe’s), shredded coconut or chopped Almond Joy, salted chopped peanuts, chopped walnuts, dried cranberries or raisins, chopped pretzels, etc.
We much preferred the taste and texture of the chocolate cookies that were baked in the toaster oven versus the air fryer version. The toaster oven cookies were more visually appealing, lighter and fluffier in texture. The air fryer cookies seemed more dense, chewier (not really cooked all the way through) and much smaller in size.
I want to keep experimenting with baking cookies in my air fryer, but this will require testing as I try cooking on a lower temperature for a little bit longer to achieve the results I’m looking for in a cookie.
Nutrition
Recipe source: HungryGirl
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