How the Grinch Stole Christmas Cookies Recipe | Grinch Crinkle Cookies (2024)

Modified: Sep 10, 2020 by Stefanie Fauquet · This post may contain affiliate links · 18 Comments

Love the Dr. Seuss and the Grinch!? Then you must try this How the Grinch Stole Christmas Cookies recipe! These Grinch Crinkle Cookies are the perfectaccompaniment to family holiday movie night.

Since Carnival Cruise Lines announced their partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, my daughter has been BEGGING me to watch 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'. I'm not one to decline a Christmas movie— especially one as awesome at the Grinch— so we decided to make a movie night of it with some very special'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' Crinkle Cookies.

These crinkle cookies are soft and chewy due to their boxed cake mix base. Green food coloring gives them a festive hue—Cookies so amazing that I'd eat them from a SHOE ... I dare you to try at least one ... if not TWO!

How the Grinch Stole ChristmasCookies Recipe

Grinch Crinkle Cookies Ingredients:

1 box vanilla cake mix
1 stick butter, melted
2 eggs
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Green food coloring

How to make Grinch Crinkle Cookies:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

a 2. In small bowl, combine cornstarch and powdered sugar; stir together

3. In a large bowl, mix together vanilla cake mix, melted butter, oil and eggs (the consistency will be thick)

4. Add drops of green food coloring to cake batter until bright green color is achieved.

5. Usea cookie small scoop or 2 spoons to gather up individual balls of dough and roll into the sugar/starch mixture until covered (avoid touching the dough as the food color may transfer to skin).

6. Place dough balls two inches apart on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper

7. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until crackled and puffed

8. Let cool on cookie sheet for several minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

5 from 1 vote

How the Grinch Stole Christmas Cookies Recipe

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

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Leilani
December 16, 2013 at 5:56 pm

Oh my girls would love this! The Grinch is their fave and my sister in law just gave them Grinch shirts.
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Penelope
December 16, 2013 at 6:18 pm

The Grinch is such a part of Christmas now that this would be great
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Marcie W.
December 16, 2013 at 7:03 pm

Simple and adorable! These would be a blast to make.
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Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell
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December 17, 2013 at 3:47 pm

Oh my goodness, these are just way too fun! Love, love the idea and the tie-in.
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Tiff @ Babes and Kids
December 18, 2013 at 12:04 am

Cutest cookies and great idea. I have two little boys who would absolutely love these.
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Mickey
December 18, 2013 at 9:18 am

Cute idea! My toddler son is obsessed with the Grinch right now so he'd get a kick out of these!
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HilLesha
December 18, 2013 at 11:58 pm

Those are deliciously cute! 🙂
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Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy.com
December 19, 2013 at 9:16 am

Those turned out so cute! I can't wait to make them.
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Kathleen
December 22, 2013 at 7:06 pm

These are so cute. The movie is on Christmas Eve, so maybe we'll make some of these then.
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Angela
December 23, 2013 at 9:06 am

Oh, I love this! We just watched the Grinch last night on TV.
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Rachel @ Following In My Shoes
December 28, 2013 at 11:10 pm

Those are ADORABLE! MY kids would get such a kick out of those.
P.S. love your food post display at the bottom of your post.... is that a plugin or part of your theme?
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- Stefanie Fauquet
  December 28, 2013 at 11:15 pm
  
  It's the Related Posts plugin!
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Ty @ Mama of 3 Munchkins
December 30, 2013 at 2:15 am

These are so adorable and I bet they taste really good, too!
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Robin Gagnon
January 12, 2014 at 10:30 pm

these would be great for St Pattys day too
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Molly Baker
December 24, 2014 at 4:30 pm

Am I missing something or does it not say in the instructions what to do with the veg. oil? I am assuming it goes in with the cake mix.
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- Stefanie Fauquet
  December 24, 2014 at 4:56 pm
  
  You are correct! It's for the cake mix...I will update.
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Sylvia Barrera
December 22, 2019 at 10:31 am

Absolutely LOVED baking these adorable cookies for my Grandchildren💚
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Char
December 17, 2022 at 10:24 am

Thank you for the fun recipe. Mine did not turn out as puffy as yours. Is there a trick.
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