Animal Cookie Crumbl Copycat Recipe

Crumbl Cookies are all the rage and for good reason! But you can save a pretty penny making them at home with recipes like this Animal Cookie copycat recipe!

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What Are Crumbl Cookies?

Crumbl Cookies is a bakery brand created in 2017. They have become super popular inspiring many copycat homemade recipes. What they are most known for are their super sweetness and thick gooey texture.

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Baking Tips

There’s a few tricks to make sure these thick soft cookies hold their shape:

Use shortening instead of oil or butter.
Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 3 or more hours or overnight at best.
Chill the cookie sheet too.
Use parchment paper instead of greasing the pan
Refrigerate the frosting before decorating so it doesn’t run.

Tools Needed

1 Large Mixing Bowl
Beater Sticks
2 Large Cookie Sheet Pans
Parchment Paper
Spatula (for scraping sides if mixing bowl)
Plastic Wrap (for chilling cookie dough)
Medium Ice Cream Scoop

Ingredients For Animal Cookie Crumbl Copycat Recipe

strawberry cake mix – any brand or flavor is fine as long as it is pink.

shortening (room temperature) – do not substitute for butter if you really want the big thick shape.
2 eggs
pink frosting – Im not great at piling so I use the pre-pipped containers.
white frosting
Frosted Animal Cookies – break them apart with your hands instead of using a food processor to keep the frosting in tact.

How Do You Make DIY Crumbls?

Combine cake mix and shortening in a large mixing bowl and beat until combined.
Add in the eggs and beat until smooth.
Add the crushed animal cookies and fold until they are evenly dispersed.
Cover with plastic wrap and set in the refrigerator for 1-3 hours.
Set the cookie sheet in there too (helps prevent the giant cookies from spreading.)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
Line cookie sheet pan with parchment paper
Use an ice cream scoop to scoop dough onto pan
Bake them for 12-15 minutes
Allow to rest before chilling in the refrigerator
Frost and decorate!