St. Patrick’s Day Cake Mix Cookie Bars are tinted green, topped with cream cheese frosting and fun rainbow sprinkles for a festive dessert.
Do you love making fun and festive treats for different holidays? I sure do – especially when it comes to St. Patrick’s Day. The bright green foods paired with rainbow everything just makes me smile.
Check out how fun and easy it is to make these delicious cake mix cookie bars to help you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year.
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This whip together so quickly and easily. You won’t believe just how simple they are. Plus they are super soft and chewy – making them a favorite for everyone.
These are perfect for bringing to a class party, potluck at work, or gifting to the neighbors. I liked taking them to bunco night – they were always gone in a flash.
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Here are some commonly asked questions
What are cake mix cookie bars?
These bars are a quick and easy dessert that always goes over well with friends and family. They’re made from a simple cake mix, making them a breeze to whip up.
Are Cake Mix Cookie Bars difficult to make?
No, they’re actually very easy. They are as simple as mixing the ingredients together and baking in the pan. I love them because they are as soft and chewy as a cookie -but you eliminate the need for rolling individual cookies and worrying about them flattening out too much. This makes it so simple.
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How to Store St Patricks Day Cake Mix Cookie Bars
The best way to keep these bars is to either cover the pan tightly and keep it refrigerated OR transfer the bars to an airtight container and keep it refrigerated. I don’t recommend keeping it at room temperature because of the cream cheese in the frosting.
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Can this recipe be doubled?
Yes – but you will still need to bake in two separate baking pans that are 9×13 each. You can double the ingredients and then divide between the two pans and then bake them side-by-side.
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Ingredients for St. Patrick’s Day Cake Mix Cookie Bars
- vanilla or white cake mix
- instant vanilla pudding – just the powder, don’t make the pudding.
- vegetable oil
- water
- eggs
- green food coloring
Frosting
- cream cheese – the brick, not the whipped variety – room temperature
- butter – room temperature
- pure vanilla extract
- confectioner’s sugar
Decorate
- rainbow sprinkles – jimmies
Can these be made with another flavor of cake mix?
Yes – I like to use white or vanilla because it makes it easy to tint the batter to whatever color I need for the holiday I am making them for. But you can just as easily make these with chocolate cake mix and chocolate pudding for that matter.
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How to Make St Patricks Day Cake Mix Cookie Bars
Bars
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9×13 baking dish. Set aside.
- Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, oil, water and eggs in a large bowl. Mix well to combine.
- Spread the mixture out into the prepared dish.
- Bake 22-26 minutes or until set.
- Cool completely before adding the frosting and sprinkles.
Frosting
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese until whipped.
- Add in the butter and beat again until well blended.
- Slowly mix in the vanilla and 1 cup of the confectioner’s sugar until just incorporated.
- Continue adding the sugar, small portions at a time, and mixing until just incorporated.
- Once the sugar is just blended in, increase the speed of the mixer and whip on high for 1-2 minutes to really aerate the frosting and get everything blended well.
- You can then spread the frosting onto a cooled cake or cookies to decorate.
What can I make with rainbow sprinkles?
- St. Patrick’s Day Hot Chocolate Bombs
- Funfetti Cake Batter Dip
- Edible Sugar Cookie Dough
- Frozen Bananas
- Lofthouse Sugar Cookies
- Cake Batter Frosting
- Birthday Sugar Cookie Bars
- Homemade Funfetti Cake
- Rainbow Cake
What are the best sprinkles for these cookie bars?
This is important – just because the package says “sprinkles” doesn’t necessarily mean that it is in fact sprinkles.
I see a lot of people using colored sanding sugar that is labeled as sprinkles.
This will not work as well because when that sugar gets wet – like when mixed into a moist dough or when placed in the refrigerator, it will sweat & the color will bleed out.
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More Great Cake Mix Recipe Ideas
Red Velvet Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies
Frosted Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
Products I love when making cake mix cookie bars…
This dessert recipe is SUPER EASY and delicious – and if you’re like me, then you maybe already have some of these items on hand OR maybe you have never made cake mix cookie bars before, & you might be a bit nervous – but you’re going to love them. I have made a list below of the things I absolutely can’t live without when it comes to making this bar recipe. (you can also SHOP MY FAVORITES in my store)
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If you love this easy cookie bars recipe, you’re going to love these other treats too. Please click each link below to find the easy, printable recipe!
More Cookie Bar Recipes
- M&M Sugar Cookie Bars
- Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookie Bars
- Cherry Pie Bars
- Birthday Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- M&M Christmas Cookie Bars
- Sugar Cookie Bars
- Patriotic Cookie Bars
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St. Patrick's Day Cake Mix Cookie Bars
Ingredients
Bars
- 1 box vanilla or white cake mix
- 1 box instant vanilla pudding 3.4 ounces - just the powder, don't make the pudding.
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup water
- 2 large eggs
- 20 drops green food coloring
Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese – the brick, not the whipped variety – room temperature
- ½ cup butter 1 stick – room temperature
- 1½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2½ cups confectioner’s sugar
Decorate
- 1/4 cup rainbow sprinkles - jimmies
Instructions
Bars
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9x13 baking dish. Set aside.
- Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, oil, water and eggs in a large bowl. Mix well to combine.
- Spread the mixture out into the prepared dish.
- Bake 22-26 minutes or until set.
- Cool completely before adding the frosting and sprinkles.
Frosting
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese until whipped.
- Add in the butter and beat again until well blended.
- Slowly mix in the vanilla and 1 cup of the confectioner’s sugar until just incorporated.
- Continue adding the sugar, small portions at a time, and mixing until just incorporated.
- Once the sugar is just blended in, increase the speed of the mixer and whip on high for 1-2 minutes to really aerate the frosting and get everything blended well.
- You can then spread the frosting onto a cooled cake or cookies to decorate.
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