Take A Bite Out of Boca

...and beyond

  • Current Brand Partners
  • Contact Me
  • About
  • Privacy Policy

Valentine’s Day Recap & Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies

February 18, 2013 By takeabiteoutofboca 3 Comments

Valentine’s Day wouldn’t be complete without too many baked goodies and an over abundance of chocolate. You’re not celebrating correctly if you don’t wake up the next morning with a tummy ache from sampling every single chocolate in the box. My dad sent me a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates, and my Valentine gave me a box of chocolates from Kilwin’s. Yeah, try just eating one of those and not be tempted to go back for another. Even after having an amazing and super-filling dinner, we still could not resist the chocolates. 


First, let me tell you about dinner. Attention to everyone in the Boca/Delray area: if you haven’t been to Brule Bistro in Pineapple Grove, you need to go. Now. Lunch, dinner, dessert…whatever. Just go. My Bubby and I went to lunch before and really enjoyed the sandwiches we had. But this dinner went beyond that. I tried food I never would have known I’d like — escargot is surprisingly delicious and I was actually able to stomach a tiny taste of foie gras. Who knew? We got a whole slew of appetizers to share between the four of us — me and my Valentine, his best friend and his girlfriend. The escargot, foie gras, zucchini blossoms, grilled baby romaine, and shrimp and roasted corn mac and cheese. For dinner, I had lobster risotto with fresh tile fish and asparagus. Ahhhhh. Just typing those words makes me drool. I ate every last bite. I didn’t care how full I was; there was no way I could leave any of that uneaten. It was too good. After all the food was gone, my date pointed out that I didn’t take any pictures for the blog… Guess I was too busy eating. Oops. 
Anyway, back to the main point of Valentine’s Day: the sweets. Like I said, I was gifted a box of Kilwin’s homemade chocolates, caramels, truffles, clusters, etc. and couldn’t be happier. BUT I think my gift was pretty awesome, too — an assortment of homemade treats in a cute Valentine’s Day-themed tin. These strawberry cake mix cookies were among the treats he got to devour (with my help, of course). 
If you remember, I was inspired by another cake mix cookie recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction around the holidays. I turned to her blog again for Valentine’s Day. These strawberry chocolate chip cookies were perfect. I have never used strawberry cake mix before and had no idea how amazing it smells. As soon as I cut open that bag of mix, my kitchen was filled with a strawberry aroma that had some serious staying power; it still smelled like the cake mix the morning after I made the cookies!

strawberry cake mix cookiesstrawberry cake mix cookies


Check out Sally’s blog for the recipe. The only thing I did differently was use egg whites instead of whole eggs, and I added in rainbow sprinkles! Cake mix cookies are the perfect kind of cookie — crisp edges and a soft and chewy center. The bright pink color was perfect for this holiday and the burst of colors from the sprinkles made them so fun. 
strawberry cake mix cookies
Sally — you hit it on the nose with your cake mix cookies! Next on my list to try are red velvet and snickerdoodle! I kind of want to buy every flavor cake mix in existence and just bake a million little cookies. Anyone up for a little taste testing??? 😉 

Related

Filed Under: Dessert Tagged With: Baking, Brule Bistro, Chocolate, Chocolate chips, Cookies, Delray Beach, Kilwin's, Pineapple Grove, strawberry cake mix, Valentine's Day

« Happy Valentine’s Day!
Biscoff Oatmeal-White-Chocolate-Chip Cookies »

Comments

  1. Katie says

    February 18, 2013 at 10:53 am

    oh these cookies sound awesome!!!

    Reply
  2. Shrey Patel says

    January 25, 2014 at 3:07 am

    Yummy!!! Pretty and Super Tasty.
    I adore this!
    Nice Photos.
    Thank You.

    Reply
  3. yash says

    April 1, 2016 at 6:00 am

    Hey,Awesome cookies,
    Thanks
    Nice pictures.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

About Take A Bite Out of Boca

Food, Wine, Wellness, Fashion, Fitness and Beauty... in South Florida & Beyond

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Categories

Never Miss A Bite!

Sign up here to receive e-mails from Take A Bite Out of Boca
* = required field

powered by MailChimp!

Copyright Take A Bite Out of Boca 2011 © 2021