STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE COOKIES – EASY

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I’m telling you all of my recipes are easy! How about Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies, that begin with a cake mix? I always have great intentions of making an amazingly elaborate dessert. I dream these desserts up in my mind and they are beautiful. Then before I know it the kids are getting off the bus and it’s time for chores, piano practice and never ending homework. Since I didn’t have time to make cheesecake, I settled on making Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies instead. Not only are they delicious, they are pretty cute too!
Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies!!
I’m a die hard chocolate fan, so I had to make a half of the cookie batch with semi-sweet chocolate chips and the other half with white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. After sampling several of each kind of cookie (why do I do that?), I still can’t decide which I like better! If you decide to make both versions of this cookie, let me know which you like best!

Ingredients

8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
½ c. butter, room temperature
1 egg
1 c. white or semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 c. macadamia nuts, roughly chopped
1 15 oz. box strawberry cake mix
¼ c. powdered sugar
⅛ c. Valentines sprinkles

Instructions

Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add egg and mix again.
Add dry cake mix and mix until combined.
Add semi-sweet or white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. Stir to incorporate.
For cookies into 1 inch balls. Roll in powdered sugar and then in Valentines Sprinkles.
Place cookies on a cookie sheet and refrigerate for about and hour, or freeze for 15 minutes.

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