Chocolate Chip Dump Cake Recipe
If you like easy desserts with big chocolate flavor, this Chocolate Chip Dump Cake will become your new favorite recipe. There’s minimal prep, it’s made with pantry ingredients, and clean up is easy.
Chocolate chip dump cake is the perfect last-minute dessert for parties, holidays, and even to satisfy chocolate cravings. It’s ideal anytime you need something sweet. While my hot chocolate pudding cake isn’t technically a dump cake, it is made in one bowl before transferring the batter to a pan.
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Why You’ll Love This Chocolate Chip Dump Cake Recipe
- It’s an easy recipe, ideal for any skill level.
- Rich chocolate flavor in every bite, making it perfect for chocolate lovers.
- Great for potluck parties, backyard gatherings, and holidays.
- Made with six simple ingredients right from your pantry staples.
Pantry Ingredients
Everything you need for this chocolate chip dump cake is readily available, and you may even have the ingredients on hand. With only five ingredients, you can easily keep everything in your pantry and refrigerator so you can make it on a moment’s notice.
- Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake Mix – Use your favorite brand of boxed cake mix, but make sure it’s the 15.25 ounce size.
- Chocolate Instant Pudding Mix – You need the 5.9 ounce size. Be sure it’s instant chocolate pudding mix.
- Unsalted Butter – If all you have is salted butter, it’s perfectly fine to use it.
- Milk – Use 2% or whole milk.
- Milk Chocolate or Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- Powdered Sugar for dusting, if desired.
- Cooking Spray, to grease the pan.
Tips and Suggestions for Success
- Mix all if the ingredients well. This can be challenging when making a dump cake but make sure you get all of the dry mixes moistened in the baking dish.
- Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean or with moist crumbs on it.
- Serve the cake warm or at room temperature. If serving warm, cool cake 10 – 15 minutes before slicing and serving.
- Dust the cooled cake with powered sugar, if desired. I prefer to add the powdered sugar as I serve it in case someone doesn’t want it.
Be sure to check out the full recipe and ingredient list below
Substitutions
- Mix things up a bit by using peanut butter chips in place of chocolate chips.
- While I used a devil’s food cake mix, you could use another chocolate variety, such as a fudge cake mix or chocolate mix.
- Add in toffee chips or pecans, but no more than a cup of each. You don’t want to overload the dump cake with add-ins. I wouldn’t do more than two.
How Do You Serve a Dump Cake?
While it’s delicious as it, ff you choose to serve it warm, a scoop of vanilla ice cream would be a delicious accompaniment.
If you allow it to cool completely, a dusting of powdered sugar adds a bit more sweetness. Also, if you don’t like the looks of the chocolate chips, the powdered sugar will cover them up.
What Can I Serve with a Dump Cake?
A cold glass of milk, a cup of coffee, tea, or even hot chocolate is a good choice to serve with this dessert. If you’re looking for more of an after-dinner type of coffee, try Mexicocoa or caramel coffee.
More Chocolate Recipes
I am never one to shy away from a chocolate dessert. Take my Hershey pie, for example. I make it a few times a year because it’s easy, no-bake, and perfect for just about any occasion. Triple chocolate cake is another favorite because it’s easy, and like this dump cake, starts with a mix.
Then there are cookies. No one in my house ever turns down chocolate overload cookies or black forest cookies. Next to classic chocolate chip cookies, they are the most requested by my family.
What is a dump cake?
There are two types of dump cake. One is made with fruit with little to no mixing, and the other is where you dump all the ingredients into a baking pan, mix, and bake. This chocolate chip dump cake is the latter type.
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Chocolate Dump Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 15.25 oz Devil's Food Cake Mix
- 1 5.9 oz. Instant Chocolate Pudding
- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 1¾ cups milk (I used 2%)
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- powdered sugar, for dusting, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Butter a 9×13" pan and set aside.
- Evenly dump in the dry cake mix. Add the dry pudding mix. Drizzle melted butter over the top. Add milk. Using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, mix all the ingredients, gently so as not to splatter.1 15.25 oz Devil's Food Cake Mix, 1 5.9 oz. Instant Chocolate Pudding, 1 stick unsalted butter, melted, 1¾ cups milk (I used 2%)
- Once it's all mixed and there is no dry mix or streaks, evenly smooth out the batter. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the batter.1 cup milk chocolate chips
- Bake in a 350°F oven for 30 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool slightly and serve warm or at room temperature.
- Sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of the cake before serving, if desired.powdered sugar, for dusting, optional
