Easy Chocolate Dump Cake

Name: Chocolate Dump Cake Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 (15.25-ounce) box chocolate cake mix; 1 (5.9-ounce) box instant chocolate pudding; ½ cup unsalted butter, (melted (but cooled)); 2½ cups whole milk, (room temperature); 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Chocolate Dump Cake Ingredients
How to Make Chocolate Dump Cake
Kristyn’s Recipe Tips
Chocolate Dump Cake Recipe Recipe
Recipe FAQ
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We LOVE easy, and there is nothing simpler than this chocolate dump cake!!

You literally dump the ingredients DIRECTLY into the baking dish, give it a little mix, and bake!! It’s prepped in minutes and only dirties ONE dish!

If that wasn’t reason enough to make this tasty cake – we covered the top with a layer of both milk and semi-sweet chocolate chips – so it’s extra chocolatey and delicious! We whip up this dessert when the kids have friends over and we need something quick and easy that feeds the crowd.

For more easy chocolate favorites, try Hershey’s Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Tres Leches Cake, One Bowl Chocolate Cake, or Chocolate Mug Cake.

Why we think you’ll love it:

One dirty dish!! You heard that right, the entire cake is made in a baking dish for less mess.
Just a handful of ingredients. A cake mix, pudding mix, butter, milk, and chocolate chips are all you need. We make sure to have these on hand so this easy dessert is always within reach.
Extra chocolately goodness. Between the cake, pudding, and layers of chocolate chips, this is decadent enough for all chocolate lovers.

Ingredients for chocolate dump cake on a kitchen counter.

Chocolate Dump Cake Ingredients

1 (15.25-ounce) box chocolate cake mix – Use any brand of regular-sized chocolate cake mix. Regular chocolate, dark chocolate, and Devil’s food cake mix are all great choices.
1 (5.9-ounce) box of instant chocolate pudding mix – do not use the cook-n-serve pudding.
½ cup unsalted butter, melted (but cooled)
2 ½ cups whole milk, room temperature – Do not use cold milk because it will cause the melted butter to clump up.
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips
optional mix-ins – Along with or instead of the chocolate chips, use other flavors like peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, or white chocolate chips. You can also try adding chopped pecans or walnuts, toffee chips, Reeses Pieces, and M&M’s.

Cake mix and pudding mix powder in a baking dish.

Adding milk and melted butter to the powdered mixes.

How to Make Chocolate Dump Cake

PREP. Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish.
BATTER. Pour the cake mix evenly into the dish. Add the pudding mix evenly across the cake mix.
- Add milk to the butter and mix. Pour this over the cake and pudding mixes. Whisk until lightly incorporated (clean up sides, if needed).
BAKE. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and bake for 40-45 minutes.
SERVE. Serve warm alone or with ice cream.

Kristyn’s Recipe Tips

To produce the correct texture, only use the dry mix for both the cake and instant pudding mix and ignore the directions on the box for both.
If the dump cake is still powdery, it’s likely because the butter or milk wasn’t evenly distributed, leaving dry patches of cake mix.
An easy way we like to change this recipe is to use other flavors of chips like peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, or white chocolate chips.
Our family likes to serve a slice of dump cake alongside Vanilla Ice Cream and Hot Fudge Sauce.

A wooden spoon scooping a serving of chocolate dump cake.

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Chocolate Dump Cake Recipe

By: Kristyn Merkley

This ridiculously easy chocolate dump cake is made in one pan with just a few ingredients for the ultimate extra-chocolatey dessert!

Servings: 15

Prep: 10

Cook: 40

Total: 50

Ingredients

▢ 1 (15.25-ounce) box chocolate cake mix
▢ 1 (5.9-ounce) box instant chocolate pudding
▢ ½ cup unsalted butter, melted (but cooled)
▢ 2½ cups whole milk, room temperature
▢ 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
▢ 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish.
Pour the cake mix evenly into the dish. Add the pudding mix evenly across the cake mix.
Add milk to the butter and mix. Pour this over the cake and pudding mixes. Whisk until lightly incorporated (clean up sides, if needed).
Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and bake for 40-45 minutes.
Serve warm alone or with ice cream.

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Notes

Recipe Tips.

To produce the correct texture, use the dry mix for both the cake and instant pudding mix and ignore the directions on the box for both.
If the dump cake is still powdery, it’s likely because the butter or milk wasn’t evenly distributed, leaving dry patches of cake mix.
Change this recipe with other flavors of candy chips like peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, or white chocolate chips.
We like to serve a slice of dump cake alongside a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream.

Store cooled cake, covered at room temperature for 1-2 days or in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. For longer storage, wrap it with plastic and again with foil and freeze for 2-3 months.

Nutrition

Calories: 332kcal, Carbohydrates: 37g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 0.3g, Cholesterol: 24mg, Sodium: 264mg, Potassium: 226mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 25g, Vitamin A: 289IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 116mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Recipe FAQ

How to store?

Cool and cover the cake and store it at room temperature for 1-2 days or in the fridge for 3-4 days. For longer storage, wrap it in plastic and again with foil and freeze it for 2-3 months.