Description
This Peanut Butter Cup Dump Cake is a quick and easy dessert made with just four pantry-friendly ingredients. Combining chocolate cake mix, instant chocolate pudding, milk, and chopped mini peanut butter cups, this decadent cake is moist, fudgy, and bursting with pockets of peanut butter goodness. Perfect for a last-minute treat, it requires minimal prep and bakes in just 25 minutes.
Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients
- 1 box (15.25 oz) chocolate cake mix
- 1 small box (3.4 oz) instant chocolate pudding mix
Wet Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk (or any milk on hand)
Add-ins
- 8 oz mini peanut butter cups, roughly chopped (such as Reese’s)
Instructions
- Mix The Pudding And Milk: In a large bowl, whisk together the instant chocolate pudding mix and milk until smooth and well combined, creating a moist base for the cake batter.
- Add The Cake Mix: Stir in the chocolate cake mix into the pudding mixture until fully blended. The resulting batter will be thick, which is expected for this dump cake.
- Fold In The Peanut Butter Cups: Roughly chop the mini peanut butter cups and gently fold them into the thick batter to distribute the peanut butter pockets throughout the cake.
- Bake: Pour the batter into a greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish and spread evenly. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for about 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool slightly before serving. It is especially delicious when served warm, optionally topped with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
- Do not overmix the batter after combining ingredients to avoid a tough cake texture.
- Chop peanut butter cups into uneven sizes to enjoy varied melted peanut butter pockets.
- A thick batter is normal and bakes into a moist, fudgy cake.
- Check doneness starting at 20 minutes as oven temperatures can vary; the cake is done when a skewer comes out with just a few moist crumbs.
- Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days and reheat slices in the microwave for 15-20 seconds.
- Freeze leftover slices wrapped individually for up to 3 months and thaw in the fridge before reheating.
- Serving warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream enhances the dessert experience.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: dump cake, peanut butter cup cake, chocolate cake, easy dessert, quick cake, peanut butter dessert, fudgy cake
