Description
Peanut butter cup dump cake brings together chocolate and peanut butter in a delightfully simple dessert that comes together faster than you can grab your mixing bowl. Grab your pantry staples, dump everything into a baking dish, and watch pure deliciousness emerge from your oven in no time.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake Base:
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 1 ½ cups milk
Toppings:
- 1 cup peanut butter cups, chopped
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Supporting Ingredients:
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F, creating the perfect warm environment for a decadent dessert.
- Generously coat a 9×13 inch baking dish with cooking spray, ensuring no sticky moments later.
- Grab a large mixing bowl and pour in the entire box of chocolate cake mix, measuring 1 ½ cups of milk and ½ cup melted unsalted butter.
- Whisk the ingredients together until your batter looks smooth and free of lumps.
- Transfer the cake mixture into the prepared baking dish, spreading it evenly with a spatula.
- Sprinkle exactly 1 cup of chopped peanut butter cups across the surface, followed by 1 cup of chocolate chips for extra indulgence.
- Slide the dish into the preheated oven and bake precisely 33 minutes, checking with a toothpick for clean insertion.
- Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool completely on a wire rack for 45-60 minutes before cutting into delicious squares.
Notes
- Stick with room temperature ingredients for a smoother cake batter that blends easily.
- Chop peanut butter cups into smaller pieces for more even distribution throughout the cake.
- For a gluten-free version, swap the regular chocolate cake mix with a gluten-free alternative and check that your peanut butter cups are also gluten-free.
- Let the cake cool completely before cutting to help it set and make slicing cleaner and more precise.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30-35 minutes
- Category: Dump Cakes
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 395 kcal
- Sugar: 33 g
- Sodium: 280 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg