This 4-Ingredient Chocolate Dump Cake is the ultimate go-to dessert when you're short on time but still want to impress your friends and family. With its minimal preparation and simple ingredients, you can whip up this decadent treat in no time.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword 4 ingredient, chocolate, dump cake
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 557kcal
Ingredients
15.25ozchocolate cake mixdry - not prepared (1 box)
3.9ozinstant chocolate pudding - dry mix, not prepared (1 box)
12ozsemi-sweet chocolate chipsdivided (1 bag)
1 ½cupsmilk
Serving Options
Vanilla Ice Cream
Chocolate or Hot Fudge Sauce
Cookies, crushed
Whipped Cream
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Coat a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray or baker’s release.
Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
Evenly distribute the pudding mix on top of the cake mix.
Add the chocolate chips - reserving a ½ cup of them for later.
Pour the milk over the top of the dry mix.
Stir gently until well combined. **see notes
Sprinkle the top with the remaining ½ cup of the chocolate chips.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top is set and the edges pull away from the baking pan.
Remove from oven and place it on wire rack.
Allow to cool slightly to serve warm with ice cream, or you can cool it completely before serving and add other toppings such as frosting or whipped cream.
Store any leftovers covered with plastic wrap in the pan or in individual airtight containers.
Notes
You can also mix everything in a bowl and then add it to the prepared baking dish.