Here’s a super easy, ultra-decadent Peanut Butter Cup Dump Cake — no mixer, no fuss, just layer and bake 🍫🥜
🍰 Peanut Butter Cup Dump Cake
🛒 Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 1 (3.9 oz) box instant chocolate pudding mix
- 1½ cups milk
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1½–2 cups peanut butter cups (mini or chopped)
- ½ cup melted butter
- Optional: hot fudge sauce or chocolate syrup
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Layer pudding
- Whisk pudding mix with milk until smooth.
- Pour into baking dish.
- Add peanut butter
- Drop spoonfuls of peanut butter over pudding.
- Sprinkle cake mix
- Evenly spread dry cake mix on top (do not mix).
- Add chocolate
- Sprinkle chocolate chips and peanut butter cups evenly.
- Add butter
- Drizzle melted butter evenly over the top. Try to cover most of the cake mix.
- Bake
- Bake 40–45 minutes until top is set and edges are bubbly.
- Cool slightly & serve
- Let rest 10 minutes. Serve warm.
🍨 Serving Ideas
- Top with vanilla ice cream
- Drizzle with hot fudge
- Add whipped cream or extra chopped peanut butter cups
🌟 Tips & Variations
- Extra peanut butter: Swirl in ¼ cup PB warmed in microwave
- Reese’s overload: Use Reese’s Pieces + cups
- Crunchy: Add crushed graham crackers or peanuts
- Crockpot version: Cook on HIGH 2–2½ hours (check center)
Want this small-batch, slow cooker, or air fryer version? Or a from-scratch chocolate base instead of cake mix?
