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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Poke Cake – sweet easy recipes

This Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Poke Cake is the kind of dessert that gets people talking. Not in a polite, pass-the-napkins way, but in the ‘oh-my-goodness-what-is-this-magic’ kind of way. Imagine biting into a rich chocolate cake, still a little warm from the oven, that’s been lovingly poked full of holes so it can soak up thick ribbons of peanut butter and fudge. Sound good? It is. The best part? You don’t need any fancy baking skills to make it. It’s mostly about combining things you already know and love: a box of chocolate cake mix, a jar of peanut butter, some fudge, and those iconic mini Reese’s cups. There’s something comforting about how it all comes together—fudgy, fluffy, salty-sweet. This is the cake you make when you want your friends to think you’ve secretly gone to pastry school. And yeah, I’m looking at you, ‘just one more bite’ person. We see you. We are you.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Cakes
Cuisine: American
Keywords: air fryer desserts easy recipes, butter swim biscuits easy recipes, easy dessert recipes, easy recipes with ground beef, homemade pretzels soft easy recipes, quick and easy recipes, sweet easy recipes
Servings: 12 slices
Author: Lila

Ingredients

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients on the box: eggs, oil, water)
  • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup hot fudge sauce
  • 1 (8 oz) tub whipped topping (like Cool Whip), thawed
  • 1 cup chopped mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Instructions

  1. Prepare the chocolate cake according to package instructions in a 9x13-inch pan. Let it cool for about 10 minutes.
  2. Using the handle of a wooden spoon, poke holes all over the cake.
  3. Mix the peanut butter with the sweetened condensed milk and pour over the cake, letting it sink into the holes.
  4. Warm the hot fudge slightly and drizzle it evenly over the cake.
  5. Let the cake cool completely, then spread the whipped topping on top.
  6. Sprinkle with chopped Reese’s and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.