Baking usually feels like a structured activity with careful measurements and steps. Otherwise, the recipe risks failure. Yet something about the nature of adding the ingredients for a dump cake feels a bit…chaotic. What kind of butterfly effect might happen if we added just a teensy bit more chocolate chips?

Supplies: Smores Dump Cake

  • 5 oz pkg cook and serve chocolate pudding mix
  • 3 cups whole milk
  • 12 graham cracker squares
  • 3/4 cup miniature semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 15 oz box chocolate cake mix dry
  • 1/2 cup cold butter sliced
  • 10 oz miniature marshmallows
  • whipped cream

Instructions

side-by-side images of the dump cake complete and with a piece cut out: the left-side image shows a baking dish with whipped topping over a chocolate layer with choc chips over; the right-side image shows a piece removed so the layers of chocolate pudding and graham cracker are exposed like a delicious chocolate smores lasagna

Whip up some chocolate pudding as per the package wizardry, let it chill for 15 minutes in its pot.

Spread it like a canvas in a 9 x 13 dish, lay graham crackers like a cozy blanket, and sprinkle in 1/2 cup of chocolate chips for a sweet surprise.

Dust with dry cake mix and dot the butter slices, then bake at 350°F for 25 minutes.

Remove from oven & stir to make sure there isn’t any dry cake mix.

Sprinkle marshmallows and more chocolate chips, and bake an additional 5-8 minutes or until marshmallows puff up like fluffy clouds.

Let it cool, then serve with whipped cream magic!

Enjoy your culinary experiment and be sure to report in with your tasty findings!

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