Recipes with instant pudding mix, chocolate

Chocolate chip pudding cookies stay soft and chewy for days thanks to a secret box of instant chocolate pudding mix folded right into the dough. Loaded with chips and optional nuts.

Intensely chocolatey bundt cake using boxed mix, instant pudding, and chocolate chips. Rich, moist crumb ready in an hour with minimal effort for maximum impact.

Easy moist chocolate Bundt cake doctors a chocolate cake mix with instant pudding, sour cream, and a full bag of chocolate chips for unbelievably moist crumb. Bake-sale famous, no-frosting-needed.

A chocolaty, moist and delicious cake that's easy to make and everyone loves.

Chocolate Kahlua bundt cake builds on a doctored cake mix base with sour cream, instant pudding, and ½ cup coffee liqueur. Dense, moist, deeply chocolate, and laughably easy.

A moist, rich chocolate chip rum cake infused with warm rum flavor, studded with chocolate chips, and finished with a glossy cocoa glaze. Perfect for gatherings or a cozy dessert night.

Giant chocolate chip cookie rolled flat like a pizza crust, topped with sweetened cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and chopped nuts. Cut into wedges with a pizza cutter. A semi-homemade dessert pizza that steals the show at any gathering.

Peanut pudding cake with four layers: peanut shortbread crust, peanut butter cream cheese, chocolate-vanilla pudding, and whipped topping with crumbled chocolate bars. A crowd-pleasing potluck dessert.

Pudding in a Cloud serves chocolate pudding inside a fluffy whipped topping shell in individual dessert glasses. Three ingredients, no baking, kid-friendly and fun.

Layered chocolate mousse dessert with a buttery pecan crust, cream cheese layer, chocolate pudding, vanilla pudding with fresh strawberries, and whipped topping with chocolate shavings.

Four-layer peanut butter pudding cake with a peanut shortbread crust, cream cheese-peanut butter filling, chocolate-vanilla pudding layer, and whipped topping. A no-bake icebox dessert.

Triple chocolate cake using cake mix and pudding mix for a fudgy, moist crumb topped with semi-sweet chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts.

Mississippi mud cake baked low and slow in a tube pan with melted unsweetened chocolate, instant pudding and a generous pour of milk. Dark, dense and impossibly moist, dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Layered pecan crust dessert with cream cheese, vanilla and chocolate pudding, and Cool Whip. No-bake except for the crust. Refrigerate overnight for best results.

Cookies and cream pie is a no-bake freezer dessert: chocolate pudding folded with whipped topping and crushed cookies, piled into a chocolate crumb crust. No oven, just a whisk and a freezer.

Broiled banana chocolate pudding with instant chocolate pudding topped with sliced bananas and brown sugar caramelized under the broiler. A 4-ingredient, low-fat dessert.

Irish cream bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, chocolate pudding mix, vodka, and Irish cream liqueur, topped with a simple Irish cream and powdered sugar drizzle.

Double chocolate bundt cake made with devil's food cake mix, chocolate pudding, sour cream, and a full bag of chocolate chips. Dense, fudgy, and finished with powdered sugar.

Frozen s'mores sandwiches with chocolate peanut butter pudding and whipped topping between graham crackers. A no-bake, five-ingredient frozen treat with no campfire needed.

Miniature choco-lite puffs are bite-size cream puffs with a lightened twist: crisp choux shells filled with fluffy sugar-free chocolate pudding and whipped topping. An elegant, lower-fat party dessert that looks far fussier than it is.

Three-ingredient triple fudge brownies built on chocolate pudding mix, chocolate cake mix, and semi-sweet chips. Dense, fudgy, and fast. The semi-homemade trick that fooled every PTA bake sale.

Chocolate pie with a toasted coconut crust skips the flour entirely. The crust is just coconut and butter pressed and baked golden, filled with cool chocolate pudding. Easy and naturally gluten-free.

Best Sex in a Pan is a retro layered icebox dessert with a walnut shortbread crust, sweet cream cheese filling, vanilla and chocolate pudding stripes, and a Cool Whip topping finished with shaved chocolate.

A lighter chocolate mousse made with low-calorie pudding mix, skim milk, and whipped egg whites sweetened with fructose. A hint of Grand Marnier adds elegance to this diabetic-friendly dessert that still feels like a treat.

Layered chocolate and cherry parfaits made with sugar-free pudding, cream cheese, and sour cherries. A lighter take on Black Forest flavors that comes together in 15 minutes with no baking required.

Punch bowl cake layered with yellow cake, cherry pie filling, chocolate and vanilla pudding, pineapple, bananas, whipped topping, and nuts. A retro layered trifle for a crowd.

No bake death by chocolate trifle layers devil's food cake, Kahlua, chocolate pudding, crushed Heath bars, and whipped topping. A potluck-ready chocolate dessert in 15 minutes, no oven required.

Coffee death by chocolate trifle layers Kahlua-soaked brownies, chocolate pudding, crushed toffee candy bars and whipped topping in a glass bowl. A showstopper potluck dessert with five ingredients.

No-bake chocolate dream pie with instant chocolate pudding and whipped topping in a pie shell. A light, mousse-like frozen chocolate pie that sets in the fridge.

Low-calorie frozen Snickers pie with sugar-free chocolate pudding, crunchy peanut butter, chocolate ice milk, and Grape-Nuts for crunch. No-bake and crustless.

Sugar-free chocolate banana cream pie with a no-bake peanut butter and crisp-rice crust, sliced bananas, sugar-free chocolate pudding and a light whipped topping. Press it, layer it, freeze it. No oven, no refined sugar.

No-bake rum cake layers milk-soaked sponge cake with vanilla pudding, chocolate pudding, whipped topping, almonds, and cherries. A retro icebox cake assembled the day before for stress-free entertaining.

Fluffy layered cake covered with whipped cream. Easy to make using store bought angel food cake and instant pudding mix.

No-bake chocolate cream pie built from vanilla ice cream, milk, and instant pudding poured into graham cracker crusts and chilled until sliceable. Five ingredients, two pies.

Grandma's chocolate rum bundt cake soaked in raspberry-rum glaze and drizzled with melted chocolate and white vanilla icing. A boozy, showstopping dessert made easy with cake mix.

Mocha fudge pie with a brownie mix crust, Kahlua-spiked chocolate pudding filling, and a coffee whipped topping layer. Three layers of chocolate-coffee flavor on a fudgy base.

No-fuss chocolate cake mixed right in the baking pan with a fork. Chocolate cake mix, instant pudding, and chocolate chips create an ultra-moist, triple-chocolate cake with zero bowls to wash.

Brownie mousse delight layered in a glass bowl with crumbled brownies, chocolate mousse pudding, and whipped topping. A no-fuss trifle dessert using simple pantry mixes.

Quick chocolate zucchini picnic cake: devil's food cake mix supercharged with shredded zucchini, chocolate pudding mix, walnuts, and coconut. One bowl, no frosting, travels like a champ. Garden abundance meets chocolate cake in the best way.

Foolproof chocolate mousse made with just two ingredients: instant chocolate pudding folded into whipped cream. A 5-minute no-bake dessert that's light, fluffy, and impossible to mess up.

Double death by chocolate bundt cake built from a chocolate cake mix doctored with chocolate pudding, sour cream, and a full bag of chocolate chips. A no-fail rich chocolate bundt for parties and potlucks.

Mom's chocolate peanut butter pie layers chunky peanut butter pudding over a graham crust, topped with chocolate pudding and whipped topping. No-bake, sugar-free, fridge to fork in 2 hours.

Chocolate cherry cream pie layers a graham cracker crust, chocolate pudding, whipped topping, and ruby cherry pie filling. Six ingredients, two hours of chill time, no oven beyond a quick crust bake.

Quick 4-ingredient cappuccino parfait layering coffee-spiked whipped topping with sugar-free chocolate pudding. Light, creamy, and ready in 20 minutes flat.

No-bake chocolate cream cheese pie with instant pudding. Add coffee powder for mocha. Topped with pecans and whipped cream, ready in minutes.

No-bake Twinkie cake layered with chocolate pudding, crushed Heath bars, and whipped topping. Four ingredients, zero oven time, and pure nostalgic fun.

Better than sex cake is a four-layer chocolate-pecan icebox dessert: a buttery pecan shortbread crust, sweet cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and whipped topping. A make-ahead potluck legend.

Chocolate bundt cake spiked with Kahlua and instant coffee, made easy with a cake mix and pudding mix shortcut. Drizzled with a coffee liqueur icing that soaks into every ridge.