66 chocolate cake mix recipes

Mock-chiffon chocolate cake with folded egg whites for an airy, light crumb, served with homemade chocolate whipped cream. Uses oil instead of butter for extra moisture.

Fudgy brownie pie with melted chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and chopped nuts baked in a flaky crust. Best served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Fudge brownie pie: a fudgy chocolate brownie filling with chopped nuts baked in a flaky pie shell. A cross between brownie and pie, served warm with ice cream.

Cocoa mocha bundt cake: a dark, deeply chocolatey bundt with a full cup of cocoa, brewed coffee, and buttermilk. Drizzle with caramel or chocolate sauce. From-scratch, no cake mix.

A dense, fudgy chocolate banana tube cake made with devil's food cake mix, chocolate pudding mix, and three mashed bananas. Minimal prep, maximum chocolate flavor. Serves 12.

Chocolate vinegar cake with no eggs or milk, mixed in one bowl using the three-well method, topped with a mocha chocolate frosting made with hot coffee. A Depression-era classic.

Lickety-Split Cocoa Cake: a one-bowl, eggless, dairy-free chocolate cake mixed with water, oil, and a splash of vinegar. The original Depression-era "crazy cake" that bakes up tender every time.

Crazy cake mixed right in the baking pan with no eggs, no butter, and no milk. Cocoa, vinegar, and oil create a surprisingly moist chocolate cake from Depression-era ingenuity.

Chocolate zucchini tube cake using a cake mix hack with shredded zucchini folded in for extra moisture. Topped with cream cheese frosting and chopped nuts.

One-bowl devil's food cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, buttermilk, and cake flour. Dark, moist, and mixed entirely in one bowl.

A flexible basic vanilla cake template using cake flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, and your choice of mix-ins. The starting point for chocolate chip, fruit, or layer cakes.

A one-bowl bundt cake that mixes cocoa, applesauce, cinnamon, and cloves into a moist, spiced chocolate cake. Ten ingredients, no fuss, done in under an hour.

Fudgy chocolate pudding cake that bakes its own gooey sauce underneath. Made with baking mix, cocoa, condensed milk, and chocolate syrup. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

Mix-in-the-pan chocolate fudge cake with no eggs, no milk, no butter. Poke three holes, pour, stir, and bake. The original depression-era wacky cake that still delivers.

Chewy Rolo cookie bars: a yellow cake mix base studded with halved Rolo candies that melt into rivers of chocolate caramel. Five-ingredient bake-sale magic.

A moist chocolate cherry bundt cake made with cherry pie filling, chocolate chips, walnuts, and a hint of cinnamon. Mixed in one bowl, baked in a fluted tube pan, and dusted with powdered sugar.