35 chocolate bar cake recipes

Gold medal caramel bars layer a chocolate cake mix base with caramel topping and chocolate chips, then crumbled cake mix streusel. Four-ingredient potluck bars for the cookie swap.

Chocolate caramel nut bars with a German chocolate cake-mix crust, melted caramel middle, and chopped walnuts and chocolate chips. A potluck-ready bar cookie you can shortcut with a boxed mix.

Gooey butter pecan bars layered with melted marshmallows, chocolate chips, and coconut on a cake mix crust. A 5-minute prep, no-fuss dessert bar that disappears at every potluck and bake sale.

Dense apricot bars sweetened with maple syrup and loaded with dried apricots, walnuts, and cashews. No eggs, no butter, finished with powdered sugar icing and optional chocolate drizzle.

Mrs. Field's-style chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with oats blended to powder and grated chocolate bar mixed in with the chips. Golf ball-sized for thick, chewy centers.

Triple chocolate oatmeal cookies with blended oat flour, chocolate chips, grated Hershey bar, and chopped nuts. A massive 108-cookie batch baked in just 6 minutes each.

The famous Neiman-Marcus cookie with blended oatmeal, two kinds of chocolate, chopped nuts, and both white and brown sugar. Makes a massive batch of 112 cookies.

Famous Neiman Marcus chocolate chip cookies with blended oatmeal, grated chocolate bar, chocolate chips, and walnuts. A legendary big-batch recipe that delivers.

An oat cookie topped with chocolate with a pecan half embedded into each cookie. Looks great, tastes even better! Surprise your family with these delicious treats made with pecans and rolled oats.

Airy honeycomb candy cooked to hard crack, foamed with baking soda, then dipped in melted chocolate for crunchy, melt-in-your-mouth homemade treats.

Poke hole cake made with a German chocolate cake mix drenched in sweetened condensed milk and hot fudge, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath bars. The ultimate church potluck dessert.

Mounds candy bar cake with chocolate cake layers filled with gooey marshmallow-coconut filling and covered in chocolate frosting. A semi-homemade showstopper.

German chocolate pig out cake with a gooey caramel, pecan, and chocolate chip layer sandwiched between two layers of German chocolate cake mix batter. A ridiculously rich bar-style dessert.

Layered caramel chocolate finger bars using Swiss chocolate cake mix, melted caramels, evaporated milk, and semisweet chips. Just 5 ingredients and 40 minutes for 3 dozen bars.

Heath bar poke cake made with chocolate cake mix soaked in sweetened condensed milk and caramel, topped with whipped cream and crushed toffee. A make-ahead crowd pleaser.

Mounds cake made with a chocolate cake mix topped with a gooey coconut-marshmallow layer. Tastes like the classic Mounds candy bar in sheet cake form.