324 chocolate cake mix recipes

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.

Chocolate cream cheese sandwich cookies start with devil's food cake mix for soft, chewy chocolate rounds, then sandwich a tangy cream cheese frosting between them. An easy cookie you can tint for the holidays.

Homemade chocolate sandwich cookies with a stabilized vanilla cream filling. These Oreo-style treats use cake mix for the cookies and gelatin-enriched frosting.

Perfect in the fall when pumpkins start appearing in the markets. The cookies turn out cake-like and golden. The gentle mix of pumpkin and cinnamon works well with the chocolate chips.

Vegan brownies built on the Depression-era wacky cake method: no eggs, no butter, no milk. Vinegar and baking soda do the lifting for a fudgy, chewy chocolate brownie that mixes in one bowl.

Rich chocolate fudge layer cake made with cocoa cooked into a thick paste before mixing into the batter. Includes a from-scratch Chocolate Frosting Royale recipe.

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 mug cake for one, mixed and microwaved right in the mug in about 5 minutes. No oven, one dish, and a warm, fudgy chocolate cake whenever a craving hits.

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.

Gloreos, a homemade copycat Oreo: deep-chocolate cake-mix cookies sandwiched with a fluffy vanilla cream filling. The gelatin-set filling stays firm, just like the real thing. A fun batch-bake for cookie lovers.

Chocolate Irish cream bundt cake built on cake mix, instant pudding, vodka, and Irish cream liqueur. A boozy, doctored-mix dessert with showpiece bundt presentation.

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.

Black Russian bundt cake spiked with vodka and creme de cacao, doctored from a yellow cake mix with chocolate pudding, instant coffee, and cinnamon. Boozy old-school cocktail-inspired dessert.

Caramel fudge cake layers a chocolate cake mix base with melted caramels, sweetened condensed milk, and chopped nuts. A potluck-style sheet cake with a gooey caramel layer baked right inside.

Black magic chocolate cake mixed entirely in a food processor with strong coffee, sour cream, and cocoa. Topped with a dark chocolate frosting made the same way.

Black Forest cherry dump cake layers cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, chocolate cake mix, and pecans into a no-mix dessert. Topped with whipped cream for an old-school potluck classic.