Description
Spooky Halloween graveyard chocolate poke cake brings ghoulish delight to seasonal dessert tables. Chocolate layers dripping with creamy filling and decorated with cookie tombstones promise a wickedly delicious treat you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 3.9 ounces (110 grams) instant chocolate pudding mix
- 2 cups cold milk
Toppings and Decorations:
- 8 ounces (226 grams) whipped topping
- 15–20 Oreo cookies
- Milano cookies or graham crackers
- Gummy worms
- Candy pumpkins
- Halloween candy
- Black decorating gel
- Green decorating gel
Additional Cake Mix Ingredients:
- Eggs (as specified on cake mix box)
- Vegetable oil (as specified on cake mix box)
- Water (as specified on cake mix box)
Instructions
- Craft the chocolate cake following package guidelines in a 9×13-inch pan, ensuring complete cooling at room temperature.
- Puncture consistent holes across the entire cake surface using a wooden spoon handle.
- Combine instant chocolate pudding mix with cold milk, whisking vigorously until mixture thickens and becomes smooth.
- Generously drizzle pudding over cake, carefully allowing it to seep into created holes. Chill for 30 minutes to solidify pudding layer.
- Apply whipped topping uniformly across the entire cake surface, creating an even layer.
- Crush Oreo cookies into fine crumbs, then sprinkle extensively over whipped topping to mimic graveyard terrain.
- Transform Milano cookies or graham crackers into tombstones by inscribing eerie messages or “RIP” using black decorating gel.
- Strategically place tombstone cookies into cake surface, creating a spooky cemetery landscape.
- Scatter gummy worms and candy pumpkins around the cake, enhancing the haunting Halloween theme.
- Refrigerate cake until serving time to maintain optimal texture and presentation.
Notes
- Prevent dry cake by ensuring you don’t overbake the chocolate cake base during initial preparation.
- Use room temperature milk when mixing pudding to achieve smoother, lump-free consistency for better cake absorption.
- Create dairy-free version by substituting pudding mix with coconut milk and using non-dairy whipped topping alternative.
- Customize decoration complexity based on skill level – simple designs work perfectly for younger bakers or time-constrained situations.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 296 kcal
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 270 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg