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    Home » Dessert Recipes » Cake Recipes

    Gooey Triple Chocolate Cake Bars

    Lindsay Moe

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    a stack of three Gooey Triple Chocolate Cake Bars on a plate surrounded by white and dark chocolate chips
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    I’m not usually one to use a box mix in baking. I just appreciate knowing exactly what’s going into my food. It’s certainly not because box mixes aren’t delicious. On the contrary! Box mixes have got it going on and they know it.

    I’m also not usually one to waste food.

    a top view of a stack of three Gooey Triple Chocolate Cake Bars on a plate surrounded by white and dark chocolate chips

    Around Christmas time my church hands out boxes of cake mix to the kids in the nursery so they can make a birthday cake for Jesus. It’s a cute idea, but there’s no way I’m going to make a whole cake when there’s peanut butter blossoms and caramels to be eaten.

    I usually bring the treats I make to share at church and cake doesn’t travel that well, so I went searching for a few recipes that would use up these mixes in a more portable way.

    One easy recipe was right on the box. You’ll see my funfetti cookies sometime in the weeks to come. So cute and fun!

    Funfetti Cookies on a plate

    Today I’m sharing these gooey triple chocolate cake bars. Dark chocolate. Semisweet chocolate. White chocolate. Triple chocolate! I call them cake because they use the boxed cake mix, but they really have the consistency of a brownie with the taste of an Oreo cookie. It’s a good thing.

    a stack of three Gooey Triple Chocolate Cake Bars on a plate surrounded by white and dark chocolate chips
    Gooey Triple Chocolate Cake Bars

    Gooey Triple Chocolate Cake Bars

    Rich chocolate cake bars made with three types of chocolate
    4.09 from 12 votes
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 23 minutes
    Total Time: 38 minutes
    Servings: 20
    Calories: 274kcal
    Author: Lindsay Moe

    Ingredients

    • 1 package dark chocolate cake mix
    • 1 stick butter
    • 1 egg
    • 14 ounces canned sweetened condensed milk
    • ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
    • 1 cup white chocolate chips

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a 9×13 baking pan with foil and spray with cooking spray.
    • In a large bowl, combine cake mix, butter and egg. Press mixture evenly into prepared pan. Cover with both chocolate chips and drizzle condensed milk evenly over the top.
    • Bake approximately 23 minutes or until the top has cooked evenly.
    • Let cool 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edges to loosen them from the foil. Let cool completely, then lift the foil to remove from the pan and cut into squares.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 274kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 255mg | Potassium: 199mg | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Vitamin C: 0.6mg | Calcium: 112mg | Iron: 1.4mg
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    1. Simply Tia says

      February 23, 2012 at 5:46 am

      I definitely want to be alone with these cake bars for a minute or two! Goodness gracious they look rich and decadent!

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    2. what katie's baking says

      February 23, 2012 at 8:40 pm

      i don’t normally use box mixes either, but these look so decadent and they’r so spruced up it doesn’t even matter!

      Reply
      • Kat says

        December 18, 2021 at 7:21 pm

        Is the butter softened, refrigerated cold, or melted?

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        • Lindsay Moe says

          December 30, 2021 at 3:49 pm

          Softened

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