Peanut butter poke cake is made with boxed chocolate cake mix, instant pudding and just a few other simple ingredients for the ultimate peanut butter lovers dessert.

Peanut Butter Poke Cake

From the recipe collection of Tara Ippolito

Peanut butter poke cake is the ultimate dessert for people who love chocolate and peanut butter desserts like me.

I just can’t get enough of this flavor combination. It’s one of my all time favorites.

Luckily for me, poke cakes are super easy to make and require very little effort.

No fuss dessert recipes like this one are right up my alley. I try to make them for as many occasions as possible.

They’re fantastic for birthdays, watching the big game or even holidays.

What’s so amazing about poke cakes is that you can really jazz up a box of cake mix. Which is perfect for people who arent great bakes like myself.

The “poke” park of the recipe comes from poking holes into the cake mix once it’s baked.

That way, all of the delicious peanut butter pudding seeps into the holes so that every bite is loaded with peanut butter goodness.

Everyone loves when I make this recipe and it’s always a huge hit with no crumbs left.

I hope you give this recipe a try. I know if you do, you’ll love it just as much as my family and I do.

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Peanut Butter Poke Cake Variations

I like this dessert recipe made as it is, but here are some ways to change it up if you’d like to.

• Cake Mix- I love chocolate cake mix for this but choose any flavor you’d like. Vanilla or devils food would be fantastic choices.
• Peanut Butter- Smooth peanut butter is the best for this in my opinion but chunky would work if you’d like to add in some texture.
• Topping- instead of Reese’s peanut butter cups, use Reese’s mini cups or Reese’s pieces. Any other toppings like chocolate syrup, chopped nuts or whatever else you’d like would all work, too.

Other Easy Dessert Recipes

If you like easy to make dessert recipes like this one, here are some others that I know you’ll love, too.

• Nutter Butter Ice Box Cake
• Lemon & Blueberry Ice Box Cake
• Cherry Cheesecake Dip
• Chocolate Eclair Cake

Peanut Butter Poke Cake Ingredients

• Chocolate cake mix (plus the ingredients to make it)
• Creamy peanut putter
• Instant vanilla pudding
• Milk
• Cool Whip
• Chocolate Icing
• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Instructions

First, bake the chocolate cake in a 9 x 13” inch baking dish according to the directions on the back of the package.

Then, let the cake cool and using the back of a wooden spoon, poke holes into it about and inch and a half apart.

Next, in a medium sized bowl, make the instant pudding by beating it together with the milk.

Now, mix in the peanut butter until it’s evenly combined with the pudding.

Then, spread the pudding mixture over the cake letting it drip into the holes.

Next, microwave the icing for 30- 60 seconds or until it’s melted and pour it over the pudding layer.

Then, carefully spread it out using the back of a spoon so that it’s covering the pudding layer.

Now place that into the refrigerator to set for about 30 minutes.

Once the icing has set, beat together the cool whip and more peanut butter.

Then, spread that on top of the icing as the third and final layer.

Now roughly chop the Reese’s peanut butter cups and place them all over the peanut butter cool whip layer.

Finally, serve cold and enjoy!