Snickers cake recipe is a family favorite dessert. It is even often requested as a birthday cake in our family. Once you have this gooey caramel chocolate dessert you won’t need anything else.
It is also super simple to make, so you can make it the day you need the cake and serve it fresh and gooey! It has all of the taste you will get when you bite into a snickers bar, which is how it got its name.
This is also a great cake to make for your next get together with friends. You can impress them with a super tasty cake, but with little effort! I promise they will be asking for the recipe because it is just that good.
Ingredient Notes
- German Chocolate Cake Mix (we use the Betty Crocker brand)
- Eggs
- Water
- Vegetable oil
- Kraft caramels
- Milk
- Butter
- Chocolate chips
- Chopped pecans
How To Make Snickers Cake
- The instructions to this recipe are super simple. Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees.
- Then, in a medium mixing bowl, mix the cake together as directed by the box with the eggs, water, and vegetable oil.
- Once it is mixed up, pour half of the batter into the bottom of a greased 9×13 inch baking dish and then bake it for 20 minutes.
- While the bottom half of the cake is baking, unwrap the caramels.
PRO TIP: Avoid help on this step or you might have caramels go missing. 😉
- Then put caramels, milk, and butter into a small saucepan and melt everything together over low heat. Be sure to stir the mixture constantly until the caramel is melted and smooth.
- When the cake is done baking, pull it out and immediately pour the caramel on top.
- Then sprinkle the chocolate chips and chopped pecans on top of the melted caramel mixture.
- Once you are done with the caramel layer, spread the rest of the chocolate cake batter on top and bake the cake for another 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
- When the cake is done, serve it warm with a scoop of ice cream and enjoy!
Storing and Other Tips
This cake will last for up to 4-5 days stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
Caramel syrup would not be a good option to use for this recipe. The cake depends on the thickness of the kraft caramels to help make it a gooey delicious cake. The caramel syrup would just seep into the cake.
If you do not want to use the kraft caramels, you can always get the bag of caramel bits since those have a natural solidified form when they are not melted down.
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Snickers Cake {Gooey Caramel Chocolate Cake}
Ingredients
- 1 German Chocolate Cake Mix, we used Betty Crocker
- 3 eggs
- 1⅓ cups water
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 14 ounces Kraft Caramels, 1 bag, or any other caramel you like
- ¼ cup milk
- ⅓ cup butter, (which is about 3/4 of a cube)
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- vanilla ice cream, optional topping
- hot fudge, optional topping
Instructions
- Mix together cake mix as directed on the box adding the eggs, water, and vegetable oil. Pour half of the batter into a greased 9×13 baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
- While it bakes, unwrap all the caramels (don't have your husband help- he will eat half of them. I am totally speaking from experience). Put the caramels, milk, and butter in a sauce pan and melt over low heat, stirring constantly until caramel is melted and smooth.
- Pour the caramel on the cake as soon as it is finished baking. Sprinkle the chocolate chips and pecans on top of the caramel. Spread the remaining half of the prepared cake mix batter on top. Bake for 20 more minutes at 350 degrees.
- If desired, serve topped with ice cream and hot fudge.
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