16 Doctored Chocolate Cake Mix Recipes

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Calling all chocolate lovers! Try these 16 delicious doctored chocolate cake mix recipes to satisfy those chocolate cravings! From cupcakes to brownies to dump cakes – there’s a recipe for anyone!

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Looking for a rich, moist, delicious dessert to serve your family or friends? Try any of these tasty chocolate dessert recipes! They’re easy-to-make and are perfect for any event or holiday!


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Chocolate Cake Mix Hacks

  • Want it Moist? To moisten your chocolate cake, try adding sour cream. Adding 1/2 cup of sour cream will add moisture to your cake mix.
  • Tips for Professional Cake: When using cake mix, some tips to make it taste like it’s straight from the bakery include: adding an additional egg; replacing water for milk; replace oil with melted butter and DOUBLE IT; add pudding for moisture.
  • Fluff it up! Adding an additional egg produces a fluffier cake.

Chocolate Dump Cake Recipes

Chocolate lovers, try any of these rich, delicious chocolate dump cake recipes to satisfy those chocolate cravings!

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Hot Cocoa Chocolate Dump Cake
This dump cake is perfect for sharing with family and friends!
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Chocolate Dump Cake
Chocolate dump cake is bursting with chocolate flavor. Made with three different kinds of chocolate, this rich cake only takes 5 minutes of prep time.
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German Chocolate Dump Cake
We make this for Sunday lunches when the whole family gets together. The cream cheese topping is so good, it doesn't need frosting.
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Easy Chocolate Dump Cake Recipe
This ooey gooey chocolate dump cake needs just 5 ingredients and ten minutes of prep.
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3-Ingredient Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake
Our Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake brings together the dream team – sweet cherries and rich chocolate. This cherry dump cake recipe calls for only three ingredients and is best served warm with a scoop (or two!) of vanilla ice cream.
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Chocolate Cake Mix Brownies

These chocolate cake mix brownies are perfect for when you’re craving the tasty, rich treat but don’t have brownie mix!

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Chocolate Cake Mix Brownies
With only two steps, this Cake Mix Brownies recipe is the easiest brownies recipe ever! They’re super fudgy brownies made with just 5 simple ingredients. You’ll want to make these any chance you get!
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Brownies with Chocolate Cake Mix
In the mood for homemade brownies, but there's no brownie mix in sight? Chocolate cake mix will do the trick! Cake mix brownies are made with only a few simple ingredients you probably already have at home, and no one will know you used cake mix instead of brownie mix!
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Cake Mix Brownies
This cake mix brownies recipe is knock your socks off delicious! Learn how to make brownies from cake mix in a pinch. All you need is just 5 ingredients and 5 minutes to prep this recipe. An easy and crowd pleasing dessert thanks to our secret weapon: dark chocolate fudge cake mix. 
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Nanny’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie Cake
Easy to make and perfect for chocolate lovers. This is also freezer friendly if you wanted to make it into portions or make it ahead for a party!
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Loaded German Chocolate Cake Mix Brownies
Use German-chocolate cake mix to create deliciously decadent brownies loaded with chocolate chips and coconut flakes.
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Chocolate Funfetti Cake

These chocolate Funfetti cake recipes are for the ultimate chocolate lovers! They add rich, chocolate-y goodness to the classic Funfetti treat!

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Chocolate Sprinkle Cake
This Chocolate Sprinkle Cake is a soft gluten free chocolate cake filled with rainbow sprinkles surrounded by layers of chocolate fudge frosting. It’s the perfect twist on a funfetti cake for all you chocolate lovers! Best yet, it’s also eggless, nut free and easily dairy free (vegan)!  
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Funfetti Layer Cake from Scratch
This funfetti layer cake is baked from scratch and includes a surprise chocolate layer inside! Topped with cream cheese frosting and scattered sprinkles, this homemade funfetti cake is perfect for celebrating a special birthday. The recipe includes instructions for baking the cake in 6 inch, 8 inch, or 9 inch pans.
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Marble Confetti Bundt Cake
From Scratch Marble Confetti Bundt Cake! Soft, sprinkle filled vanilla cake with a chocolate layer swirled throughout and topped with an easy chocolate sauce. It’s topped with extra sprinkles!
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Chocolate Funfetti Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Frosting
 Our chocolate funfetti cupcakes recipe with dark cocoa buttercream frosting is a go to for any chocolatey lover in your life! Because hello chocolate cupcakes AND sprinkles are a pair made in heaven.
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Chocolate Funfetti Sheet Cake
Chockfull of rainbow sprinkles, this dense and fudgy Chocolate Funfetti Sheet Cake is topped with the most airy & light chocolate whipped frosting. A little slice of happiness on a plate!
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Easy Chocolate Funfetti Tsunami Pull Up Cake
This delicious rich and moist one bowl chocolate wacky or crazy cake is easily transformed into this layered Tsunami cake or pull-me-up-cake. The cake itself is made in one bowl and made with very very basic pantry ingredients.
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