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Chocolate Mint Poke Cake Recipe

September 24, 2018 By Yummiest Food 16 Comments

CHOCOLATE MINT POKE CAKE – Best, rich chocolate cake, creamy chocolate pudding and light mint cheesecake topping! Perfect for all occasion, guaranteed to be a hit with your chocolate and mint loving friends and family!

Chocolate Mint Poke Cake - served on the plate

Chocolate Mint Poke Cake is moist chocolate cake with rich chocolate pudding and mint cheesecake layer. This decadent dessert is the best cake recipe for chocolate and mint lovers!

One of my favorite desserts is poke cake, but every so often I have a comment wanting to know what it means. A poke cake is exactly what it sounds like. You bake a cake and then while it is warm, you poke it with a wooden spoon. This creates holes for filling to collect. I usually use pudding for filling.

This Chocolate Mint Poke Cake starts with chocolate cake, I make a homemade chocolate cake for this recipe but you can use cakes mix if you want. When the cake is baked, poke it with the end of a wooden spoon.

Then whisk together the pudding mix and milk and pour it into the holes. Let it cool for several hours to allow pudding to settle and set up, then made the mint cheesecake layer and spread over the top of the cake and sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles.

I love making poke cake, among my favorite, include Christmas Red Velvet Poke Cake. They are incredibly easy and one of the best things ever. If you have never made one, make this the one you try. So decadent, rich and good! This Chocolate Mint Poke Cake has it all, the classic look, taste and simplicity thanks to using a pudding mix.

Another great recipe with mint is The Best Mini Mint Cheesecake and No Bake Oreo Mint Cheesecake, you simply must try! Lovely chocolate and mint cream cheese flavored, guaranteed to be a hit with your friends and family, perfect for all occasions. Enjoy!

Chocolate Mint Poke Cake Recipe

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Chocolate Mint Poke Cake Recipe
Prep time:  15 mins
Cook time:  40 mins
Total time:  55 mins
 
CHOCOLATE MINT POKE CAKE - Best, rich chocolate cake, creamy chocolate pudding and light mint cheesecake topping! Perfect for all occasion, guaranteed to be a hit with your chocolate and mint loving friends and family!
Ingredients
For chocolate cake:
  • 1½ cups flour
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup brewed coffee (or 1 cup boiling water if you don't like coffee)
For chocolate pudding:
  • 2 boxes 3.9 ounces instant chocolate pudding
  • 4 cups milk
For the mint cheesecake layer:
  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon mint extract
  • Green food coloring
  • 2 cups Cool Whip-thawed
For garnish:
  • Chocolate sprinkles, optional
  • Chocolate syrup, optional
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Instructions
To make chocolate cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking dish, set aside
  2. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda
  3. Add eggs, milk, oil, coffee and vanilla extract and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes until combined (the batter will look runny)
  4. Pour into prepared baking dish and bake 30-40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean
  5. Remove the cake from the oven
  6. Use the handle of a wooden spoon to gently poke holes all over the top of the cake
To make chocolate pudding:
  1. Whisk together the pudding mix and milk until well blended
  2. Pour pudding over warm cake, trying to get the pudding in the holes, you can also tap the baking dish on the counter to help the pudding settle into the holes
  3. Refrigerate cake for several hours to allow pudding to settle and set up
To make mint cheesecake layer:
  1. In a large bowl, beat softened cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth
  2. Add mint extract (add more mint extract as desired for your personal taste)
  3. Add Cool Whip and mix to combine then add green food coloring (add a few drops at a time, to the desired color) and gently stir to fold in the color
  4. Spread the mint cheesecake layer over the top of the cake and sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles and drizzle chocolate syrup if desired
  5. Place in the fridge for few hours until set
  6. Serve
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CHOCOLATE MINT POKE CAKE - rich chocolate cake, creamy chocolate pudding and light mint cheesecake topping.

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Comments

  1. lea says

    September 28, 2018 at 8:32 am

    This is my favorite kind of dessert! I love how easy it is! Yummmm!

    Reply
  2. amy says

    December 4, 2018 at 11:22 am

    Very good, will make again.

    Reply
  3. Kathy says

    February 1, 2019 at 1:48 am

    Question: Would it do well to sit out at room temp for a few hours before serving? I want to make it for a church event. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Lidia says

      February 3, 2019 at 7:27 pm

      Hi Kathy, I would refrigerate it and then about an hour before serving let it sit at room temp. Enjoy!

      Reply
    • Carolyn says

      July 12, 2019 at 12:36 am

      Can this cake be baked in a pan as well. Your recipe refer to a baking dish

      Reply
      • Yummiest Food says

        July 14, 2019 at 12:26 pm

        Yes, Carolyn. It can be baked in a pan as well. 🙂

        Reply
  4. Christine Brockmann says

    April 19, 2019 at 7:55 pm

    Does this need to be covered? Its filled my pan and I’m not sure how to cover it…

    Reply
    • Yummiest Food says

      April 22, 2019 at 4:33 pm

      Hi, Christine! 🙂 No need to cover this cake.

      Reply
  5. Courtney Gitnick says

    September 5, 2019 at 9:40 am

    Is it ok to make the cake & pudding portion the night before, then add the cream cheese/cool whip part in the morning?

    Reply
    • Yummiest Food says

      September 11, 2019 at 7:31 am

      Hi Courtney! Yes, you can do that. A great idea! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Victoria says

    November 17, 2020 at 3:14 pm

    For the coffee ingredient, does it need to be hot? I only ask because the alternative is boiling water.

    Reply
    • Yummiest Food says

      November 18, 2020 at 3:44 am

      Hi, no it doesn’t need to be hot.

      Reply
  7. Janet says

    December 8, 2020 at 4:54 pm

    Hi. Could you use a box cake mix?

    Reply
    • Yummiest Food says

      December 9, 2020 at 5:37 am

      Yes, you can. A great idea!

      Reply
  8. Joan says

    January 19, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    Seriously I wanted to print this recipe & my printer won’t do it. Tried 4 x . I think its trying to tell me something … it’ll print a salad recipe just like that .. it looks so good & yummy …

    Reply
  9. Diana Grunde says

    April 19, 2021 at 3:59 pm

    I really enjoyed the flavors but the pudding was just oozing.It did not look like the picture, which looks fairly firm. I did add the correct amount of milk. I am not sure what the problem was.

    Reply

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