Description
Halloween graveyard chocolate poke cake delights guests with spooky chocolate layers and creamy decorations. Grave-themed chocolate treats become memorable centerpieces for festive autumn gatherings you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix
- 2 cups milk (473 milliliters)
Dairy and Cream:
- 1 container whipped cream
Decorative Ingredients:
- 1 package Oreo cookies
- Halloween decorations (gravestone cookies, gummy worms)
Instructions
- Craft the chocolate cake following the precise guidelines on the package, ensuring a rich, moist base for your Halloween dessert.
- After removing from the oven, systematically puncture the warm cake’s surface with the handle of a wooden spoon, creating numerous deep holes.
- Whisk the chocolate pudding mix with cold milk until smooth and completely blended, then gently cascade the liquid mixture over the perforated cake, allowing it to seep into every crevice.
- Refrigerate the cake for half an hour, permitting the pudding to solidify and infuse the cake with intense chocolate flavor.
- Delicately layer a cloud-like blanket of whipped cream across the entire surface, covering the pudding-soaked landscape.
- Pulverize Oreo cookies into fine, graveyard-like crumbs and sprinkle generously over the cream, mimicking dark cemetery soil.
- Artfully position edible gravestone cookies at strategic angles, creating a haunting cemetery scene on top of the cake.
- Strategically place gummy worms crawling between and around the cookie gravestones, adding a creepy, realistic Halloween touch to the dessert.
Notes
- Crumble Oreo cookies finely to create a smooth, even “dirt” texture that looks more realistic for the graveyard theme.
- Use instant chocolate pudding mix for quick absorption into cake holes, ensuring maximum moisture and rich chocolate flavor.
- Consider using dairy-free alternatives like coconut whipped cream and plant-based pudding mix to make the recipe vegan-friendly.
- Chill the cake thoroughly before decorating to help toppings adhere better and maintain the spooky Halloween presentation.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 350 kcal
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 320 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg