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This is the best Snickers cake recipe with you. This chocolate cake has caramel, peanuts and a delicious homemade nougat frosting – it’s fun and easy and starts with a cake mix. It’s the perfect poke cake recipe!

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Best Snickers Cake Recipe

Ever had a poke cake before? They are so gooey and delicious! This is called “poke cake” because of the baking style: You poke holes in the cake after baking, this way you can pour in the ooey gooey deliciousness on top. You can pour in sweetened condensed milk, pudding, or anything else the cake recipe calls for. 

Assuming you are a Snickers fan, you are bound to love this cake’s flavor. But there’s much more to love than just the flavor of this Snickers poke cake.  Rich and gooey from the cream, crunchy from the nuts and soft from the moist cake. 

Why you’ll love this recipe

This easy cake recipe uses caramel ice cream topping with chopped peanuts. The topping will soak into the cake as it cools to give it the iconic gooey texture and a little crunch from the nuts. 

The frosting is made from a jar of marshmallow fluff that gets stirred into melted chocolate chips, and then a container of Cool Whip is carefully mixed in to make it spreadable. Spread that amazingness all over the top of the cake, drizzle it with chocolate sauce, and top it with sliced mini Snickers.

Ingredients in Snickers Poke Cake

  • Box chocolate cake mix: this makes the process faster and easier 
  • Jar caramel ice cream topping: this is the highlight of the recipe
  • Chopped peanuts: finely chopped
  • Milk chocolate chips: we will melt these later
  • Vegetable oil: to help melt the chocolate chips without seizing 
  • Marshmallow cream/fluff: this is very sticky and thick but so good
  • Cool Whip: we’ll mix this in the melted chocolate
  • Snickers: mini or fun size for garnish
  • Chocolate sauce: for garnish

How to make Snickers Cake

  1. Bake Chocolate cake: Make the cake according to box instructions for a 9×13” pan size cake. Bake until a toothpick tests done. While the cake cools slightly, pour the caramel into a small bowl and heat for 30 seconds.
  2. Poke: several holes in the cake then pour the caramel evenly over the cake. Sprinkle with peanuts. Let the cake cool completely before continuing.
  3. Melt chocolate chips and vegetable oil in a large, microwave safe bowl on high in 30 second increments, stirring between each, until melted and smooth.
  4. Stir the marshmallow fluff and Cool whip into to the chocolate mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until combined. Mixture will be hard to mix – but it’ll get there eventually – and may be a little lumpy.
  5. Spread the Cool Whip mixture over the cooled cake. Chill for several hours before serving so the flavors can meld together.
  6. Top with sliced Snickers and chocolate  sauce for garnish.

Variations 

It’s so fun to make other types of poke cakes by just changing up ingredients!

snickers poke cake in a white dish with snickers on top

FAQs

Can I use a from scratch cake recipe?

Yes you can! Try making this easy Chocolate Cake Recipe.  

Can I use fresh whipped cream? 

You can but I don’t recommend using fresh whipped cream because of the fat content. It won’t mix well when melting the chocolate chips. 

How long does snickers cake last?

When refrigerated, it can last for up to 4 days. 

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Snickers Poke Cake

5 from 1 vote
A chocolate cake is poked and filled with caramel and peanuts and the whole cake is frosted with a nougat frosting. It's a Snickers Bar in cake form.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Chill Time 4 hours
Total Time 5 hours
Yield 12 servings
Serving Size 1 serving

Ingredients
 

  • 1 15 ounce box chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients to make the cake)
  • 1 approximately 12.25 oz jar caramel ice cream topping
  • 1 cup chopped peanuts
  • 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 1 7 ounce jar marshmallow cream
  • 1 8 ounce container Cool Whip
  • Mini or Fun Size Snickers for garnish
  • Chocolate sauce for garnish
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Instructions

  • Make the cake according to box instructions for a 9×13” pan size cake. Bake until a toothpick tests done. While the cake cools slightly, pour the caramel into a small bowl or measuring cup and heat for 30 seconds.
  • Using the back of a wooden spoon, poke several holes in the cake, at least 20-30 holes, all over. Pour the caramel evenly over the cake and sprinkle with nuts. Let the cake cool completely before continuing.
  • Melt chocolate chips and vegetable oil in a large, microwave safe bowl on high in 30 second increments, stirring between each, until melted and smooth. The oil is to help the chocolate chips melt without seizing. You can also use shortening.
  • Once the chocolate chips are melted, stir in the marshmallow fluff. It’s very sticky and thick!
  • Add the Cool whip to the chocolate mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until combined. Mixture will be hard to mix – but it’ll get there eventually – and may be a little lumpy. Spread the Cool Whip mixture over the cooled cake. Chill for several hours before serving so the flavors can meld together.
  • Top with sliced Snickers and chocolate  sauce for garnish. Store in refrigerator for up to 4 days.

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Recipe Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 190kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 19mg | Potassium: 91mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 51IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutritional information not guaranteed to be accurate
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Snickers Cake is an easy chocolate poke cake! This recipe is so simple to make – topped with a nougat frosting and tons of snickers!

Last Updated on January 22, 2023



Dorothy Kern

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92 Comments

  1. OK, folks, this cake was absolutely amazing! Snickers has always been my favorite candy bar and Dorothy outdid herself coming up with this cake. It’s simply wonderful. And I just took some out of the freezer last night so I can eat it AGAIN today!!! Lucky me.
    Thanks again, Kiddo! Love you xoxo 🙂

  2. First of all, you’re an amazing daughter for making this for your momma’s birthday! I am also the one called upon when it is my friend or family member’s birthday. I take pride in creating a dessert or using one of my old favorites. One of my cousins does not like chocolate (gasp, I know!) but I’ve found some amazing alternative for his special day. He always checks to make sure I remember that he doesn’t like chocolate and must have something with strawberries…yeah…he’s 25 years old. 

    There are so many people out there in the blogging world who have positive relationships with us, but it’s funny how something rude really stings. The best thing to do is to keep your creativity and inspiration alive. Don’t let the haters and cynics get to you. I love your blog Dorothy! Keep up the hard work. Don’t let one negative comment ruin your day. 

  3. This poke cake looks ah-mazing and snickers is a favorite candy bar for me, so this looks especially yummy…

    As for those who must say something mean…I received my first mean comment last week (I know, it was bound to happen sometime.)  I was really taken aback.  I would have posted it had it had anything to do with the recipe, but it was just mean talk.  So after feeling like I got slapped in the face, I decided to ignore it and feel sorry for whatever that reader was going through that made her feel the need to lash out at someone.  I always think that a place where people are freely sharing their passions and creativity in making food is an odd place to lash out, but, maybe that’s just me.  I’m always grateful for the sharing.  So, thanks Dorothy!

    1. I’m so sorry you got a mean comment Ramona! It makes me so sad to hear that. But you’ve arrived!! LOL. 🙂 Thank you for reading!

  4. Oooohh! This cake looks amazing! Can’t believe some people can be so gross! We don’t get Cool Whip in the UK-any ideas for substitute?

    1. Oh, I wish I knew!! My friend Something Swanky has a make your own Cool Whip recipe that uses gelatin. I think maybe if you stabilized whipped cream it might work. I just had to stir it a lot to get the fluff to incorporate so I’d worry that regular whipped cream would break. You can totally try it and see if it works (and then let me know!) 🙂

  5. Dorothy, the haters gonna hate. Just look at it this way: if they’re going to the trouble of being stupidly cruel, that means they’re unhappy with themselves, jealous of your success, and not to be paid attention to. That said, yep. It’s a real shame.
    But you make magic, and this poke cake is no exception! Anything with Snickers! No wonder your mom’s cake pick is this bad boy!

  6. Urgh!; some people these days are so horrible and shaming, I just wish it wouldn’t happen. As for this cake, it looks spectacular and decadence, especially with the snickers flavour which I love! And remember, those people who troll or shame you are just probably very jealous of your work, recipes, blog and personality! 

  7. Wow, this looks fantastic! I don’t think I’ve ever had a poke cake before. Clearly, I’ve been missing out! And I had no idea people spend enough time to create Instagram accounts for the sake of mocking food bloggers…what an unproductive, negative use of time.

  8. Internet trolls are the worst. I thought that all this middle school drama and bullying was supposed to be behind us? Guess not. Anyway, my husband would love this cake – I might have to make it for his birthday!