This easy Milky Way Poke Cake is a decadent dessert filled with chocolate and caramel and topped with fluffy frosting and candy bars. A real crowd pleaser!
If you like poke cake recipes, you are going to love this easy Milky Way Poke Cake! It’s loaded with chocolate and caramel, and it tastes just like a Milky Way candy bar. A chocolate lover’s dream dessert!
The weather has been just a tad cooler than normal here in the desert, so I felt inspired to do a little baking. The kids are on summer break, and I thought it would be fun to indulge them with a special dessert. A sweet send-off for the new week.
We made an easy Butterfinger poke cake last week, and that went fast! This time around, I decided to indulge the chocolate lovers in our family, and I made a Milky Way poke cake. Yep, we’re working our way down the candy aisle, here!
You guys, this chocolate poke cake is a truly decadent, rich dessert, but it’s super easy to make. Since the kids love helping when it comes to dessert, my daughter did the baking. It’s perfect for birthdays, potlucks, holidays or whenever you’re craving chocolate!
How to Make a Milky Poke Cake
I cut some corners here and used a cake mix to make the cake. But, you can easily make this cake from scratch.
Just bake the cake, and when it cools down, poke holes all over the cake. Normally, we use the handle of a wooden spoon, but we found that using 2 straws made holes that were the perfect size.
I let the kids use a drinking straw to poke holes in the cake. They had fun eating the little tubes of cake that got stuck in the straw.
When the cake is completely cool, pour caramel syrup all over the cake. Then, pour some chocolate syrup all over the cake. Make sure the syrup gets into the holes.
I like to refrigerate the cake at this point so that the syrup has a chance to firm up. I think this step makes it easier to frost.
I wanted the frosting to be light and fluffy — kind of like the nougat in a Milky Way bar. So, I combined a can of chocolate frosting with one small tub of Cool Whip and spread it over the cake. Then, I added a few swirls of chocolate and caramel syrup over the top.
It still looked a little bit plain, so I added some bite-sized Milky Way pieces before I served the cake. You can chop up larger candy bars if you can’t find the bite-sized ones.
Then, we had to have few more drizzles of syrup before achieving chocolate – caramel perfection. Voila — a Milky Way poke cake! Yum!
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More Easy Poke Cake Recipes
- Butterfinger Poke Cake
- Red, White and Blue Poke Cake
- Oreo Poke Cake
- Strawberry Jello Poke Cake
- Pumpkin Poke Cake
Milky Way Poke Cake Recipe
Milky Way Poke Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- ½ cup butter, melted or vegetable oil
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 3 eggs
- chocolate syrup
- caramel syrup
- 8 ounce Cool Whip
- 1 jar chocolate frosting
- Milky Way candy bars We used bite sized.
Instructions
- Make cake according to package directions.
- Let cool, and poke holes into cake with large straw.
- Pour chocolate and caramel syrup all over cake, and allow to cool completely
- Mix frosting with Cool Whip, and spread all over top of cake.
- Top with more syrup and bite-sized Milky Way candy bars before serving. Keep refrigerated
Nutrition
Recipe was originally published in 2014 and updated in 2019
I hope you enjoy this easy chocolate poke cake as much as we do!
I followed the pattern, but I got a little extra and made the cake and caramel syrup from scratch, used homemade buttercream instead of canned icing and fresh whipped cream instead of Cool Whip. It was marvelous.
Sounds amazing! Thanks for sharing, John!
Easy to make and easy to eat! Had this one for Sunday dessert! Yummy
Thanks, James! i’m so glad you liked it!
It's funny because I love Snickers, and I would love to try that, but not everyone here likes peanuts. This actually made it a couple of nights in our house — amazing! 🙂
G'day and thanks for sharing at the #SayGdayParty! ABSOLUTELY YUM Pinned!
Please make sure to stop by if you haven't already and visit some other people also attending the party and would be great if you could answer one of my questions or two! Thank you! Cheers! Joanne
Ooh it looks great.. do you think ganache would work instead of chocolate syrup or wouldn't be runny enough? I'd love little pockets of delicious ganache throughout 🙂
This looks sooo good!
We will just love your Milky Way Poke Cake, it looks delicious! Hope you are having a great Labor Day Weekend and thanks so much for sharing your awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
If it was thin enough to pour, it would probably work fine. That sounds really good! 🙂
OMG…::swoon::. I am SO trying this today! Stopping by from SIT 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Rebecca. I hope you like it as much as we all did! 🙂
I have seen quite a few Poke cakes around lately. Each one seems to get more and more creative. Love the milky way theme going on in this one. Looks delicious. Thanks for stopping by at Foodie Fridays this week. Can't wait to see what you have to share next.
Blessings,
Shari