
These Crunchy and Creamy Chocolate Cake Bars make the perfect dessert for this holiday season. These are decadent, indulgent and so pretty looking making them apt for holiday parties and gathering. Made this yummy dessert for this year's thanksgiving dinner and simply loved it.ย Holiday Entertainingย couldn'tย be easier.ย
Thisย Easy Holiday Dessert isย made up 4 layers starting with a crunchy chewy base made with crushedย Rice Chexย followed by a thick layer of spongyย and moist cake made with Devil's Food Betty Crocker Cake Mix,ย topped with whipped cream frosting and final layer of chocolate covered Chex to complete this pretty looking dessert. It may look like a lot of work, but believe its as simple as mixing and layering and not at all time consuming.ย

For this post, I shopped at Winco for all the supplies needed for my this recipe.There are great deals available on the Betty Crocker and Chex products atย Winco, so plan yourย shopping trips while supplies last.ย The coupon offers are:
โข Save $1 on Bulk Foods when you buy four Better Crocker SuperMoist Cake Mix or Ready to Spread Frosting (any flavors / varieties)ย
โขย Save $1ย on Bulk Foods when you buy any two boxes of Chex cereal (any flavors / varieties)
Now to the recipe...ย

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Ingredients:ย
For chocolate covered Chex:
2 and ยฝ cupsย Rice Chexย
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
ยผ cup butter
1-2 tablespoon milk (optional)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For Chex Crust:
3 cupsย Rice Chexย ย
3 tablespoon butter, melted
2 tablespoon sugar
For Chocolate Cake:
1 boxย Devil's Food Betty Crocker Cake Mix,
3 eggs
1 and ยผ cup waterย
ยฝ cup oil
For Whipped Cream Frosting
1 and half cup of heavy whipping cream
ยฝ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
White chocolate drizzle
ยผ cup white chocolate (microwavable)ย
piping bag
1 tablespoon milk (optional)ย
Method:
For chocolate covered Chex:

Melt the butter and chocolate in a microwave safe container or using a double broiler method until smooth. Add milk if needed to adjust the consistency. I added 2 tablespoon of milk.ย
Now add theย Rice Chexย to it. Mix with light hand and spread on a parchment lined baking sheet to set.ย Keep aside.
For Chex Crust:

Preheat Oven to 350F. Crushย Rice Chexย in a zip-lock bag. Line a 8X8 baking tray with parchment paper. Add the crushed chex, melted butter and sugar in this pan. Mix ingredients and press into pan evenly with hand or spatula. Bake at 350 for 10-12 mins. Allow to cool for 5-10 mins. Keep aside.ย
For Chocolate Cake:

Bake the cake as per package instructions. Whisk the eggs, add the oil and water and whisk again. Addย Devil's Food Betty Crocker Cake Mixย and whisk till smooth.ย Pour half of the cake batter over the crust. Bake at 350F for 40 mins or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool completely. You can bake cupcakes of the remaining cake batter or make a bigger batch of this dessert.ย
In the meanwhile prepare the whipped cream frosting. You can check the detailed steps for whipped cream frosting here.ย Refrigerateย the frosting tillย cake is ready to be frosted. Also melt the white chocolate in microwave for 30 second and stir till smooth. Transfer to piping bag and keep ready.ย
For assembling the dessert :

Once the cake has cooled completely, layer it with whipped cream. One after the other, layer the whipped cream and smoothen it outย usingย a spatula. Top with chocolate coatedย Rice Chexย and topย with drizzle of ย melted white chocolate. Allow to set inย refrigerator or until ready to serve. Slice in bars and serve (Allow to set completely and use a sharp serrated knife to cut for those perfect shaped bars)

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Indulgent and decadent Crunchy and Creamy Chocolate Cake Bars are ready! Serve them with lots of love, Enjoy!!

Happy Baking and Happy Holidays!!
Shweta





Anto says
Mouthwatering!! Looks so delicious
Sowmia pragash says
All the ingredients are available in my home now.. I am going to give it a try.. Truly delicious