Make a decadent Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Cake for your family. It has warm chocolate cake, melty peanut butter frosting, and topped with Reese’s peanut butter cups.
If you love a warm dessert, using your crockpot is the way to go. We also make blackberry cobbler and lava cake in our crockpot!
Can I make cake in a crockpot?
- You can make cake in the crockpot! It’s a perfect environment to make a warm cake that you spoon out instead of slicing. Be sure to watch the timing for a crockpot cake can burn easily.
- Warm cake in the slow cooker is perfect for family get-togethers, BBQ’s, birthday party or even a church potluck.
Ingredients
- Devil’s food cake mix – Can use any chocolate cake mix you like.
- Wet ingredients for cake – Eggs, melted butter (I use melted butter instead of oil) and water
- Warm glaze – Melted peanut butter and powdered sugar make the best topping for this chocolate cake.
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – Mini peanut butter cups go inside the batter and halved bite size Reese’s go on top for garnish.
Step-by-Step Directions
Step One – Mix a deviled food cake mix, eggs, melted butter, and water in a large bowl. Stir in a small bag of mini resee’s peanut butter cups.
Step Two – Spray an oval slow cooker with non-stick spray and pour the batter into it.
Step Three – Cook on HIGH for 2 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
Step Four – Combine melted peanut butter and powdered sugar when the cooking time is done. Pour this over the hot cake layer.
Step Five – Top with halved bite-sized peanut butter cups. Serve and enjoy!
How to serve warm cake
- Scoop the warm cake into serving bowls.
- Top with ice-cream or whipped cream.
- Have a bottle of chocolate syrup ready for garnish if desired.
- This is a great dessert to let you guests serve themselves, they can choose how much dessert and toppings they prefer.
Recipe FAQs and Variations
Yes! You can make Reese’s Peanut Butter Cake in the oven. Bake in a 9×13 pan, and bake as directed on the cake mix box.
Coffee – Use freshly brewed coffee in place of the water; it will have a slight hint of coffee and add depth of flavor to the cake.
White Cake Mix – Not a huge chocolate fan? Use a white cake mix instead of chocolate, and you will have wonderful vanilla and peanut butter dessert.
Reese’s Pieces – Use Reese’s pieces instead of cups for a fun twist! Or you can add a handful of both for some added texture.
The topping in this recipe tastes like the peanut butter topping at Baskin Robbins. It’s not overly sweet and goes great with chocolate and ice cream.
If desired, you can let the cake cool on the counter and place the entire slow cooker insert in the fridge. Flip the lid over to make it fit better in the refrigerator. Or spoon into airtight containers (this can be messy).
Freeze the leftover peanut butter cake in airtight containers for up three months. Thaw, warm, and enjoy!
Warm single servings in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cake {Crockpot}
Equipment Needed:
Ingredients:
- 15.25 oz. devil’s food cake mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup salted butter melted
- 3 large eggs
- 8 oz. pkg. mini Reese’s peanut butter cups
For the topping
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 Tbsp. powdered sugar
- 10 bite size Reese’s peanut butter cups
Slow Cooker Size:
- 6 quart oval
Instructions:
- In a large bowl mix together the cake mix, water, butter, and eggs until smooth. Some lumps are ok, that is normal. Stir in the mini peanut butter cups.
- Spray the slow cooker with non stick spray. Add the batter to the slow cooker and spread out into an even layer.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- When the cooking time is done, remove the cake from the heat, to keep it from continuing to cook.
- In a small pan set over medium heat on the stove top, add the peanut butter. Stir until melted and smooth, watch closely because it will burn quickly. Add the powdered sugar and whisk until smooth.
- Pour the sweetened peanut butter over the warm cake. Top with halved Reese's peanut butter cups.
- Serve and enjoy! Great with ice cream or whipped cream.
How to Video:
Recipe Notes:
- Coffee – Use freshly brewed coffee in place of the water, it will have a slight hint of coffee and add depth of flavor to the cake.
- White Cake Mix – Not a huge chocolate fan? Use a White cake mix instead of chocolate and you will have a wonderful vanilla and peanut butter dessert.
- Reese’s Pieces – Use Reese’s pieces instead of cups for a fun twist! Or you can add a handful of both for some added texture.
Nutrition Information:
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
As a chocolate & peanut butter lover, I was anxious to try this recipe! Just as my guests arrived (with 15 minutes to go on directed cook time), I smell something burning Immediately grabbed and removed from heat…too late! Burned on all sides and not totally done in the middle. So disappointed, can’t point to a particular reason it happened.