Make a decadent Slow Cooker Reese’s Peanut Butter Cake for your family. It has warm chocolate cake and melty peanut butter frosting and is topped with Reese’s peanut butter cups.
If you love warm dessert cuisine, skip using the cake pan and the oven for your crockpot. It is the perfect 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 create a warm cake you spoon out instead of slicing. Be sure to watch the timing for a crockpot cake can burn easily.
- This moist chocolate cake cooked in the slow cooker is perfect for family get-togethers, BBQs, birthday parties, or even a church potluck.
Ingredients
- Devil’s food cake mix – You 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 Reese 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 – Add the peanut butter to a small pan set over medium heat on the stove top.
Step Five – Stir until melted and smooth and then add the powdered sugar, whisking until smooth.
Step Six – Pour the sweetened creamy peanut butter frosting over the warm cake.
Step Seven – 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 whip cream. You can also provide chopped peanut butter cups, chocolate chips (semi-sweet chocolate chips are great), and/or diced fruit for an extra topping choice.
- Have a bottle of chocolate syrup ready for garnish if desired.
- This is a great dessert to let your guests serve themselves; they can choose how much dessert and toppings they prefer.
Variations
- 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.
Recipe FAQs
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 recipe mix box. It will still taste delicious!
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 an airtight container 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:
- 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.
- To store, let the cake cool on the counter and place the entire slow cooker insert in the fridge if desired. Flip the lid over to make it fit better in the fridge. Or spoon into airtight containers (this can be messy).
- Reheat by heating single servings in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
- 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.
Can this be made using Gluten Free cake mix?
I have not tested. You will have to use the liquid amounts that are on the box if they are different than the recipe.
I also had issues . Followed recipe completely. Started smelling something burning at about an hour and 40 minutes. The sides were burnt and the cake had to be thrown out . Not sure if cooking it on low would give better results or if it’s the candy that causes it to burn but it was terrible. Needs to be tweaked
I made this for a family gathering. I baked it in the oven instead of using my slow cooker (I read 2 comments that cake burned in slow cooker). So easy to pull together and I also added 1/2 cup of (cold brewed) espresso and 1/2 cup water to make up the 1 cup of liquid listed in recipe. Next time I’ll add more brewed espresso. This was DELICIOUS!! I will definitely make this again!! Thank you for sharing and also providing the baking option!
Looks delicious. Looking forward to making it. How do I save recipes into a recipe box for future use?
As of now, there is no way to save them. I am trying to figure a way to do it.
I love it all
Scrumptious! I didn’t put the reeces on top and it was still great. Probably would not put any in batter either next time. Did not need it for me. Cooked in my small round crockpot 2 hours 10 minutes and was perfect!
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.
What I think happens is with so many variations of Crock-Pots and maybe even your location, like elevation humidity, dry cold areas, they all will cook differently. Believe me I have succeeded and failed with these cakes even butter or a older cake mix can all be variables. I use cherry chip mix that has pudding in the mix when I do the cherry dump cake throw on some hot fudge or melted chocolate chips and it’s my own version. Just keep trying to make it your own and thank goodness for dollar stores! Good luck dear!