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Cake Mix Bars

Cake Mix Bars are a quick and super easy dessert filled with chocolate chips and M&M’s candies for a treat that everyone loves. Simple enough for any day of the week and a great dessert for potlucks and get togethers. 

Chocolate Caramel Cake Mix Cookies are another one of my favorite desserts that start with a cake mix and you can’t go wrong with this Pineapple Dump Cake when you have cake mix on hand.

Cake mix bars, stacked.

Cake Mix Bars ~ Easy Dessert Recipe

Cookie bars are my favorite when I’m in a hurry. You get all of the deliciousness of cookies but you can bake them all in one go and no scooping required. They are easy to make and easy to eat. A great hand held dessert bar for your next cookout or holiday gathering.

Ingredients Needed:

  • Cake Mix: Any flavor, I used Yellow 
  • Vegetable Oil
  • Egg
  • Milk
  • Chocolate Chips
  • M&M’s Candies
  • Non-stick Cooking Spray or Butter for the Pan

Cake mix bars with chocolate chips and m&m's.

How to Make Cake Mix Bars:

Making Cake mix bars collage/

  • In a mixer bowl, add the cake mix, vegetable oil, egg and milk. 
  • Mix at low speed just until combined, raise to medium speed and beat until smooth, about 1-2 minutes.
  • Fold in chocolate chips. 

Chocolate chip bars in a pan ready to bake.

  • Grease a 10 x 15 inch jelly roll pan with non-stick cooking spray or butter.
  • Pour the batter into the greased pan and spread evenly. 
  • Bake for 17-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Baked cake mix bars.

  • Remove from oven to a wire rack.

M&M's Cake Mix Bars in a pan.

  • Lightly press M&M’s candies into the top of the bars and cool completely.

Cake mix bars with chocolate chips and M&M's.

  • Slice into bars and serve immediately.

Storage and Freezing Directions:

  • Store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.
  • Freeze in a freezer safe container up to 3 months. 

Cake mix bars on a plate.

More Delicious Cookie Bars to Try:

Stack of m&ms cake mix bars.

If you are looking for an easy dessert to try, give these easy Cake Mix Bars a try. They are made with just a few ingredients and ready in under 30 minutes.

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Yield: 15 Bars

Cake Mix Bars

Cake mix bars with M&M's stacked.

Cake Mix Bars are a quick and super easy dessert filled with chocolate chips and M&M's candies for a treat that everyone loves. Simple enough for any day of the week and a great dessert for potlucks and get togethers. 

 

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 15 ounce yellow cake mix
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup M&Ms candies
  • non-stick cooking spray or butter for greasing the pan

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°.

Add cake mix, oil, milk and egg to a mixer bowl. Beat at low speed until ingredients come together, raise to medium speed and beat 1- 2 minutes until smooth.

Fold in chocolate chips.

Grease a 10 x 15 inch jelly roll pan.

Pour batter into the jelly roll pan and smooth evenly.

Bake for 17- 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Remove from the oven to a wire rack.

Lightly press in the M&M's candies over the top.

Allow the bars to cool before slicing.

Notes

Store bars in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

Freeze in freezer safe containers up to 3 months.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

15

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 256Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 227mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 1gSugar: 24gProtein: 3g

Nutritional calculations are estimated and may not be accurate.

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