Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake
Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake is an easy cake mix dessert bar with a rich chocolate crust and a gooey cream cheese filling. These fudgy chocolate bars are perfect for potlucks, holidays, and feeding a crowd, and they come together in under an hour.
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Servings: 24 servings
Calories: 268kcal
Ingredients
For the Filling
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 3 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, optional
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- In a medium mixing bowl using a hand mixer, beat together chocolate cake mix, 1 egg, and 1/2 cup butter. Press the mixture into greased baking dish.
- In a medium mixing bowl using a hand mixer, beat together cream cheese, 1/2 cup melted butter, 2 eggs, vanilla, cocoa powder, and powdered sugar. Mix until completely smooth. Stir in chocolate chips, if using.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the crust. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes. Do not over-bake. The center should still be slightly jiggly.
- Cool completely. Sprinkle slightly cooled bars with powdered sugar, if desired. (Highly recommend it!)
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Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 268 kcal | Carbohydrates: 34 g | Protein: 3 g | Fat: 14 g | Saturated Fat: 4 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6 g | Trans Fat: 0.003 g | Cholesterol: 37 mg | Sodium: 276 mg | Potassium: 104 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 27 g | Vitamin A: 505 IU | Vitamin C: 0.02 mg | Calcium: 44 mg | Iron: 1 mg
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