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Mint Oreo Poke Cake – this is an easy chocolate poke cake recipe with mint frosting and tons of Oreos! This is the perfect potluck cake and it’s so good especially if you’re an Oreo lover.
Easy Oreo Poke Cake – With Mint!
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of poke cake, and this mint chocolate oreo poke cake has found it’s way to the top of my list! My daughter, Jordan, loves all things mint chocolate. Each year for her birthday, I wind up cooking up yet another mint chocolate concoction to celebrate.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
This is an easy cake mix recipe so it’s so simple to make!
Sweetened condensed milk and hot fudge, both infused with peppermint extract, are used to soak fluffy sheet cake and create a gooey, rich, super moist flavor that you just can’t beat.
Ingredients Needed
- Chocolate cake mix – Make it according to the box directions
- Sweetened condensed milk – You can use regular or fat free
- Hot fudge ice cream topping – this adds a rich chocolate flavor – use a jar from the store or you can even use my hot fudge recipe.
- Whipped topping – thawed Cool Whip is the creamy topping on the cake.
- Oreo cookies – crushed Oreos add some nice crunch to this recipe – you can even use Mint Oreos if you like!
How to Make Oreo Poke Cake
- Bake the cake: Bake the cake mix as directed on the back of the box. You’ll know it’s done baking when you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean! Once you’ve removed the cake from the oven, allow it to cool for at least five minutes.
- Combine ingredients: In a small mixing bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk and ½ teaspoon of peppermint extract. Remove the lid from the jar of hot fudge sauce and microwave the jar for thirty to sixty seconds, or until the fudge is pourable. Stir ½ teaspoon of peppermint oil into the jar.
- Poke holes and pour: Now that the cake has cooled down, go ahead and poke several holes all along the top of the cake. You can do this with the back of a kitchen tool such as a wooden spoon, silicon spatula, etc. Once the holes have been formed, pour the sweetened condensed milk mixture all over the top of the cake, ensuring that it has seeped into all of the holes you’ve made. A spatula may come in handy here!
- Top the cake: Stir ¼ teaspoon of peppermint extract into your whipped topping, along with three or four drops of food coloring. Spread over cooled cake and sprinkle with crushed Oreos before serving!
Expert Tips
- Make sure that the holes you poke aren’t too close together. About one inch apart will do!
- Although you should let the cake cool before poking, the holes will be easiest to poke when the cake is just a little bit warm.
- You can use any flavor Oreo cookie.
- If you want to use freshly whipped cream you’ll need about 2-3 cups to top the cake. You could also use whipped cream frosting.
- This cake is great for making ahead because it tastes even better the next day.
FAQs
If you didn’t cool the cake before chilling, condensation may have made the cake soggy.
Poke cake will stay good in the fridge for about five days.
I use the back end of a wooden spoon, but you can also use anything about that size. Just make sure that the holes extend about ¾ of the way into the cake.
Yes, of course! The possibilities for poke cake are endless. Some of my favorites are cherry Coke poke cake, strawberry Jello poke cake, gingerbread poke cake, and ice cream poke cake!
Chocolate Mint Poke Cake
Ingredients
- 1 15 ounce chocolate cake mix plus water, oil, and eggs on the box to make the cake
- 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 10 ounce jar hot fudge ice cream topping
- 1 ¼ teaspoons Peppermint Extract , divided
- 8 ounces whipped topping (thawed)
- 3-4 drops green food coloring
- 1 cup Oreos crushed
Instructions
- Mix and bake cake according to the box directions. When a toothpick comes out clean, remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Place sweetened condensed milk in a small bowl. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract. (You can also do this in the can without transferring to a bowl, if you want to save a dish!)
- Remove lid from jar of hot fudge sauce. Heat in microwave for about 30-60 seconds, until it is pourable. Be careful not to heat it too much without stirring, you don’t want it to burn. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract.
- Once the cake has cooled for 5 minutes, poke several holes in the top with the back of the handle of a wooden spoon. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the cake, making sure it gets in all the holes. Spread with a spatula if needed.
- Pour the hot fudge sauce over the top of the cake, making sure to get it in all the holes. Spread with a spatula if needed. Cool the cake completely before continuing.
- Open thawed whipped topping. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract and 3-4 drops green food coloring.
- Spread over cooled cake and sprinkle with crushed Oreos. Chill for several hours (or overnight) before serving.
- Best served room temperature.
Recipe Notes
- Make sure that the holes you poke aren’t too close together. About one inch apart will do!
- Although you should let the cake cool before poking, the holes will be easiest to poke when the cake is just a little bit warm.
- You can use any flavor Oreo cookie.
- If you want to use freshly whipped cream you’ll need about 2-3 cups to top the cake. You could also use whipped cream frosting.
- This cake is great for making ahead because it tastes even better the next day.
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Oh I’m lovin’ this chocolate mint cake – those little ones grow up way too fast! I bet she always remembers this cake!
I hope so! Thanks so much!
Awww, Happy Birthday Jordan! This cake looks awesome! (I’m ashamed to admit I’ve never had a poke cake.) Though I did have a good giggle over the poke cake joke 🙂
Thanks Lisa! I’d never had one until recently. SO good! 🙂
I can’t believe I’ve never had a poke cake!! But lets see, it’s chocolate, minty, with Oreos, whipped cream and hot fudge! What part of this cake isn’t amazing???? The best party is it’s for Jordan’s birthday!! Happy birthday to your sweet girl! My son will be 8 in a week! I’m already sobbing! How does time go by so quickly??? It’s not fair!
I know, it goes too fast!!!! Happy birthday to your son!
That looks delicious Dorothy! Love that you made it a poke cake. I am sure that tastes as good as it looks!
It is! Thanks Raquel!
I have a sleeve of Thin Mints waiting for a fun recipe… I may have to make this cake and use them instead of Oreos.
I thought about that! But I haven’t gotten mine yet! 🙂
I made your wonderful cake today; however, I lightened it up a bit. I used Diet Coke instead of th eggs & oil, fat free sweetened condensed milk, and Cool Whip Lite. Came out delicious and I didn’t miss the extra calories.!
What great tips Kelly! I have been dying to try the diet coke thing. That’s next on my list!
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