Fudgy Chocolate Dessert Recipe

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With a cake-like brownie bottom and layers of chocolate and hot fudge, this scrumptious treat is a chocolate lover’s dream. “It’s my most requested recipe,” Bonnie Bowen confirms from Adrian, Michigan.

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Fudgy Chocolate Dessert Recipe
  • Prep: 25 min. Bake: 20 min. + chilling
  • Yield: 20 Servings
25 20 45

Ingredients

  • 1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)
  • 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
  • 3 cups cold fat-free milk
  • 2 packages (1.4 ounces each) sugar-free instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 1 package (8 ounces) fat-free cream cheese
  • 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen reduced-fat whipped topping, thawed
  • 1/4 cup fat-free hot fudge ice cream topping
  • 1/4 cup fat-free caramel ice cream topping
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine cake mix and pumpkin (mixture will be thick). Spread evenly into a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray.
  • Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
  • In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mixes for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set.
  • In a small bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add pudding; beat until well blended. Spread over cake. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  • Just before serving, spread whipped topping over dessert. Drizzle with fudge and caramel toppings; sprinkle with almonds. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 20 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 200 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 2 mg cholesterol, 376 mg sodium, 35 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 5 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Fudgy Chocolate Dessert in Light & Tasty February/March 2006, p48

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Reviewed on Mar. 22, 2012 by speek

Delicious and moist. Perfect for dieters.

Reviewed on Mar. 22, 2012 by Barb4366

This is very delicious. My husband and I are diabetic and this was such a treat for us. Easy to make and everyone loved it.

Reviewed on Mar. 22, 2012 by alangley

Moist, dense, and flavorful. A make again in our family.

Reviewed on Mar. 21, 2012 by txmarvina

I made this dessert for our CHL hockey team and it was a huge hit with the guys. They want me to make it again.

Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2012 by linda_ing

Charlene is right. Every so often an ad appears on the right that you cannot get rid of, even if you click the print icon and make the right choices.

Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2012 by jerryray1

I made this for a birthday party on Saturday. Everyone asked for the recipe. The cake was very moist, delicious.

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2012 by mknuth

To charlenepaugustyn ~ it sounds like you're printing the entire page when you print a recipe. Instead, click on the "Print" icon to the right of the recipe picture, and you only print the recipe, even getting the option to not print the picture and/or nutrition info! I hope this helps you.

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2012 by Cate_in_WY

To the right of the recipe picture, there is an icon marked "print" - click on this, it will show a new page with just the picture and the recipe on it.  You can print off this page in different sizes (look to the left).  I always print them this way, have never had an ad print off with it. 

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2012 by sstetzel

Hope Johnson
. Do I mix the cake mix as directed on the box and then add the pumpkin or just mix the cake mix right from the box w/the pumpkin?

Just mix the dry cake mix and the can of pumpkin, nothing else. It's easier to mix with a mixer, it produces a fairly stiff batter.  It produces an incredibly moist, fudgie brownie like cake.  

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2012 by Hope Johnson

I have a question that needs to be answered before I can make this. Do I mix the cake mix as directed on the box and then add the pumpkin or just mix the cake mix right from the box w/the pumpkin?

 
 

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