29 Easy Recipes That Use Cake Mix You Don't Want To Miss

The only thing better than cakes and cupcakes are easy cakes and cupcakes! While these desserts are always a hit, they can be time-consuming to make. Unless, of course, you use cake mix as a shortcut. These recipes that use cake mix make it easy to create delicious desserts that are as easy as they are delicious. From super moist poke cakes to more creative recipes like cake batter popsicles, we're making full use of cake mix and you're gonna LOVE it!

Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake

A slice of caramel chocolate cake topped with nuts and chocolate chips on a plate, with a gold fork taking a bite. — Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Chocolate Caramel Poke Cake is rich chocolate cake that is filled with caramel sauce and then topped chocolate frosting. Rich and delicious.
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How To Make A Poke Cake

A fork full of poke cake held in the air. — How To Make A Poke Cake. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

How to Make a Poke Cake recipe shows how to make a jello poke cake with fun colors and flavors, perfect for a rainbow-themed celebration.
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Patriotic Poke Cupcakes

Cupcakes on a cutting board. — Patriotic Poke Cupcakes. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Stop everything that you're doing and grab the simple ingredients for these Patriotic Poke Cupcakes. Simple and perfect for the 4th of July!
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Red White And Blue Poke Cake

Close up picture of a piece of poke cake with strawberries, blueberries and a creamy white frosting. — Red White And Blue Poke Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This Red White and Blue Poke Cake is a fun and festive 4th of July Poke Cake and great for your holiday party.
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Oreo Poke Cake

A slice of dessert topped with crushed Oreo cookies on a layer of whipped cream and cookie crumbs is one of those easy treats anyone can enjoy. — Oreo Poke Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Just when you thought your love of Oreo couldn't get any better, along comes this amazing Oreo Poke Cake. Oreo flavor in a cake? Yes, please!
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Poke Cake

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This chocolate peanut butter poke cake combines tender chocolate cake with chocolate pudding, peanut butter frosting, and peanut butter candy.
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Raspberry Jello Poke Cake Recipe

Slice of cake on white plate missing a bite. — Raspberry Jello Poke Cake Recipe. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This Raspberry Jello Poke Cake Recipe is made using a cake mix and five simple ingredients. It really doesn't get much better than this!
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Blueberry Cobbler With Cake Mix

A golden-brown blueberry cobbler with a spoon in a baking dish, displaying oozing blueberry filling. — Blueberry Cobbler With Cake Mix. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Blueberry cobbler with cake mix is super easy to make and absolutely delicious. This easy blueberry cobbler dump cake is ready in just minutes
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Glazed Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies

A stack of three pumpkin cookies topped with a creamy white icing, dusted with cinnamon, on a wooden surface. — Glazed Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Glazed Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies are sweet, soft and chewy pumpkin flavored cookies. These sweet cookies are the perfect fall dessert.
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How To Make Cake Roll With Box Cake Mix

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We're talking about how to make cake roll with box cake mix. This vanilla swiss roll recipe is so simple. it's a great vanilla cake roll!
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Sheet Pan Pancakes From Mix

Close-up of a slice of berry-studded pancake topped with a fresh strawberry and blackberry, drizzled with syrup. — Sheet Pan Pancakes From Mix. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Sheet pan pancakes from mix may just be the perfect solution for a fuss-free, delicious breakfast to feed a crowd quickly.
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Chocolate Cake Chex Mix

Glass jar filled with cake chex mix — Chocolate Cake Chex Mix. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Chocolate Cake Chex Mix is the perfect, totally addictive, crunchy, sweet, somewhat salty snack or dessert that can be easily customized!
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Better Than Sex Cake (Slow Cooker)

Close-up of a slice of chocolate cake topped with whipped cream, caramel drizzle, and chocolate chunks.

This recipe for Better Than Sex Cake is, rich, delicious, and made entirely in the slow cooker. It’s the ultimate indulgent dessert that is perfect anytime.
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A close-up of a sliced cake with white frosting and crumbled Oreo Cookies on top. The cake's interior is speckled with bits of cookies, making it one of the easiest treats to make with Oreo. — Grandma's Oreo Cookie Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Grandma's Oreo Cookie Cake recipe combines all the flavor of a tender bundt cake with Oreos cookies! This cookies and cream cake is perfect for all occasions and you're not going to believe how easy it is to make.
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Easy Cream Cheese Filled Cupcakes

Closeup of a cupcake stuffed with cream cheese. — Easy Cream Cheese Filled Cupcakes, Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Easy cream cheese filled cupcakes are such a simple dessert to make combining chocolate cake with cream cheese! They're perfect for parties and more!
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Copycat Starbucks Cake Pop Recipe

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This copycat Starbucks chocolate cake pop recipe is so easy, rich, decadent, and chocolaty that you'll be making it all the time!
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Gender Reveal Cake Pops

Close-up of two cake pops with bites taken out: one with blue filling and white coating, the other with pink filling and white coating, made from an easy recipe using cake mix. Both have light sprinkles on the exterior. These are treats you don't want to miss! — Gender Reveal Cake Pops. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

These gender reveal cake pops are a delicious, adorable way to announce your baby's gender at your shower or get-together.
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Old-Fashioned Banana Pudding Cake Recipe

A slice of banana layer cake with banana cream frosting served on a white plate, accompanied by thin round cookies. — Old-Fashioned Banana Pudding Cake Recipe. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This banana pudding cake recipe is filled with tender cake, tasty pudding, and rich frosting. It's a banana and cake lover's dream!
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Angel Food Cake Trifle (Red, White, And Blue Trifle)

A trifle dessert layered with sponge cake, strawberries, whipped cream, and topped with a mix of strawberries and blackberries. — Angel Food Cake Trifle (Red, White, And Blue Trifle). Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This red, white and blue trifle is very patriotic. While it may be the perfect 4th of July trifle, this delicious dessert is perfect for anytime.
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Turkey Cake Pops

A chocolate truffle decorated to look like a turkey, featuring candy corn feathers, candy eyes, and a red heart-shaped wattle—one of the 29 easy recipes perfect for your festive celebrations. — Turkey Cake Pops. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

These Thanksgiving turkey cake pops are as adorable as they are delicious. These easy cake pops come together quickly and are so cute!
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Snowman Cake Pops

Cake pops decorated as snowmen with white frosting, black dotted eyes and mouths, red fondant scarves, and orange carrot-like noses made from a simple cake mix recipe are displayed in a glass jar. — Snowman Cake Pops. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This snowman cake pops recipe is a great treat or gift for the holiday season. They're so cute, so tasty, and so much easier than you think!
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Pina Colada Upside Down Cake

Slice of coconut cake topped with pineapple, brown sugar, and a cherry, served on a white plate with a fork, close-up view. — Pina Colada Upside Down Cake. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This Pina Colada Upside Down Cake is everything you could ever want in a cake. It's moist, sweet, tart, full of flavor and it has pineapple
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Christmas Tree Cake

Close-up of a fork holding a piece of bright green sponge cake made from an easy cake mix, adorned with colorful sprinkles on top. — Christmas Tree Cake. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This Christmas Tree Cake is a show stopper that will impress your friends, family, co-workers and more. Plus it's delicious.
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Rainbow Cupcakes

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Rainbow Cupcakes are vanilla layered cupcakes that are a sweet and delicious summer time treat. These are perfect for a summer day!
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4Th Of July Cookies

A hand with a pink painted nail holding an easy cookie recipe, showing blue, pink, and white sections, above a white plate. — 4Th Of July Cookies. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

These 4th of July cookies are a fun and festive dessert. This fourth of July cookies recipe is my favorite cake batter cookie recipe.
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Snickers Bar Layer Cake

This Snickers bar layer cake may look complicated, but it's so easy. This Snickers cake recipe is semi-homemade and super delicious!
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Mini Bundt Cakes

Mini Bundt Cakes - Red White & Blue are festive, fun, and very delicious. These super easy mini bundt cakes can liven up any dessert table.
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Cake Batter Funfetti Birthday Popsicles

Once you have tried cake batter popsicles with Funfetti Cake Mix, you will never look back. Here's how to make your new favorite popsicle!
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How To Make Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Ice cream cones with fruit loop garnish — How To Make Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This cupcake cone recipe teaches you how to make cupcake cones and make your ice cream cone cupcakes look and taste their absolute best!
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