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If you love chocolate and peanut butter, then this Crock Pot Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cake is going to be your ultimate dessert! Oh. My. Yum.
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Aunt Lou here.
As usual, we are having ourweekly pitch-in for our small group at our church. When we were planning the meal, I volunteered for dessert but had no idea what I was going to make. Flash foward a few days. I was talking to Michael about it trying to come up with something. Then out of the clear blue, this Crock Pot Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cake was born!
I really have no idea what made me think this up, but I remembered how much I loved this Crock Pot Chocolate Lava Cakeand the thought of peanut butter added to it just made my mouth water.
But how to do it? Peanut butter? Some kind of peanut butter mixture? How would that effect the cake batter? So I did what I usually do when I have an idea I can’t quite put together. I called Cris. She said peanut butter chips, I said brilliant. And now you get to say yum! 😉
Note: Scroll the bottom of this post for a printable version of this recipe.
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Ingredients forCrock Pot Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cake
2 c all purpose flour
1 c sugar
12 T baking cocoa divided
4 t baking powder
1 t salt
1 c milk
4 T oil
2 t vanilla extract
2 10 oz bag peanut butter chips
1 1/2 c packed brown sugar
3 c hot water
How to MakeChocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cake in a Slow Cooker
Spray crock pot with cooking spray
Combine flour, sugar, 4 T cocoa, baking powder and salt
Add milk, oil and vanilla and stir
Gently stir in one bag of peanut butter chips
Place in your crock pot and spread evenly
Combine brown sugar and 8 T cocoa in separate bowl
Stir in hot water
Pour mixture evenly over batter (do NOT stir)
Pour your second bag of peanut butter chips evenly across the top
Cover and cook on high for 1½ – 2 hours, until cake passes toothpick test
Turn off crock pot and remove lid
Let cake stand for 30-40 minutes
Serve cake and spoon chocolate lava from bottom of crock pot over cake
Crock Pot Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava CakeNotes
- If you look at the Crock Pot Chocolate Lava Cake, you will notice that the measurements are doubled here. I am feeding an army at our “small” group, so I knew that I needed to double it. If you are not feeding an army, you can cut this recipe in half and use a 3-quart crock pot.
- I used my Casserole Crock Pot for this. I love the 9×13 pan for crock pot cakes and casseroles. It just works perfectly. If you don’t’ have one, I would use a 6-quart slow cooker for this recipe.
- I used Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips in mine. I don’t usually use name brand ingredients, but they were on sale and cheap. They worked great! You can try it out with your favorite peanut butter chips if you don’t have/want to buy Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips.
- As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and shouldalways be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
Printable Recipe forCrock Pot Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cake
Crock Pot Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cake
This mouth-watering, completely ah-mazing cake is a great way to treat yourself!
5 from 11 votes
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Course: Dessert
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Author: Aunt Lou
Ingredients
- 2 c all purpose flour
- 1 c sugar
- 12 T baking cocoa divided
- 4 t baking powder
- 1 t salt
- 1 c milk
- 4 T oil
- 2 t vanilla extract
- 20 oz peanut butter chips (2 – 10 oz bags)
- 1 1/2 c packed brown sugar
- 3 c hot water
Instructions
Spray crock pot with cooking spray
Combine flour, sugar, 4 T cocoa, baking powder and salt
Add milk, oil and vanilla and stir
Gently stir in one bag of peanut butter chips
Place in your crock pot and spread evenly
Combine brown sugar and 8 T cocoa in separate bowl
Stir in hot water
Pour mixture evenly over batter (do NOT stir)
Pour your second bag of peanut butter chips evenly across the top
Cover and cook on high for 1½ – 2 hours, until cake passes toothpick test
Turn off crock pot and remove lid
Let cake stand for 30-40 minutes
Serve cake and spoon chocolate lava from bottom of crock pot over cake
Notes
- If you look at the Crock Pot Chocolate Lava Cake, you will notice that the measurements are doubled here. I am feeding an army at our “small” group, so I knew that I needed to double it. If you are not feeding an army, you can cut this recipe in half and use a 3-quart crock pot.
- I used my Casserole Crock Pot for this. I love the 9×13 pan for crock pot cakes and casseroles. It just works perfectly. If you don’t’ have one, I would use a 6-quart slow cooker for this recipe.
- I used Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips in mine. I don’t usually use name brand ingredients, but they were on sale and cheap. They worked great! You can try it out with your favorite peanut butter chips if you don’t have/want to buy Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips.
- As with any of our recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline and shouldalways be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
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I'm wife to Michael (not Mikey 😉 ) and mom to Mr. Ryder and Miss Iyla. I'm just walking through this life step by step focusing on enjoying the little things in life. I am in awe of the many blessings big and small I receive daily from a pretty amazing God who calls me His own. Sometimes life is crazy and messy, but I am loving every minute of it.
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Sabrina says
I can’t wait to try these crock pot desserts
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Aunt Lou says
I hope you enjoy this as much as we do!
Stephanie says
I made this tonight and it didn’t turn out. I was so sad!
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Aunt Lou says
I’m so sorry this didn’t turn out for you Stephanie! What happened with it? Maybe I can help if you would like to try it again!Aunt Lou
Pamela Davis says
This is out families favorite Sunday treat! We have used a variation of chips, and it always turns out great! One time I didn’t have any peanut butter chips and we used globs of peanut butter. One time we used mini Reese’s, we have even used Reese’s pieces and paired those with regular chocolate chips. All delicious!Reply
Jo Lynn Munro says
I have it in the crock pot and it smells Devine.Reply
Aunt Lou says
Hi Jo Lynn!I’m jealous! You’re gonna love it!
Aunt Lou
Pat Cody says
Would you still cook it for the same amount of time if it’s halved?Reply
Aunt Lou says
Hi Pat!I haven’t made it halved yet, but you will want to make sure you use the smaller crock size and watch it closely the first time you make it. The cooking time should be similar. Enjoy!
Aunt Lou
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