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    Home » Recipes » Poke Cakes

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

    Published: Mar 8, 2018 · by Kim Lange · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake
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    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

    Chocolate and peanut butter lovers!  Indulge in this rich, chocolate poke cake!  It's poked and filled with a delicious chocolate peanut butter malt filling, then topped with a fluffy chocolate peanut malt whipped cream layer.  Vibrant Easter peanut butter M&Ms and malted milk balls are sprinkled on top of the cake with drizzles of chocolate syrup.  Perfect for Easter!

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake is for the chocolate malt and PB lovers and Easter yumming!  <----Not sure if *yumming* is a word, but it totally sounds like it should be!!  Humor me please 😉  It's been one of those days!  But now that we are talking about cake, so everything seems to be better already, don't you think?  Whew, sometimes it takes the smallest of miracles!

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

    Malted milk balls always remind me of Easter and Halloween and summer-time when you have chocolate malt shakes, YUM!

    Since Easter is upon us, I incorporated malt flavor into a chocolate cake by adding malt powder to the chocolate and peanut butter filling to the chocolate peanut butter whipped cream layer.  For more malt flavor, Easter peanut butter M&Ms are sprinkled on top of the cake for the extra punch of peanut butter!  YUM!

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

    Shortcuts to make it easier for you!

    The whole family will love this and you'll be happy to know this recipe does use a boxed cake mix, so you can throw that together easily.

    Also, If you want to substitute the whipping cream, use 4 cups of cool whip for another shortcut.

    Thirdly, feel free to add some chocolate syrup to the top for some extra chocolate flavor.  Can we ever have enough? Yes...but NOOOOOOO!

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

    We always come back for more chocolate! 

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

    This rich, fun Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake is pretty easy to put together, but with every poke cake, it's amazing when you get to divulge that glorious bite or 6 or 7...

    OK...stop counting already and just enjoy! 🙂

    Here's some more poke cakes you will love!

    • Holiday Chocolate Mint Poke Cake
    • Lemon Burst Poke Cake
    • Strawberry Creme Passion Poke Cake! {True Luv}
    • Very Cherry Cheesecake Poke Cake 
    •  Need more ideas for Easter?  Check out these 50 brunch ideas and recipes for Easter from FTD!

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

     

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake

    Kim Lange
    Chocolate and peanut butter lovers!  Indulge in this rich, chocolate poke cake!  It's poked and filled with a delicious chocolate peanut butter malt filling, then topped with a fluffy chocolate peanut malt whipped cream layer.  Vibrant Easter peanut butter M&Ms and malted milk balls are sprinkled on top of the cake with drizzles of chocolate syrup.  Perfect for Easter!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Total Time 50 mins
    Course Dessert
    Servings 12
    Calories

    Ingredients
      

    Chocolate Cake, box mix + ingredients called out

      Peanut Butter Chocolate Malted Poke Filling:

      • 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
      • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
      • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
      • Optional: 1 teaspoon malted milk powder

      Peanut Butter Chocolate Malted Whipped Cream Topping:

      • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
      • ½ cup powdered sugar
      • ⅓ cup cocoa powder
      • 2-3 tablespoon peanut butter softened
      • 1 tablespoon malted milk powder
      • Optional: Chocolate syrup
      • Accessories: Malted milk balls Easter Peanut Butter M&Ms, roughly broken up

      Instructions
       

      Peanut Butter Chocolate Malted Poke Filling:

      • Bake cake according to directions for a 9x13 cake pan or 2 9x9 or 8x8 pans.
      • Once cake is baked, poke holes all over the top of the cake.
      • Microwave sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl for about 30 seconds to 1 minute.
      • Whisk chocolate and milk together until smooth.  Add in the malt powder and continue whisking together.
      • Pour chocolate mixture over the cake spreading into the holes..
      • Let cake cool until completely cooled off, then place in fridge until ready to serve.

      Peanut Butter Chocolate Malted Whipped Cream Topping:

      • To make whipped topping, whip heavy cream until it begins to get thick, then add in the powdered sugar and cocoa and whip until stiff peaks form.
      • Add in the softened peanut butter and malt powder and continue mixing until combined, but don’t over-whip.
      • Spread whipped topping evenly over cooled cake.
      • Drizzle with chocolate syrup or sauce and add broken up malted milk balls and Easter peanut butter M&M eggs.
      • Refrigerate until ready to serve.

      Notes

      Notes: Place malted milk balls and peanut butter M&M eggs in a ziploc back, zipped and use a hammer to tap them gently so they break into big pieces.
       
      Keyword cake, chocolate, malt, malted milk balls, peanut butter, poke cake
      Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

       

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      Hi! I'm Kim! As you may know, I'm cookie, brownie and chocolate obsessed! You'll find hundreds of decadent and healthy dessert recipes to choose from here! So, let's bake something easy and never forget the chocolate!

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      1. Deepika|TheLoveOfCakes says

        March 13, 2018 at 8:17 am

        I love this!!! Perfect for Easter!! That condensed milk and malt chocolate pour is going to be finger-licking good! And then there is Peanut butter and chocolate! What were you creating? Heaven?!

      2. Shauna | Linden & Lavender says

        March 11, 2018 at 9:53 pm

        Absolutely perfect for spring. I really can't say no to anything that has chocolate and peanut butter in it!

        • ChocolaTess says

          March 12, 2018 at 7:23 pm

          Me either Shauna!! Thank you so much!! 🙂

      3. Maria | kitchenathoskins says

        March 11, 2018 at 9:22 pm

        I love yumming, so gonna start a trend #yumming. Malted milk balls is one of my all time favorites and that poke filling sounds delicious right off my fingers... may be a spoon:) I don't see cake mix in the ingredient list Kim.

        • ChocolaTess says

          March 12, 2018 at 7:23 pm

          Thank you Maria! It is now! 🙂 #yumming it is! 🙂

      4. leanne | Crumb top baking says

        March 11, 2018 at 9:37 am

        Malted milk balls totally remind me of Easter too Kim! I love everything about this dessert, especially all the peanut butter! Looks so rich and decadent!

        • ChocolaTess says

          March 11, 2018 at 11:22 am

          Thank you so much Leanne! <3

      5. Katherine | Love In My Oven says

        March 09, 2018 at 5:17 pm

        Yumming is definitely a word, and it deserves to be used for this cake!! That candy on top is SO yumming 😉 Pinned!!

        • ChocolaTess says

          March 09, 2018 at 6:38 pm

          Yay! I'm so glad you think so too Katherine! It just seems fitting! Thank you my sweet friend!!

      6. Laura says

        March 09, 2018 at 2:18 pm

        What kind of cake mix should I use it does not say in the recipe?

        • ChocolaTess says

          March 09, 2018 at 2:57 pm

          Any kind of chocolate cake mix you like to use is fine. Enjoy!!

      7. Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says

        March 09, 2018 at 10:10 am

        Nailed it Kim!! Love all the chocolate flavors, but also that malt flavor too. Plus candy on top?!! I’ll be right over!

        • ChocolaTess says

          March 09, 2018 at 1:47 pm

          Thank you Kelly! I've save you some girl!

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