Peppermint Oreo Poke Cake uses a cake mix, cookies & cream pudding, whipped cream, Oreos & peppermint candies for a deliciously festive holiday cake! Easy Christmas cake recipe with peppermint cookie flavors.
Making this cookies and cream cake is easy, fun, and very low maintenance. It’s the perfect dessert to bring to the table this holiday season or to enjoy in your own home. With a cold-serve cake like this, add a side of hot chocolate and you have yourself a perfectly sweet evening! (See what I did there?)
What is a peppermint oreo poke cake?
A poke cake is a cake often baked in a larger pan (like a 9×13) and then literally poked with the back end of a wooden spoon before having jello or pudding poured and spread over the top. Topped off with whipped topping and other ingredients a poke cake is easy to assemble, moist, flavorful, and fun to both make and eat. This particular cake uses crushed peppermint candies and cookies and cream pudding to get a unique and wonderful flavor fit for the holidays ahead!
Peppermint Oreo Poke Cake Ingredients
-Chocolate cake mix: Find your favorite boxed chocolate cake from the store, just make sure it’s 15.25 ounces as some boxes will be closer to 18 ounces in size and that might throw off the ingredient proportions.
-Water: You’ll need 1 1/4 cups of water to help bring the boxed cake mix to life.
-Vegetable oil: Giving us the needed fats to make our cake taste richer is 1/2 cups of vegetable oil.
-Eggs: We need 3 large eggs to work as the binder for this recipe and to hold the cake together.
-Instant pudding: We need a 4.2 ounce sized box of instant cookies and cream pudding mix. This will help us to get the cookies and cream flavor we want in every bite.
-Milk: We will need 2 cups of milk (preferably dairy milk) to help to get the pudding to set enough to use properly.
-Whipped topping: With 8 ounces of whipped topping spread over this poke cake we can cover the holes and add a creamy layer of yum!
-Oreo cookies: We want 6 Oreo cookies that have been crushed to sprinkle over the top.
-Peppermint Candies: We need 6-8 crushed peppermint candies to sprinkle on top of this poke cake for appearance and taste enhancement.
How to Make Peppermint Oreo Poke Cake
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9×13 baking dish, set it aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, water, oil, and eggs until well mixed.
Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake for 22-25 minutes until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean.
Remove from the oven and then let the cake cool.
Use the end of a wooden spoon to safely poke holes all over the cake.
In another mixing bowl, combine the pudding mix and the milk until thoroughly combined.
Let the pudding sit for 2-3 minutes.
Pour the pudding over the top of the cake, spreading it across the top and trying to get it into the holes.
Next, spread the whipped topping evenly over the top of the cake.
Sprinkle with crushed Oreos and peppermint candies.
Place the cake in the fridge and let chill for 4 hours before serving. Enjoy!
Peppermint Cookies and Cream Poke Cake
Ingredients
- 15.25 oz chocolate cake mix
- 1-1/4 cups water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 4.2 oz instant cookies and cream pudding
- 2 cups milk
- 8 oz whipped topping
- 6 oreo cookies crushed
- 6-8 peppermint candies crushed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a large mixing bowl mix together your cake mix, water, oil and eggs until combined.
- Pour cake batter into a greased 9x13 baking dish.
- Bake for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool.
- Using the end of a wooden spoon poke holes all over the cake.
- Next in a medium mixing bowl mix together your pudding mix and milk until thoroughly combined. Let sit for 2-3 minutes to slightly set.
- Pour the pudding all over the cake spreading across the top.
- Next top evenly with the whipped topping. Sprinkle on the crushed peppermints and Oreos.
- Refrigerate 4 hours before serving. Enjoy!
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What can I use to poke holes in a poke cake?
You can use the back end of a wooden spoon or even a wooden skewer to create the deep holes in a poke cake. You want something smaller than the width of your finger that is capable of poking the cake at least 3/4th of the way through.
How long is a poke cake good for?
A poke cake lasts about 2 days covered in the fridge. For that reason, I recommend not making this cake more than a day in advance so that it’s still looking and tasting great when you want to serve it.
Can I freeze a poke cake?
Yes, poke cakes are great for freezing for later if you want to prep them in advance. I recommend waiting until after the pudding/jello has set before placing them in the freezer (well wrapped and covered of course). This will help to reduce time later because you just need to thaw and top with some whipped topping.
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Peppermint Oreo Poke Cake uses a cake mix, cookies & cream pudding, whipped cream, Oreos & peppermint candies for a deliciously festive holiday cake! Easy Christmas cake recipe with peppermint cookie flavors.
Katie says
Looks so good! Can’t wait to try this one.
Lisalia says
YUMMY! It’s SO easy to make and really gives a wonderful Christmas flavor. Chocolate and mint!!!