Poke cakes are the perfect dessert that you get to poke holes in, and today we are sharing 76 EASY poke cake recipes that will be a huge hit!
These delicious poke cake recipes are a great way to use up that boxed cake mix you have sitting in the pantry and still taste fancy enough for even special occasions.
They are so popular because they are no-fuss way to get moist cakes with extra flavor every time and use ingredients easily found at the grocery store.
Why are they called “Poke Cakes”?
A Poke Cake is a recipe that calls for holes to be poked in the tops of the cake after baking, usually with the handle of a wooden spoon or a wooden skewer.
Then a liquid (such as chocolate sauce, sweetened condensed milk, pudding mix, caramel sauce, hot fudge sauce, heavy cream or even strawberry gelatin) is poured over the baked cake to soak into the cake holes.
You can then add things like whipped cream, cool whip, marshmallow fluff, fresh strawberries or fresh raspberries, chocolate cream or whatever topping you love to the top of the cake before serving!
The possibilities are endless!
The best part of poke cakes is how versatile this classic dessert can be!
Simply switch up the flavor of your box of cake mix, or the flavor of jello and you can have a new colorful cake every time to satisfy your sweet tooth!
How To Store Leftover Poke Cake
Because poke cake has a lot of moisture, it is best to keep leftovers chilled.
You can cover with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Or you can freeze by adding a layer of aluminum foil and storing in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Which of these easy dessert recipes will be your new favorite?
Blueberry Cheesecake Pudding Poke Cake Recipe
This Blueberry Cheesecake Pudding Poke Cake is so simple and tastes absolutely amazing.
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Reese’s Peanut Butter Poke Cake Recipe
This Reese’s Peanut Butter Poke Cake is by far one of our favorite cakes and it's so easy to make!
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Caramel Pumpkin Poke Cake Recipe
Caramel pumpkin poke cake is the best pumpkin dessert. Make this holiday dessert recipe filled with the delicious pumpkin, caramel, and cinnamon flavors of Fall.
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Thin Mint Poke Cake Recipe
Chocolate cake smothered with sweetened condensed milk and hot fudge, then topped with a creamy mint frosting and Andes Mints.
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Sheet Pan Hawaiian Poke Cake Recipe
Sheet cake with a sweet coconut and pineapple filling, topped with a coconut infused cream and sprinkled with coconut.
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Strawberries and Cream Poke Cake Recipe
White cake with strawberry jello, whipped cream cheese frosting, and strawberries on top, our Strawberries and Cream Poke Cake Makes the perfect summer dessert.
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Boston Cream Poke Cake
I love Boston Cream Pie, this cake has all the delicious tastes of Boston Cream Pie, and cake!
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White Raspberry Poke Cake Recipe
Delicious white cake filled with raspberry Jell-o and topped with a cream cheese frosting!
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Chocolate Turtle Poke Cake Recipe
I’m a big fan of the chocolate turtles. The sweet and salty combination is so satisfying… so why not turn it into a cake?
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Chocolate Pudding Poke Cake Recipe
This Chocolate Pudding Cake is literally a dream come true for all chocolate lovers of the world!
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Caramel Banana Nut Poke Cake Recipe
A combination of my husband’s favorite poke cake and banana cream pie. Pure heaven!
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Pineapple Poke Bundt Cake Recipe
Filled with delicious pineapple flavor and a wonderful glaze frosting, this Pineapple Poke Bundt cake recipe is one you will want to make for sure!
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Strawberry Poke Cake
While this is certainly one of our prettiest poke cakes, don’t let its impressive looks intimidate you. This sensational strawberry poke cake only takes 15 minutes of prep and six ingredients to make.
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Jello Poke Cake
Jello Poke Cake is cool, creamy, and perfect for any get-together. Use any flavor of Jello to make this crowd-favorite dessert!
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Gelatin Poke Cake
Watch our Gelatin Poke Cake video and to find out why it’s called poke cake. Using a fork to poke this cake made with JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin and COOL WHIP Whipped Topping allows the cake to absorb plenty of fruity JELL-O flavor.
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Strawberry Poke Cake
Strawberry Poke Cake – The easiest cake recipe! Made with white boxed cake mix that is prepared and then holes are poked into it that are filled with strawberry jello and topped with cool whip and fresh strawberries. This cake is easy to make and each bite tastes like summer!
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Chocolate Poke Cake
Chocolate Poke Cake is any chocolate lover’s dream!! This rich cake is filled with chocolate pudding and topped with whipped cream frosting!
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Poke Cake Recipe | McCormick
Wondering how to make poke cake? Look no further than our simple pudding poke cake recipe – a tasty dessert everyone will love.
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Turtle Poke Cake (+Video)
Turtle Poke Cake is a chocolate cake that is oozing with flavor, topped with frosting, nuts, and chocolate chips – making every bite delish!
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Cookies And Cream Poke Cake Recipe by Tasty
Here’s what you need: freshly made chocolate cake, cookies and cream pudding mix, milk, frozen whipped topping, crushed chocolate cookies, can of sweetened condensed milk
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Strawberry Jello Poke Cake {Easy 5-Ingredient Recipe!}
If you like strawberry shortcake you will love this easy strawberry jello poke cake recipe made with strawberry Jello, white cake mix, and Cool Whip.
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Christmas Poke Cake
Christmas Poke Cake. #cake #mooreorlesscooking #pokecake #dessert
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Poke Cake
When my family is planning a get-together, I can count on three or four people to ask if I’m bringing this dessert. If you don’t have a chocolate cake mix, use a white or yellow one and stir in 3 tablespoons baking cocoa.
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Easy Candy Bar Poke Cake Recipe
Now you can have your cake and candy too! How to make Poke Cake! When I was a younger, I remember drooling over Poke Cake. It was always a family favorite, and there’s a reason why. Poke cakes are moist, sweet and addicting.
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Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake
This easy to make Cinnamon Roll Poke Cake is a moist vanilla cake with a cinnamon filling and topped with a delicious vanilla cream cheese frosting.
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Carrot Cake Poke Cake
Carrot Cake Poke Cake is easy carrot cake filled with a luscious creamy cheesecake pudding, whipped cream & caramel! Popular Easter recipe!
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Rainbow Poke Cake Recipe
Make a colorful, moist, and utterly delicious cake within minutes with this Rainbow Poke Cake recipe. It is full of flavor and plenty of fun colors, including shades of pink, blue, and yellow!
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Mixed Berry Jello Poke Cake – Dancing Through the Rain
This Mixed Berry Jello Poke Cake is the perfect treat for your next get together! An easy dessert to make that looks fancy and impressive!
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Death By Chocolate Poke Cake
This Death By Chocolate Poke Cake is for the serious chocolate lover! Some will call it is a dream come true … for others, it will be chocolate overload. Can you handle it?!
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Ice Cream Poke Cake
This Ice Cream Poke Cake is an easy potluck recipe! Cake is baked and filled with melted ice cream for a gooey casserole everyone will love.
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Chocolate poke cake – Swasthi’s Recipes
Chocolate poke cake is a simple delicious, moist & easy to make dessert. Poke cake is a cake that is poked to make holes in it. The holes are then filled with a sweetened liquid and then frosted.
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Easter Poke Cake
Easter Poke Cake is a fun, flavorful, and easy Easter dessert recipe. You can transform this into a Rainbow or Unicorn Cake for a birthday…
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Boston Cream Poke Cake
So easy and so good! Plan to take this one-pan dessert to your next gathering, it’ll be a hit!
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Orange Crush Poke Cake
This Orange Crush Poke Cake is incredibly light, refreshing, and super easy to make! It’s a delicious, moist white cake that’s loaded with a scrumptious orange Jell-o filling in every bite.
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Jello Poke Cake Recipe – Patty’s Lucky Lime Flavor – Housewives of Frederick County
Patty’s Lucky Lime Jello Poke Cake Recipe – white cake with lime jello & cool whip vanilla pudding frosting with sprinkles. Very light & refreshing.
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Strawberry Crunch Poke Cake | The Domestic Rebel
If you loved those strawberry shortcake crunch ice cream bars as a kid, you’ll LOVE this Strawberry Crunch Poke Cake! A moist and soft strawberry poke cake with a fluffy whipped cream frosting and a strawberry crunch topping!
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Poke Cake – Torrnadough Alli
Reminiscent of your favorite childhood sandwich, this Peanut Butter and Jelly Poke Cake is an easy doctored up cake mix, filled with jelly and topped with a fluffy peanut butter frosting!
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Red, White, & Blue Poke Cake
With dazzling pops of red and blue cake under a colorful layer of whipped topping, this Red, White & Blue Poke Cake will be the star of your 4th of July!
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Lemon-Blueberry Poke Cake
This lemon-blueberry poke cake is tender and light. Holes are poked into the cake after baking to let the tangy-sweet glaze seep in.
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The Best Triple Lemon Poke Cake – Catherine’s Plates
The Best Triple Lemon Poke Cake you'll ever try!
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Elvis Presley Poke Cake
This poke cake is fruity, sweet, and has a load of nuts; what’s not to like? The creamy and nutty frosting is perfect!
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A from-scratch blueberry poke cake upgrades a retro classic
Skip the Cool-Whip and Jell-O pudding with this homemade cake from expert baker Jessie Sheehan.
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Snickerdoodle Poke Cake Layer Cake – The Gold Lining Girl
Snickerdoodle Poke Cake Layer Cake! Two dreamy layers! Doused in cinnamon-brown sugar syrup, and slathered in snickerdoodle buttercream!
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Hot Chocolate Poke Cake
This hot chocolate poke cake is a decadent chocolate cake filled with pockets of marshmallow fluff and topped with fluffy chocolate whipped cream, marshmallows, and chocolate sauce.
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Pineapple Poke Cake
Pineapple Poke Cake is an easy recipe featuring a buttery cake filled with pineapple vanilla pudding and a dreamy pineapple cream topping.
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Red, White And Blue Poke Cake Recipe
This Red White and Blue Poke Cake Recipe is a fun and festive dessert filled with patriotic colors. It’s an easy and delicious cake that’s perfect for Memorial Day or Fourth of July festivities!
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Oreo Poke Cake
My moist Oreo Poke cake uses America’s favorite cookie in three different ways. This cake recipe is easy to make, and always a crowd pleaser. I love Oreos. No matter what sweet I have in the house I’ll always grab 1 or 2 after dinner or for a late-night snack.
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Pineapple Poke Cake Recipe {Easy Pudding Cake with Pineapple Rings}
This Pineapple Poke Cake is an easy cake recipe for picnics and potlucks. You’ll love the creamy pudding layer and the baked-in pineapple.
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Unforgettable Cherry Poke Cake Recipe
Cherry poke cake is a white cake mix, cherry gelatin, cheesecake topping and cherry pie filling. An unforgettable poke cake recipe. Try today
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Easy Snickers Poke Cake
This Snickers poke cake combines the the flavors of a Snickers candy bar all in one delicious cake! If you love chocolate, caramel, and Snickers, you’re going to love this cake!
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King Cake Poke Cake – Plain Chicken
King Cake Poke Cake – a fun twist on a traditional king cake. Cinnamon roll stuffed cake topped with a brown sugar cinnamon syrup and cream cheese frosting.
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Skinny Almond Joy Poke Cake
If you love Almond Joy Candy Bars, Skinny Almond Joy Poke Cake is for you! Skinny Almond Joy Poke Cake is an easy dessert that starts with a boxed cake mix. It’s topped with sugar free pudding, Cool Whip Free and of course, coconut, almonds and mini chocolate chips
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CARAMEL APPLE POKE CAKE
Caramel Apple Poke Cake is super simple to make. The caramel drizzle and toffee bits make it irresistible. So perfect for fall!
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Red Velvet Poke Cake
Red velvet cake is infused with sweetened condensed milk and topped with the best cream cheese frosting. A must for Valentine’s Day!
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Raspberry Poke Cake
This retro Raspberry Poke Cake is a potluck favorite. It’s made with raspberry Jello, but you can use any flavor. Grab the kids because they will love making and eating this Jello poke cake!
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Strawberry Poke Cake Recipe
This Strawberry Poke Cake recipe is my favorite for summertime! It is so easy to make because you start with a boxed cake mix. The kids can do most of the work!
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Candy Corn Poke Cake
Candy Corn Poke Cake! The perfect Halloween dessert that is super easy to make but has a big wow factor!!
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Banana Pudding Poke Cake
All the flavors you love in banana pudding come together in this Banana Pudding Poke Cake. Trust me on this, this banana poke cake tastes every bit as good as it looks — it’s hard to go wrong with a Nilla wafer banana pudding cake!
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German Chocolate Poke Cake
This German Chocolate Poke Cake takes the classic dessert recipe to a whole new level with a tender chocolate cake soaked in sweetened condensed milk and topped with a rich chocolate ganache and sweet coconut pecan frosting!
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Chocolate Poke Cake
Chocolate Poke Cake is for the ultimate chocolate lover! This cake is incredibly easy, starts with a cake mix, and is covered in a chocolate ganache that fills up holes poked in the cake, and then covered in creamy chocolate frosting!
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Lemon Strawberry Poke Cake
Looking for a cool and refreshing dessert to serve this summer? Pockets of lemon frosting and a fluffy strawberry mousse adds a fun and delicious flavor to this Lemon Strawberry Poke Cake.
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Strawberry Lemonade Poke Cake
Celebrate summer with this delicious Strawberry Lemonade Poke Cake.
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Cherry Poke Cake
If you need a delicious dessert that is easy to make, this EASY Cherry Poke Cake recipe is it! Simply poke holes in a cake, fill with cherry jello and top with frosting!
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Pistachio Pudding Poke Cake
This Pistachio Pudding Poke Cake starts with a cake mix so it’s super easy and always a crowd pleaser. I’ve never made this cake without being asked for the recipe! Topped with pecans and filled with delicious pistachio pudding, this pistachio cake is simple yet irresistible!
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Pumpkin Fudge Poke Cake
Pumpkin fudge cake is an incredibly easy and delicious autumn dessert.
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Super Easy Lemonade Cake Recipe
This Super Easy Lemonade Cake Recipe is bursting with that sweet and tart lemonade flavor in a slice-able cake!
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Pineapple Sunshine Cake
Pineapple Sunshine Cake – A light and fluffy pineapple-infused cake, topped with a sweet and creamy whipped cream frosting. This cake is always a crowd pleaser!
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Coconut Poke Cake
This simple coconut cake recipe is a white cake soaked in sweet, creamy coconut milk and smothered in whipped topping and flaked coconut — a real treat for those with a sweet tooth.
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Coconut Cream Poke Cake
This Coconut Cream Poke Cake is a coconut lover’s heaven! White cake is soaked with coconut cream, then topped with cool whip and shredded coconut in this easy poke cake recipe. Perfect for those summer potlucks!
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White Chocolate Blackberry Poke Cake
Delicate white cake, homemade blackberry topping, and lusciously creamy white chocolate topping–this White Chocolate Blackberry Poke Cake will have you licking every last crumb off your plate!
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Lemon Blueberry Poke Cake
Beautiful blueberries paired with tart lemon make this the best poke cake ever!
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Butterfinger Poke Cake
Butterfinger Poke Cake is a chocolate cake with a rich, gooey caramel sauce and topped with whipped cream and “crispety, crunchety” Butterfinger candy pieces. Everyone absolutely loves this cake and it’s always a huge hit!
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