I used Jello chocolate pudding, Pillsbury's devil's food cake mix, and Nestle bittersweet chocolate morsels. I skipped the icing and nuts and served it warm with whipped topping the way my husband likes. I cooked the pudding in the microwave for 6 minutes total in my big Pyrex mixing bowl. I didn't let it get as thick as I would for eating as pudding. When it was time to put the batter in the baking pan, I was having serious doubts that this would turn out. The batter got very thick as I stirred the mix into the hot pudding and was hard to spread into the pan. I was also afraid it wouldn't rise enough while baking. Because the batter was already hot, it only took about 17 or 18 minutes to bake, and it turned out great! Really moist! I couldn't stop eating it. Next time I will let the pudding cool for several minutes before adding the cake mix, and I'll put some nuts on top before baking.

Reviewed On: Apr. 12, 2009

First of all, this did not turn out "moist" as promised, but was very dry. Next time I'll add more liquid and/or bake no more than 22 minutes instead of 25. I went by the recipe except I baked it in an 8" square dish with a layer of chopped Granny Smith apples on the bottom. It tasted really good, but was way too sweet. Next time I'll only use 2 tbsp of sugar in the topping.

Reviewed On: Apr. 12, 2009