Name: Slow Cooker Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 210 min
Ingredients: 1 21 oz can cherry pie filling; 1 Devil's Food Cake Mix (Plus ingredients needed to make according to package instructions); 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk; 1 cup semi-sweet chocoloate chips; ice cream for serving

One of my favorite ways to cook is the dump it and forget it method…meaning you dump it all into your slow cooker and you come back hours later to a delicious dinner or dessert. Today I want to take a dump cake recipe that I have used for years and turn it into a delicious Slow Cooker Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake recipe that you and your family will love. And whether you decide to make the regular oven baked dump cake recipe or this easy crockpot dump cake recipe, your family is SURE to enjoy it!!

chocolate cake made with cherry pie filling

How to Make Crockpot Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake

This easy crockpot dessert recipe uses cherry pie filling, devils food cake mix and a delicious combination of sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips for a rich, gooey, fudgey topping! This amazingly easy slow cooker dessert is great for people who love that traditional black forest dessert mixed with your favorite lava cake recipe.

Let’s jump right into how to make this easy chocolate cherry cake recipe…

Step One: Start by spraying a large slow cooker insert with cooking spray and spreading the cherry pie filling across the bottom.

Step Two: Prepare devil’s food cake according to package instructions. Pour batter over the cherry filling + smooth out to cover cherries. Cook on low for 3-5 hours, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Mine took about 4.5 hours.

Step Three: Once cooked through, remove the lid and + turn off the slow cooker. Prepare icing by stirring milk and chocolate chips in a medium saucepan over medium heat until melted.

Step Four: Once melted, pour icing over the cake. It makes a lot of icing, so feel free to save some of it for serving.

Step Five: Spoon Cake into serving bowls and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Isn’t it so fun that all you need is a cake mix, cherry pie filling, and a crockpot and you get this delicious, moist cake recipe that you can just “dump” into a crockpot and BAM! it’s done?! We love this Slow Cooker Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake Recipe in our house and hope you do as well!

Can I use other fruit if I don’t like cherries?

If you don’t like cherries, you can definitely use another canned fruit filling as long as you think it would pair nicely with the chocolate cake mix. Strawberries might be another fun option to try in place of the cherries.

How do I serve Crockpot Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake?

We recommend serving it with ice cream, but you could also do something fun like adding sprinkles and whipped cream to turn it into a gooey and delicious ice cream sundae recipe. Nothing is better than a chocolate cherry lava cake recipe with delicious ice cream on top!

Can I use fresh cherries?

You could absolutely try this recipe out with fresh cherries, but I would look into how to make homemade cherry pie filling first and then use that recipe for the base of this chocolate cherry dump cake.

What can I do with lots of cherries?

First off, there’s so much you can do with loads of cherries. Check out these other cherry recipe ideas from my site that you might enjoy: