Box-Mix Turtle Cake

 🍫🐢 Box-Mix Turtle Cake 🍯🥜

Ultra-decadent, gooey, and loaded with caramel, chocolate, and pecans – the easiest fancy cake ever! 🤎🎂

Ingredients:

* 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus eggs, oil, and water as listed on box)

* 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

* 1 cup chopped pecans

* 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk

* 1/2 cup unsalted butter

* 14 oz package of caramels (or 1 1/2 cups caramel bits)

* Optional: extra caramel sauce for topping

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.

2. Prepare cake mix batter according to the box instructions.

3. Pour half of the batter into the baking pan and bake for 15 minutes.

4. While that bakes, melt caramels, butter, and sweetened condensed milk together in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth.

5. Remove the partially baked cake from the oven and pour the caramel mixture evenly over it.

6. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and chopped pecans.

7. Gently spoon the remaining cake batter over the top, spreading carefully.

8. Return to oven and bake for another 20–25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean (gooey is good!).

9. Let cool slightly, then drizzle with extra caramel sauce if desired before serving.

Pro Tip:

Warm individual slices for 10–15 seconds in the microwave for that fresh-out-of-the-oven lava cake experience! 🍫🔥