The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Gooey Bars Recipe (With Pictures)

As if Gooey Butter Cake isn’t absolutely amazing on its own, adding chocolate chips takes it to a whole new level.  This Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Gooey Bars recipe is the perfect dessert for those of your searching for decadence.

Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Gooey Bar Recipe

My family firmly believes that all desserts are better with chocolate chips. Case in point: Mom’s Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread.  Would it be good plain? Yes, but it’s so so so much better with chocolate chips.

Well this is exactly how I feel about Cake Mix Gooey Bars.  I do love the regular version that features yellow cake mix, but when chocolate chips are added to the mix, they become a five star dessert (in my humble opinion).

This ooey gooey butter cake variation is not only mouth-watering, it is also easy to make with only six ingredients. The bottom layer features a boxed cake mix combined with melted butter and eggs. This is where a heaping cup of chocolate chips goes.  Then, this layer is topped with a cream cheese, powdered sugar and egg mixture.

Essentially it’s two layers of ooey gooey butter decadence.

Be sure to check out all our different versions of butter cake using cake mix.

Butter Gooey Cake Variations:

The Original Yellow Cake Mix Gooey Bars

Lemon Gooey Bars

Double Fudge Gooey Bars

How to Make Chocolate Chip Gooey Butter Cake with cake mix

Step by Step Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Spray a 13 x 9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
2. With an electric mixer, blend dry cake mix, melted butter and eggs until smooth; stir in chocolate chips by hand.
3. Pour crust into prepared pan.
4. For the second layer, cream eggs, powdered sugar and softened cream cheese in a bowl (or the same bowl).
5. Spread layer over the chocolate chip layer.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes or until golden brown and just set in the center.
7. Let bar cookies cool before cutting.

For the full recipe and ingredient list for chocolate chip butter cake, scroll to the bottom of this post. 

Recipe FAQs

• Use yellow cake mix or white cake mix for this gooey butter dessert.
• Substitute mini chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips or milk chocolate chips for the semi-sweet, if desired.
• Mix in the the chocolate chips by hand.
• Be sure the cream cheese is softened to prevent a lumpy top layer.
• Gooey butter cake recipe is done cooking when the top is golden brown and the center is set but slightly jiggly.
• Let cool before cutting this chocolate chip cake.
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