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Our Better Than Sex Cake is a rich chocolate cake soaked in caramel and sweetened condensed milk, topped with fresh whipped cream and crunchy Heath bar pieces. It's the most requested dessert at every gathering, and one bite explains why!
The Chocolate Poke Cake Everyone Requests
I have been making this quick and easy Better Than Sex Cake (or “better than anything” cake) for years and it never gets old. It's a delicious chocolate cake drizzled with caramel sauce then whipped cream and topped with crunchy heath bar. You can make the chocolate cake and caramel sauce from scratch, or if you're short on time use a box cake mix or can of thick caramel sauce.
It's a great cake to make ahead of time, as I think it tastes best after sitting in the fridge for at least 24 hours.
Don't miss my other cake recipes, like Mississippi Mud Cake, Chocolate Bundt Cake, Chocolate Cobbler, Coconut Tres Leches Cake, or Butterfinger Cake!
How to make Better Than Sex Cake:
Bake Chocolate Cake: Any chocolate cake will work but my favorite is this Hershey's Chocolate Cake (baked in a 9×13” pan). Use a wooden skewer or a fork to poke holes all over the cake.
Pour Sauce: Pour caramel sauce and sweetened condensed milk evenly on top of the cake.
Spread Whipped Cream: Top with fresh whipping cream, spreading it to the edges.
Add Candy: Sprinkle chopped candy bars on top, we love crushed heath candy bars. Store leftover better than sex cake in the refrigerator for up to one week. If you have any leftover heath bars, make sure to make this Chocolate Trifle!
Better than Sex Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 chocolate cake, , baked in a 9×13” pan
- 1 recipe caramel sauce, , or one 16oz jar caramel topping
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3-4 heath candy bars, , chopped*
Instructions
- Bake cake in a 9×13'' according to recipe directions. Allow cake to cool, then poke holes in it with a fork or wooden skewer.1 chocolate cake
- Pour caramel sauce all over the cake, followed by sweetened condensed milk (I usually use about ½ of the can but the traditional recipe uses an entire can).1 recipe caramel sauce, 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- Add whipping cream to a mixing bowl and beat until soft peaks. Add powdered sugar and then beat the mixture until stiff peaks. Smooth the fresh whipped cream over the cooled cake. Sprinkle with heath candy pieces.1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream, ¼ cup powdered sugar, 3-4 heath candy bars
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to one day, before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I originally shared this recipe March 2017. Updated June 2020, July 2023 and April 2026.
I’ve made this cake with Cool Whip for years – if you use real whipped cream, does it deflate or get runny after sitting a day or so?
Not if you use POWDERED SUGAR in the whip cream, it will hold up fine.
Seriously AMAZING!!
I made this for the first time, but one of my coworkers doesn’t like chocolate so I had to completely change everything. So I used a French vanilla cake, Carmel sauce, condensed milk, your whipped cream topping and added chopped pecans and Carmel chips. I hope it’s not too sweet. I’m on a ketogenic diet so I won’t be able to taste it, so I hope my coworkers like it.
This was my first time making better than sex cake, at let me just say, I see how it got its name!! I made two, one with birthday cake oreo topping & one with butterfinger topping! BOTH were to die for!! THANK YOU!!
Do you think it would work the same with a gluten free chicolate cake?
I’m sure it would 🙂
Hi,
Can you make this recipe with brownies?
Sure, although I would suggest cutting back on the amount of caramel and sweetened condensed milk added since brownies are so dense. In this brownie recipe I poked holes in it and poured caramel sauce on top. Yum! https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/caramel-poke-rocky-road-brownies-2/
Just wanted to know if you can freeze this cake after it’s completed
Hi Trudy, I haven’t tried freezing this cake, but I probably wouldn’t suggest freezing it with the toppings on it (and definitely not with the whipped cream). If it were me I would bake the chocolate cake, let it cool, poke holes in it and then freeze it. Then the day of, or 1-2 days in advance you could pour the sauces over it and add the whipped cream. Good luck!
Can u eat vanilla ice cram with it.
Of course! 🙂
Do you still need to use powdered sugar if you use cool whip instead of heavy cream? If so do I just fold onto whip cream?
No need for the powdered sugar 🙂 It’s only used to sweeten the heavy cream. Hope you enjoy the cake!
Delicious!!! I have made this twice. The firat time I used the candy bars and crushed them. The second time I cheated and bought the bits in a bag. It is worth the extra effort to crush the candy bars. Great cake for busy moms.