This Chocolate Eclair Cake Recipe is an easy signature no-bake dessert for family gatherings, cookouts, and parties.
It is absolutely delicious.
This Chocolate Eclair Cake is made of layers of a creamy pudding mixture and graham crackers, then topped with a rich, crackly, homemade chocolate frosting.
The frosting is a gooey, sweet, chocolatey sauce that Willy Wonka would be sure to love.
I mean… the frosting is the real excuse to make this folks! It is so DELICIOUS!
Ingredients
You will need the following ingredients to make this chocolate eclair cake.
- vanilla instant pudding mix- do not use the cook and serve pudding
- whole milk- do not use low fat or it will not set
- cool whip- or substitute with real whipped cream
- graham crackers
- granulated sugar
- cocoa
- butter
- vanilla extract
- salt
Watch how to make
Tip
The homemade frosting is amazing and worth the effort! However, if you don't want to make homemade frosting, you can buy prepared frosting and melt it a minute and half to spread.
Steps to make chocolate eclair cake
Making Chocolate Eclair cake is so easy! Follow these steps.
- Beat with a wire whisk or electric mixer for pudding mix with milk for 2 minutes.
- Stir in cool whip or homemade whipped cream.
- Then you place one layer of graham crackers on the casserole dish.
- Then you layer half of the pudding filling.
- Then you add a second layer of graham crackers
- Top with the remaining pudding mixture.
- Then you top with one final layer of graham crackers.
- Combine cocoa, milk, salt, and sugar in a stove pot.
- Bring to a full rolling boil; boil about 1 minute, stirring very frequently. Remove from heat and cool one minute.
- Add vanilla to frosting.
- Mix in butter with the cocoa mixture; stir until butter is melted.
- Immediately pour chocolate sauce evenly over the top layer of graham crackers. Refrigerate over night to allow frosting to set.
If you look at the picture above, you can see what I mean about that AMAZING, crackly, fudgy, chocolatey frosting.
It is a gooey, yummy mess. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Looking for more easy dessert recipes? Try one of these:
- Watergate Salad
- Mexican Fried Ice Cream
- Chocolate Cherry Sheet Cake
- Banana Pudding Dip
- Candy Bar Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
- French Coconut Pie
- Maple Glazed Bacon Cream Cheese Danish
- Reese’s S’mores
- Strawberry Trifle
Please leave me a comment below if you make this chocolate eclair cake and tell me what you thought about it. I would love to hear back, and so would my readers.
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Chocolate Eclair Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 3.5 oz. boxes vanilla instant pudding
- 3 cups of whole milk
- 12 oz container Cool Whip {or 3 c. homemade whipped cream}
- 14.4 oz box graham crackers
Chocolate Frosting
- ⅓ cup cocoa
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup whole milk
- 1 stick butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Beat with a wire whisk or electric mixer (2) 3.5 oz pudding mixes with 3 cups of whole milk for 2 minutes.
- Stir in 12 0z cool whip or homemade whipped cream.
- Place a layer of graham crackers on bottom of 9x13 pan.
- Layer half of pudding mixture over graham crackers.
- Place another layer of graham crackers over pudding mixture.
- Layer remaining pudding mixture over graham crackers.
- Top with final layer of remaining graham crackers.
Make Frosting
- Combine ⅓ cup cocoa, ¼ cup milk, ⅛ teaspoon salt, and 1 cup sugar in a stove pot and bring to a full rolling boil; boil about 1 minute, stirring very frequently.
- Remove from heat and cool one minute.
- Mix 1 stick butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla with the cocoa mixture; stir until butter is melted.
- Pour chocolate sauce over the top layer of graham crackers. Spread evenly to completely cover graham crackers.
- Refrigerate over night to allow frosting to set.
