Easy Chocolate Snack Cake

Easy Chocolate Snack Cake is the perfect dessert for whipping up during this season of joy and celebrating with your friends and family.

A year or two ago, my kids and I discovered that we’d amassed a small collection of tree skirts over the years. The original silver one I purchased in college was joined by a red and green velvet one, a purple one … and perhaps more, but we needn’t split hairs with a full list.

The collection reflected changing tastes and goals for holiday decorating. In my early twenties, I loved a cool, sparkly, silver and blue theme. When I had kids, I adopted a more classic and traditional rich reds and greens, along with golds. And then somewhere along the way, needing a change, we tried purple, though that never quite felt festive to me.

As we near this holiday season, the kids and I are shaking up the holiday finery for our house. Our seasonal cheer has never stopped with just decorations on the tree, and this year will be no different. From festive lights and table decor to tasty recipes for sharing, we’re ready to welcome friends and family into our home this holiday season to share laughter and good times.

Recently, we found ourselves inside a Maine store, checking out all the holiday decorations they have on display. From tablecloths and candles to trees of all sizes, there’s so much charming holiday decor to check out there. My kids, in particular, were drawn to decorations in shades of silver.

We found a lovely silver nutcracker (“Mom, can we start a nutcracker collection? It’ll be fun!”), a sweet, lacy silver tree for decorating a table (“So pretty!”), silver accented candle holders, a silver table runner for the kitchen and more.

We also found nearly everything we needed for making delicious holiday treats like this Easy Chocolate Snack Cake. With everything from chocolate chips to sprinkles to cocoa, the store is awesome for stocking the pantry for all the baking we’ll be doing this holiday season. We also picked up some new baking sheets and pans for all our cookie baking.

As for this snack cake, it has a lot of good stuff going for it. It’s moist, chocolatey and so, so tasty.

Plus, as a bonus, it’s so easy. With a one-bowl preparation, you can have this whipped up and baking in a mere 10 minutes. And since it’s a snack cake, it’s a low-stress dessert — just spread the frosting, top with sprinkles and GO!

This is the perfect dessert for whipping up during this season of joy and celebrating with your friends and family. Perhaps you could even make it for when you trim your tree. As for us, we’re excited to use all our new holiday decorations … now, where to begin.

(With cake, of course!)