A chocolate need can be incredibly strong, and there is, for better or worse, just one way to satisfy it. There is typically no wishing it away, no forgetting about it, and no substitute or stand-in will do. Chocolate cravings require a chocolate cure, and we’ve got the ultimate remedy. See, this isn’t your average chocolate cake. Simply combine a few ingredients in a 9×13 pan, bake, and satisfy your chocolate cravings.

The term “dump cake” may sound awful, but it just refers to how simple the process of preparation is. You’re just combining a few simple ingredients, and you end up with a cake! Often, there is no need to whisk everything together initially. This one requires a little stirring, but it just has five ingredients. Yes, five.

They consist of a box of chocolate cake mix, a box of chocolate pudding, a bag of chocolate chips, some milk, and a sliced stick of butter. Sprinkle the cake mix into the baking dish, then top with the pudding mix.

The milk is added on top, and you’ll whisk it together briefly, even with a fork, because this is a casual setting. The chocolate chips are added next, followed by the butter slices, which are simply arranged on top in a single layer.’That is all the effort you need to do; the oven will do the rest. As it bakes, the butter melts into the remaining layers, forming a cake. It’s a gooey, fudgy disaster of a cake, but it’s everything you’d expect from a chocolate dessert.