Black Forest Cobbler Dutch Oven Recipe

Required:

aluminum pie tin

Ingredients:

1 Chocolate cake mix
1 can Cherry pie filling
1 can soda pop - cherry or lemon lime
1 Hershey chocolate bar
chopped walnuts (optional)

Instructions:

Dump pie filling into pie tin.
Sprinkle about 3/4 of cake mix on top in even layer.
Pour half can of soda around on top of cake mix.
Stir soda into cake mix, leaving the pie filling alone as much as possible.
Break chocoloate into small pieces and place on top.
Sprinkle walnuts on top.
Place pie tin in dutch oven, setting it on top of four small pebbles for air circulation.
Bake at about 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, or until the cake looks done when cut or poked.

Another way to mix the mix:
Sprinkle about 1/3 of the cake mix over the pie filling. Then, pour soda right into the cake mix bag and knead the bag with your hands on the outside to mix. Once mixed, pour into the dutch oven.

You don't really need the pie tin. You can make it directly in the dutch oven.

About 8 servings.
dutch oven black forest cobbler

All recipes use a 12-inch dutch oven, unless specified.
If you have a 10-inch dutch oven, use about 2/3 to 3/4 of the ingredient amounts but keep the temperature and time about the same.
If you have an 8-inch dutch oven, use about 1/2 of the ingredient amounts but keep the temperature and time about the same.
If no temperature is listed, use 350 degrees.
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Comments:

Apr 15, 2016 - Hazmatemt

If I'm using a 16"(12qt)model would I double the recipe and cooking time?

Apr 15, 2016 - Dutch Oven Dude

@Haz - The area of a 16" DO bottom is about 78% larger than that of a 12". Doubling the ingredient amounts would work just fine, but keep the temperature and cook times about the same.

Jul 21, 2016 - Scoutmaster T84

Our scouts have made this recipe twice for our summer camp dessert cook-off. They placed second and first. It's they're favorite dessert.

Thanks for sharing it.

Oct 15, 2016 - Scott Lockwood

Confused on quantities. Do you use entire can of sofa or only 6 oz? Also on cake mix do you leave out about 1/3 to 1/4 of the mix?

Oct 17, 2016 - Dutch Oven Dude

@Scott - If you are not using a pie tin, then you can use the entire cake mix and about 3/4 can of soda pop. But, if you're putting it in a pie tin, just use 3/4 of the cake mix and 1/2 of the can of soda pop so it doesn't overflow the tin.

Oct 15, 2017 - Rob Donnay

Black Forrest cobbler. Amazing

Jun 02, 2021 - Sam G

I was really excited to make this, but it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted. The taste was off and I think it was due to the fact that I mixed Sprite with the cake mix. I used a "Triple Chocolate Fudge" cake mix and it tasted very flat. It looked pretty and was cooked through. Maybe next time I would try a Dr. Pepper and get a standard chocolate cake mix instead of the "triple Chocolate Fudge" cake mix.

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