Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars

These Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars are sweet, chewy and full of flavor. They’re an easy dessert that looks beautiful and tastes amazing!

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Neopolitan Gooey Cake Bars

What a fun week we’ve had. My sister and her family have been visiting and that means I got to steal her cute girls to bake with me! I wanted to create something fun for them and I think we did it. Get a load of my Neopolitan Gooey Cake Bars 🙂

What you are seeing is correct…..a chocolate cake layer, a vanilla cake layer and a strawberry gooey layer. Brace yourself for this one, it is rich and sweet. Definitely grab some milk with these babies.

Hope you enjoy!

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Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla cake mixes along with some butter, eggs and sweetened condensed milk. Please note, these are really full sticks of butter. I purchase the full bloc of butter at Costco that I have to cut myself 🙂

Image of Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bar Ingredients in a Bowl

How to Make The Best Cake Bars

Start with the chocolate layer. Each cake mix gets a stick of butter and an egg. Mix until a firm dough forms.

Image of Stirring Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bar Batter

I miss these girls already! How cute are they?!

Image of The Chocolate Layer for Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars

Press that chocolate layer into the bottom of your baking dish.

Image of my Neice Stirring the Batter for Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars

Time for the vanilla layer with my sweet little niece 🙂

Image of The Vanilla Layer for Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars

Gently press the vanilla layer over the chocolate layer.

 

Image of Adding the Strawberry Layer to Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars

….and last but not least the pretty strawberry layer.

Image of the Strawberry Layer of Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars

Bring on the gooey-ness. I actually added the entire can of sweetened condensed milk, but would recommend 3/4 cup as I have listed in my recipe. It took a very long time to bake with the entire can. Once drizzled, bake in the oven at 350 degrees F. for 40-50 minutes!

Image of Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars

Wait until you cut into them, I love those layers! ….and the bit of toasted gooey-ness from the sweetened milk 🙂

Image of Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars Stacked on a Plate

Image of a Stack of Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars

Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars

These Neapolitan Gooey Cake Bars are sweet, chewy and full of flavor. They're an easy dessert that looks beautiful and tastes amazing!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 14 bars
Calories: 661kcal
Author: Jenny
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Equipment

  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix
  • 1 box vanilla cake mix
  • 1 box strawberry cake mix
  • 3 sticks unsalted butter softened
  • 3 large eggs
  • 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a 9x13 inch baking pan with foil sprayed with cooking spray.
  • Place chocolate cake mix, a stick of butter and an egg into a large bowl, mix until combined. Press into the bottom of prepared baking pan.
  • Place vanilla cake mix, a stick of butter and an egg into a large bowl, mix until combined. Press over chocolate cake layer.
  • Place strawberry cake mix, a stick of butter and an egg into a large bowl, mix until combined. Press over vanilla cake layer.
  • Drizzle 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk over strawberry layer then bake for 40-50 minutes, until center is cooked through. Let cool completely.
  • Cut off all edges, about 1/2 inch, this makes bars look nicer, but not necessary. Cut remaining bars into squares and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 661kcal | Carbohydrates: 99g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 97mg | Sodium: 687mg | Potassium: 147mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 62g | Vitamin A: 732IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 248mg | Iron: 3mg
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59 Responses
  1. Lisa

    I made these tonight. I was a little disappointed, you said bake for 40-50 minutes and it took longer when you used the whole can. I overbaked mine and followed your timing guidelines. I know my oven bakes evenly because I bake a lot and have never had a problem. SO a word of warning: watch them closely. Browned sweetened condensed milk does not taste good!

  2. Denise Rowe

    These look AMAZING……. YUMMY. It made me think of the neopolitain coconut candy. So how yummy do you think these would be if you replaced the sweetend milk for coconut milk??

  3. Robin @ Simply Southern Baking

    Jenny, these are so pretty with all the different colors and they look so yummy!!!

  4. Heather of Kitchen Concoctions

    What a fun Aunt baking with your nieces! This bars look to so rich but they are gorgeous and sound to die for!

  5. healthy&homemade

    Wow what a creative idea! You took plain boxed treats and really turned this into something beautiful and I’m SURE tasty! I love sweetened condensed milk, I probably shouldn’t admit to that though =P

  6. Kim Adams

    Waaaahhhhh we miss you too 🙁 I love these pictures of the girls helping there Aunt Jenny, so so cute! LOVED our time with you guys as always 😉

  7. howellmom

    These look like so much fun! Just wanted to confirm that you used 1/2 cup (1 whole stick) margarine per cake mix. The picture looks like half sticks of margarine in front of each cake mix. I want to be sure mine turn out as good as yours look!

    1. Jenny

      Yes, it is one whole stick of softened butter 🙂 I get the full bloc of butter from costco that I have to cut myself, so it makes it look like I cut the stick 🙂 Enjoy!

  8. jenna

    neopolitan ice cream is one of my favorites. it would go perfectly with these bars too! 🙂

  9. Sasha @ The Procrastobaker

    ‘bring on the gooeyness’ you couldnt have said any other words that would tempt me more 🙂 scrumptious!

  10. Kathy

    Always looking for something to take to our couples golf carry-ins, so this will be perfect !!!!

  11. sandra

    My adult daughter loves Neopolitan cake or a princess cake we sometimes call it. Her birthday is in a couple of weeks and I think she would love these. Great recipe and the girls are adorable!

  12. Coffeetococktails

    Your concoctions make me smile…then they make me think to myself…WHY didn’t I come up with that??!!?? So easy, so fun….and just think of all the different layers/flavors you could play with!! *sigh* I feel the fat just sticking to my thighs as we speak!!

  13. Chris @ TheKeenanCookBook

    These look so delicious and gooey! Bet the girls had as much fun eating them as they did baking. 🙂

  14. Heather (Heather's Dish)

    so creative! i love neopolitan ice cream…totally makes sense that i would ADORE this gooey cake too!

  15. Holly @ The Runny Egg

    These look incredible and the girls seem to be having a fun time putting it together! I loved baking with my mom when I was a child.

  16. Cassie at Bake Your Day

    I am drooling! This is a brilliant idea, I love the layers of colors, it makes for a pretty dessert. I also love that it uses boxed cake mix, I love taking help from the store sometimes!

  17. Lauren at Keep It Sweet

    What a fun idea! Those girls are adorable, I bet they love getting to hang out with you and bake.

    I’d definitely cut off the edges… and then eat them myself:-)

  18. Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga

    Jenny it’s so beautiful, creative, and awesome looking!

    I love that there’s THREE boxes of cake in this bad boy! 🙂 Rich and sweet desserts, are my fave kind. Yum!

    And those girls…they are soo adorable!

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