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I’m excited to share this easy chocolate turtle cake made lighter. With only 4-ingredients it comes together quickly and makes for an impressive dessert. As soon as I spied it in the Fall 2021 Hungry Girl Magazine (affiliate link) I knew I wanted to try it and I’m so glad I did.

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Slices of chocolate turtle cake on two white plates.
Chocolate Turtle Cake

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How Many Calories and WW Points in this Chocolate Turtle Cake?

According to my calculations, each serving of cake has 193 calories.

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How to Make Low Calorie Chocolate Turtle Cake, Step-by-Step

Step 1: Gather and prepare your ingredients.

Ingredients for making turtle cake including chocolate cake mix, Greek yogurt, caramel sauce and chopped pecans.
Ready to make the cake

Step 2: Stir together the cake batter until well blended.

Stirring together cake batter in glass bowl with spatula.
Mixing the cake batter

Step 3: Spread batter into the pan.

Spreading chocolate cake batter into foil pan with spatula.
Ready to bake the cake

Step 4: Bake until done.

Fresh baked chocolate turtle cake topped with caramel sauce and chopped pecans in foil pan.
Chocolate Cake with Caramel Sauce and Chopped Pecans

Step 5: Cool and then top with warm caramel topping and chopped nuts.

Recipe Notes

No pecans?
Use whatever chopped nuts you prefer — walnuts, almonds, macadamia nuts or peanuts would all be great. 

No devil’s food cake mix?
Any chocolate cake mix will work.

No light caramel dip?
Any caramel syrup will work. I used caramel ice cream topping. Just adjust calories and WW Points accordingly if that’s a concern

Serving Suggestions

This cake is delicious on its own or the way my husband likes it, with a scoop of ice cream alongside.

If you’ve made this Low Fat Chocolate Turtle Cake, please give the recipe a star rating below and leave a comment letting me know how you liked it. And stay in touch on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for the latest updates.

chunks of 4 ingredient turtle cake on white plate from the front
4.78 from 9 votes

Easy 4-Ingredient Chocolate Turtle Cake Recipe

By Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living
This low calorie chocolate cake is quick and easy with only 4 ingredients – cake mix and greek yogurt, light caramel and nuts!
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 40 minutes
Cooling Time: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings: 12
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Equipment

Ingredients 

  • 1 box Devil's food cake mix
  • 1 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
  • 1/3 cup chopped pecans (1.5 ounces)
  • 1/4 cup light caramel dip

Instructions 

  • Preheat your oven to 350F degrees. Coat a 9×13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl stir together the dry cake mix, yogurt, 3/4 cup water until well blended. Gently stir in half the chopped pecans.
  • Transfer mixture to the prepared baking pan. It will be very thick and take some work to spread it out. Smooth out the top.
  • Bake until a thin knife or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and place the pan on a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
  • In a microwave safe bowl (affiliate link), heat the caramel for about 30 seconds or until hot. Drizzle over the cooled cake. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.  Cut into 12 even pieces

Notes

Serving size: 1 slice (1/12th recipe)
WW Points: 9
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5 PointsPlus (Old plan)
No pecans? Use whatever chopped nuts you prefer—walnuts, almonds, macadamia nuts or peanuts would all be great.
No devil’s food cake mix? Any chocolate cake mix will work.
No light caramel dip? Any caramel syrup will work. I used caramel ice cream topping. Just adjust calories and WW Points accordingly if that’s a concern.

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece, Calories: 193kcal, Carbohydrates: 34.5g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.001g, Cholesterol: 1mg, Sodium: 311mg, Potassium: 155mg, Fiber: 1.5g, Sugar: 14g, Vitamin A: 3IU, Vitamin C: 0.03mg, Calcium: 75mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Recipe source: Fall 2021 Hungry Girl Magazine (affiliate link)

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About Martha McKinnon

Weight Watchers Lifetime Member, Yoga Practitioner and Blogger who loves to share her passion for trying to create a happy, healthy, balanced life in what often feels like an overwhelming out of control world.

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4 Comments

  1. It would have been helpful if you posted the names of the ingredients and amounts. The photo is NOT enlargeable…So we were not able to try this recipe…thumbs down.

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    1. If you scroll down, you’ll find the recipe card complete with ingredients, amounts and instructions. ~Martha

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  2. 5 stars
    Hi Martha

    We really loved the chocolate turtle cake. So simple to make that it would have been hard for me to ruin it. It was moist and delicious. I didn’t change any of the ingredients. It was nice straight out of the oven with ice-cream. In Australia, we have the devil’s food cake mix so it was a no-brainer to make an easy 4-ingredient cake. Looking for the recipe after my daughter left, I realised she had sneaked the recipe into her bag.

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