Chess Squares Recipe

If you have never made a chess squares recipe, you don’t know what you are missing! I decided I would snap a few pictures the last time I made my version and share them with you all. I have been making these for years and they are the perfect ooey gooey dessert. Plus they are super simple to make. Your entire family will beg for this recipe again and again. You might even here this recipe referred to as gooey butter cake. Yep same thing! A delectable bite of gooey cake that you will want to serve again and again.

Chess Squares Recipe

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 egg
• 1 stick butter (melted)

Mix the above ingredients and pat into the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 pan.

• 1 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
• 3 eggs
• 1 pound confectioner’s sugar

Mix until smooth then pour over batter in pan. Bake for 50 – 55 minutes at 300 degrees F. Cool before cutting into squares.

Dig in and enjoy this chess squares recipe with your entire family. This simple recipe turns out moist and delicious. Make variations with different flavors of boxed cake mix as well. Experiment with chocolate, strawberry, and so much more. You will love the gooey cream cheese flavor that this simple cake recipe produces.

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Chess Squares

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Ingredients

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 egg
• 1 stick butter melted
• 1 8 oz cream cheese softened
• 3 eggs
• 1 pound confectioner's sugar

Instructions

• Mix the cake mix, egg and butter and pat into the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 pan.
• Mix cream cheese, 3 eggs and confectioner's sugar until smooth.
• Pour over batter in pan.
• Bake for 50 - 55 minutes at 300 degrees F.

Notes

Cool before cutting into squares.

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I started experimenting with recipes for this one years ago when a local deli started serving them up on the menu. I just knew I had to replicate them at home. Now you can make your own chess squares recipe anytime you would like. Y’all be sure to dig in and enjoy! Looking for other ways to use a cake mix in a dessert recipe? Try these ideas:

• Pumpkin Magic Cake
• Pumpkin Pudding Poke Cake
• Cake Mix Cookies
• Caramel Cake Recipe
• or any of these 25 cake mix hacks!

Enjoy and make this chess squares recipe or any of the other cake mix recipes above!