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Dessert Mixes Roundup

We analyzed 259 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 3)

Calories
395
Sugar
42g
Duncan Hines

Strawberry supreme deliciously moist cake mix

Ingredients: enriched bleached wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, canola oil, contains less than 2% of: salt, propylene glycol mono-and diesters, mono-and diglycerides, fractionated palm oil, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, citric acid, natural flavor, ascorbic acid, red 40 lake, contains: wheat,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
395
Sugar
44g
Duncan Hines

Classic white cake mix

Ingredients: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), leavening (baking soda, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, contains 2% or less of: modified food starch, dextrose, salt, palm oil, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, guar gum, xanthan gum,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
419
Sugar
44g
Duncan Hines

Signature perfectly moist pineapple supreme naturally

Ingredients: Sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, salt, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, yellow 5 lake, citric acid, red 40 lake.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
414
Sugar
59g
Betty Crocker

Fudge Brownie Mix

Ingredients: Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Palm Oil, Corn Syrup, 2% Corn Starch, Carob Powder, Salt, Canola oil, Artificial Flavor.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
357
Sugar
57g
LiveGFree,Aldi

Brownie Mix

Ingredients: sugar, cocoa powder, tapioca starch, white rice flour, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), natural vanilla flavor, salt,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
44g
Betty Crocker

Super Moist Yellow Cake Mix

Ingredients: Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Sugar, Corn Syrup, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate). Contains 2% or less of: Modified Corn Starch, Corn Starch, Palm Oil, Propylene Glycol Mono and Diesters, Salt, Monoglycerides, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Yellows 5 & 6.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
395
Sugar
42g
Duncan Hines, Pinnacle Foods Group Llc

Perfectly moist dark chocolate fudge cake mix

Ingredients: Sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), cocoa powder processed with alkali, dextrose, leavening (baking soda, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: wheat starch, salt, cellulose gum, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
351
Protein
19g
King Arthur Baking Company

Gluten Free Protein Pancake Mix

Ingredients: whole grain brown rice flour, tapioca starch, pea protein, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, corn starch), cellulose & psyllium fiber blend, natural flavor, salt, steviol glycosides

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
461
Protein
13g
Unknown

Mousse light instant dessert mix milk chocolate

Ingredients: COCOA, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, FRUCTOSE, GLUCOSE SYRUP, MODIFIED PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, CARRAGEENAN, MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, GLUCOSE SOLIDS, SALT, SUCRALOSE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Mono- and Diglycerides
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Calories
406
Protein
19g
KODIAK CAKES

Protein Pancake

Ingredients: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, maple syrup, cinnamon flakes (sugar, vegetable oil [palm, palm kernel], cinnamon, sunflower lecithin), palm oil, brown sugar, non-fat dry milk, honey powder (honey, wheat starch), natural flavor, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), wheat protein isolate, sea, salt, whey protein concentrate.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
378
Sugar
49g
King Arthur Flour, King Arthur Baking Company

Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix

Ingredients: Cane sugar, modified tapioca starch, rice flour, potato starch, cornstarch, emulsifier (rice starch, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), natural vanilla flavor, salt, xanthan gum.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
326
Sugar
0g
Arrowhead Mills

Organic Pancake & Waffle Mix Gluten Free

Ingredients: Organic white rice flour, organic potato starch, organic tapioca starch, leavening(monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), organic whole grain yellow corn flour, organic vanilla flavor, sea salt, organic cinnamon.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
349
Sugar
19g
Birch Benders

Organic Confetti Pancake & Waffle Mix

Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic cane sugar, organic sprinkles (organic sugar, organic rice flour, organic potato starch, organic sunflower oil, organic color blend [organic turmeric, organic annatto, organic fruit juice, organic vegetable juice, citric acid, sodium bicarbonate]), leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), contains 2% or less of: salt, organic potato starch, organic tapioca starch.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Sugar
23g
Birch Benders

Organic Chocolate Chip Pancake & Waffle Mix

Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, organic chocolate chips (organic dried cane syrup, organic chocolate liquor, organic cocoa butter, organic dextrose, organic vanilla), organic evaporated cane juice, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, non-gmo corn starch), salt, organic potato starch, organic cassava starch.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
333
Sugar
4g
Streit's

Streit's, potato pancake latkes mix

Ingredients: DEHYDRATED POTATOES, POTATO STARCH, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, SALT, OLIVE OIL.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
349
Protein
24g
Kodiak

Power Cakes Flapjack Quick Mix Buttermilk

Ingredients: 100% WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, 100% WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE BROWN SUGAR, WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), BUTTERMILK, SEA SALT

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
378
Protein
11g
Long Table

Popcorn Pan Cake & Waffle Mix

Ingredients: ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC OAT FLOUR, ALMOND MEAL, BAKING POWDER (MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH), POPCORN FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, CORN MEAL, POPPY SEEDS, SEA SALT.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
351
Sugar
30g
Trader Joe's

Meyer Lemon Cake Mix With Lemon Icing

Ingredients: SUGAR, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, ASCORBIC ACID [DOUGH CONDITIONER], NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CORNSTARCH, NONFAT MILK, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), SEA SALT, DRIED ORANGE PEEL, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL), NATURAL FLAVOR, DRIED LEMON PEEL, MEYER LEMON POWDER, CITRIC ACID, BETA-CAROTENE (FOR COLOR)

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
395
Sugar
42g
Duncan Hines

Signature perfectly moist coconut supreme cake mix

Ingredients: enriched bleached wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, canola oil, contains less than 2% of: propylene glycol mono - and diesters, salt, mono - and diglycerides, fractionated palm oil, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, coconut blend (coconut cream, coconut flour), natural flavor, ascorbic acid, contains: wheat, tree nut (coconut), conagra brands

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Tree Nuts
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
24
Sugar
2g
Trader Joe's

Organic Silver Dollar pancakes

Ingredients: WATER, ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC SOYBEAN OIL, ORGANIC OAT FIBER, ORGANIC EGG, ORGANIC SKIM MILK, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN BLEND (ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN, ORGANIC RICE MALTODEXTRIN, ORGANIC RICE CONCENTRATE), SEA SALT, ORGANIC DOUGH CONDITIONER (ORGANIC CORNSTARCH, ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN, ENZYMES), ORGANIC VANILLA EXTRACT (WATER, ORGANIC ETHYL ALCOHOL, ORGANIC VANILLA BEAN EXTRACTIVE)

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
390
Protein
12g
King Arthur Baking Company

Buttermilk pancake mix

Ingredients: King Arthur unbleached flour, sunflower oil, buttermilk, cane sugar, brown sugar, baking powder (baking soda, calcium acid pyrophosphate, mono-calcium phosphate), natural flavor, sea salt, wheat protein.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Sugar
41g
Martha White

Chocolate chocolate chip muffin mix

Ingredients: bleached wheat flour, sugar, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), canola oil, soybean oil, cocoa processed with alkali, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified corn starch, salt, corn starch, natural flavor, artificial flavor

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
410
Sugar
19g
Jiffy

Jiffy corn muffin mix

Ingredients: wheat flour, degerminated yellow com meal, sugar, animal shortening (lard, hydrogenated lard, tocopherols preservative, bht preservative, citric acid preservative), contains less than 2% of: baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, wheat starch, salt, tricalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, silicon diaxide, contains: wheat jiffy foodservice,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
352
Sugar
22g
Pillsbury

Funfetti Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix

Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR. NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CANDY BITS (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM AND PALM KERNEL), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SOY LECITHIN, YELLOW 5, RED 40, BLUE 1. CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, YELLOW 6), DEXTROSE, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), BUTTERMILK, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, CANOLA OIL, POTASSIUM BICARBONATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, CORN STARCH, YELLOW 5, RED 40, IRON, NIACIN, VITAMIN B6, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
369
Sugar
17g
Our Family

Blueberry complete pancake & waffle mix

Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, dextrose, contains 2% or less of: soybean oil, baking soda, salt, sodium aluminum phosphate, egg yolk, natural and artificial flavor, monocalcium phosphate, gelatinized yellow corn flour, palm oil, vegetable shortening (hydrogenated palm kernel oil, palm oil and/or canola oil),calcium carbonate, egg white, citric acid, red 40 lake, blue 2 lake.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
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Calories
361
Sugar
20g
Great Value

Fall apple cinnamon complete pancake & waffle mix

Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, brown sugar, dried apple pieces, dextrose, less than 2% of: baking soda, cinnamon, dried egg whites, monocalcium phosphate, natural flavors, salt, sodium aluminum phosphate, soybean oil.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
350
Sugar
5g
Wegmans

All Purpose Buttermilk Baking Mix

Ingredients: Wheat flour, leavening (baking powder [sodium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, calcium sulfate, calcium phosphate], baking soda), sugar, soybean oil. contains 2% or less of each: salt, buttermilk.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
514
Protein
17g
Kodiak

Brownie Mix Chocolate Fudge

Ingredients: Organic cane sugar, semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, sunflower lecithin), wheat protein isolate, cocoa, 100% whole grain wheat flour, whey protein concentrate, 100% whole grain oat flour, milk protein concentrate, natural vanilla flavor, sea salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
400
Sugar
17g
Unknown

Honey Sweet Cornbread Mix

Ingredients: Enriched yellow corn meal (yellow corn meal, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, palm oil, sodium bicarbonate, contains less than 2%: dextrose, salt, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, honey.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
448
Sugar
48g
Quaker, Quaker Oats

Hershey'S, Premium Cookie Mix, Cookies'N'Creme

Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, white confectionary chips (sugar, nonfat milk, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm kernel and soybean oil), palm kernel oil, cornstarch, artificial flavor, salt, hydrogenated palm oil, soy lecithin), palm oil, crushed chocolate cookies (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean and/or cottonseed), cocoa processed with alkali, high fructose corn syrup, corn flour, salt, dextrose, baking soda, soy lecithin), leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), corn starch, salt, natural and artificial flavor,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Dessert Mixes category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 259 products in the Dessert Mixes category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Dessert Mixes?+
We rank Dessert Mixes based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Dessert Mixes here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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