Recipe for Dirt Cake

Dirt Cake Recipe Video
This dirt cake recipe is a fun cooking activity to do with the kids. This recipe for dirt cake is easy to make (no baking or heating required), and the kids love the idea of eating dirt (really crushed sandwich cookies, like Oreos). Although you can make this dirt cake in any type of pan, I like to make it in a clean flower pot. It really enhances the whole effect.

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Ingredients

• clean medium-sized flower pot and plastic wrap (optional)
• 1 box chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreos)
• 2 3.9 oz. packages instant chocolate pudding
• 3-1/2 cups milk
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 2 8-10 oz. containers frozen whipped topping, thawed
• a few gummy worms

• Prep Time: 20 minutes

• Total Time: 20 minutes

Preparation

1. Wash the flower pot with soap and warm water. Dry, and line with plastic wrap. If the flower pot has a hole at the bottom, place it on a clean dish.
2. Place chocolate sandwich cookies in a food processor, fitted with a metal blade. Pulse until the cookies become coarse crumbs.
3. Whisk together chocolate pudding and milk until thick and pudding like. Chill while making the cream cheese mixture.
4. Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in 1 container of thawed whipped topping until smooth. Add the cream cheese mixture to the chocolate pudding mixture, mixing until smooth.

1. Place a layer of the cooke crumbs in the bottom of the lined flower pot. Top with a layer of the chocolate pudding mixture. Continue making layers of the dirt cake: the cookie crumbs, then the chocolate pudding mixture, until there is about 1 inch left at the top. Note: Be sure to leave plenty of cookie crumbs for the top - you can't have a dirt cake without a lot of dirt!
2. Spread the remaining container of thawed whipped topping over the last layer of chocolate pudding, and top with the remaining cookie crumbs. Place a few gummy worms on the dirt cake. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.

This dirt cake can be made several hours before serving.