How to Make a Dirt Cake

The flowers are plastic, but the dirt... it's edible and yummy!

Looking for a great dessert for a Halloween party or maybe a show-stopper for that potluck dinner you promised dessert for? Then try a Dirt Cake! It's the perfect way to brighten up any event and win you compliments!

Things You'll Need

• 2 pkgs. Oreo cookies (20 oz. each)
• 1/2 stick butter or margarine
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 2 small pkg. vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1 tub (12 oz.) Cool Whip
• 1 NEW and UNUSED terra cotta pot
• 1 NEW and UNUSED small garden shovel
• Foil
• Gummi worms and plastic flowers

Instructions

1. 

   Crumble Oreo cookies in small batches in a food processor and set aside. Clean the food processor for step two!

2. 

   Cream the butter, powdered sugar, and cream cheese together in the food processor. You can do this by hand (like the picture) but it takes longer and you have to be sure the ingredients are mixed well!

3. 

   Mix pudding mix with milk in a bowl or food processor. Stir the pudding together with the Cool Whip. Next, add the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar mix to the pudding and Cool Whip mix. Stir together until completely blended.

4. 

   Wash and dry a NEW and UNUSED terra cotta pot. Line the pot with foil.

5. 

   Place a layer of pudding mix in the pot and top with a layer of Oreo crumbles. Repeat layers until the pot is full being sure to top off with a generous layer of Oreo crumbles. Chill until ready to serve.

6. 

   Decorate the top of your Dirt Cake with gummi worms or plastic flowers. Try both for added fun! Serve with a clean and unused small garden shovel to dish out the dessert!

Tips & Warnings

• Try different containers for different party themes!

• Try vanilla crème cookies for a wonderful twist on the Kitty Litter Cake!

• Write the ingredients on an index card to post by your dessert for cautious parents!

• Write several copies of the recipe on index cards so you be prepared for the requests you receive!

• This is a great recipe that the kids love to help with! Get them involved!