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WORM DIRT CAKE

This popular "novelty" cake is a hit at children's parties, especially around Halloween. You'll receive many appreciative compliments from your guests such as "Ewww, that's gross!"

It really resembles a pudding more than it does a conventional cake. If you serve it as an everyday family dessert, rather than as a fun decorative element, it's possible that your family may not understand it!

1 to 1 1/4 lb. pkg. Oreo cookies
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
3 cups milk
1 (12 oz.) tub Cool Whip (can use chocolate)
2 (3 1/2 oz.) pkg. instant vanilla or chocolate pudding
1/2 tsp. vanilla
4 gummy worms and/or other critters

Crush Oreos. Put 1/3 of the crushed Oreos into a new, clean flower pot. Set aside.

Mix butter, cream cheese and sugar and vanilla together. Set aside.

Combine milk and pudding mix. Fold Cool Whip into the pudding.

Fold together pudding mixture and butter-cream cheese mixture.

Layer this mixture (about 1/3 of it) onto the crumbled cookies in the pot. Next, add another layer of the pudding mixture, then another layer of cookie crumbs, continuing until all ingredients are used.

As you're layering the ingredients, decoratively place several gummy worms and critters in the "soil" so they will be seen emerging. If you have a toy (clean) garden trowel, a plastic daisy, or some edible flowers, these can also be used creatively to embellish the presentation.

Chill in refrigerator for 3 to 4 hours before serving.

Submitted by: CM

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Worm Dirt Cake

· Jul 2 · #127615

Ashley (Illinois) says:

When I make this, I use small individually sized pots and put a cake pop decorated like a flower in each one. :)

· Jun 25 · #127350

Anonymous (Hawaii) says:

All the kids at my kids' birthday parties loved it!

· Apr 21 · #124799

Unknown (South Dakota) says:

love this dirt!!!!

· Mar 30 · #123718

Susan says:

Make it for Easter and add worms and peep rabbits and peep chicks and jelly beans. It is very pretty!

· Mar 1 · #122162

Angela (Virginia) says:

My comment isn't about the recipe. I think that the comment about the statement about a eating this as an everyday dessert means you don't understand it. So what if it is holiday themed! It's just a theme! If I am in the mood for domestic pudding then I'm going to eat dirt pudding!

· Nov 19 · #113803

Jessica A (Pennsylvania) says:

I've never made this before, but I truly love it. Therefore, even though it's not that traditional, I'm making it for Thanksgiving this year because I really don't care for pumpkin pie that much, so it will be a good dessert for me and just a really good snack for everyone else.

· Oct 25 · #111904

Cyn (California) says:

Julie plan ahead - sheese girl- get the ingredients ready, have the scouts assemble them.

· Oct 23 · #111760

Marsha (Georgia) says:

I have made it with vanilla pudding with Nilla wafers. Put it into small cups with a gummy life saver on top with an umbrella. They are really cute.

· Oct 10 · #110859

MeganJoy (Alberta) says:

Okay I have done the math and broken it all down. If you divide the recipe into 10 servings and they each get one gummy worm, it is 453 calories, 19g of fat, 65.5g Carbs, 45.7g sugars, Protein 5.6g.

Definitely not as bad as the Keg's carrot cake or East Side Marios deep fried cheesecake!

· Oct 10 · #110857

MeganJoy (Alberta) says:

So delicious, everyone loved it!

· Sep 18 · #109404

Danielle (Indiana) says:

For a baby shower you could decorate it with rubber ducks. If you use white chocolate pudding (even just a little) you could dye it blue for a pond and use some fake flowers etc... Or you could do a chocolate strawberry dirt cake. That would be yummy too. Good luck!!!

· Aug 27 · #107807

Sheletta (Washington) says:

I made it for the first time about 8yrs ago and my kids loved it. I am pregnant again and is thinking of making it for the baby shower. What do you think? Any ideas on wht to put it in or how to decorate it?? Let it rip yall.....

· Jun 15 · #102833

Anglea (British Columbia) says:

I have used this recipe many times. I know a few people had commented that they had a problem with the icing being gooey or sticky. I put my cookies in the freezer for just under 5 minutes and then they crumble perfectly.

· Jun 13 · #102709

Dirt Mom (California) says:

I'm decorating it like a offroad short course track with little offroad trucks for my racer son. He may be 26 this year but that boy loves dirt cake.

· Apr 25 · #99547

Krizzle (Texas) says:

It was a bit sweet for my tastes, so I added some cocoa. Otherwise perfect recipe!

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