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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

· Apr 7 · #98216

Nicole (Tennessee) says:

This recipe is wonderful! It's so easy my 4 yr old helped me. We're making it for an Easter party we are attending tomorrow. I let my daughter pick out the topper- Bunny face path markers and some flowers. We will also garnish it with some colored Easter eggs. I think it will be a big hit!

· Mar 24 · #97232

J Doerr (California) says:

I am an early childhood special education teacher. Every year the children participate in a month long unit on Spring. It includes, growing flowers, vegetables, and plants from seeds. As the culminating activity we make Worm Dirt Cake. We prepare the different components of the recipe in small groups and come back together to mix it all up. The final dessert is mixed in a flower pot, with lots of gummy worms, allowing individual students a short turn to stir it. We even plant a few seeds (M&Ms) in the pot and top it off with a silk flower. During the process we review what is needed for a seed to grow. When we are all done I don't worry about chilling it. I just dish it up into small cups and we have a wonderful snack.

· Jan 23 · #92150

Bunny (Wisconsin) says:

My sister had a dirt cake for her birthday when she was little. No one touched it, because they thought it was real dirt. Now I'm going to give her another one...I know she will appreciate it. Everyone loves dirt cake!

· Nov 2 · #82533

Kim (California) says:

To Julie you can use chocolate pudding and put it into cups. They are yummy. :)

· Oct 28 · #82119

Tiffany (Georgia) says:

I used this recipe and it was great! I added to it by making a graveyard with candied pumpkins, edible spiders, sugar cookie tombstones, and brownie coffins. Had fun with the halloween theme!:o)

· Oct 10 · #80586

Saul (Arizona) says:

I just got some chocolate pudding, crushed some Oreos and mixed them together then got some gummy worms and hid them in there. It's a fast recipe and also very delicious and saves you a lot of time and money.

· Sep 16 · #78685

April (Louisiana) says:

I make this all the time. The cutest one I ever made was for easter. It had gummy worms, Marshmallow bunnies and chicks, plastic eggs and in the center a huge frog with its tounge out and a bee on it. I also used green frosting to make sprigs of grass here and there. This was a triple batch in a very large pan, but absolutely adorable.

· Sep 7 · #77881

Stormy (Indiana) says:

It is really good if u add peanut butter cups

· Jun 17 · #71047

Kim (Maryland) says:

I love dirt cake however, I also sometimes use peanut butter cookies (nutter butter cookies). Then my family calls it Sand.

· Jun 7 · #70365

Stephanie (Michigan) says:

I serve mine in a pail and use a shovel for serving! Makes it a whole lot more fun!

· May 31 · #69919

Vicky (Wisconsin) says:

Never a complaint when I make this recipe. I have used mint oreo cookies and it is a great alternative.

· Mar 25 · #64826

Bailey (Wyoming) says:

I made this for my daughter's barnyard themed 3rd birthday. I put it in a 9x13 pan and then put cupcakes that I decorated to look like pigs on top of it so it looked like the pigs were playing in the mud. Everyone raved about it!!

· Dec 18 · #55500

Robin (Texas) says:

I LOVE THIS RECIPE!! The only change I made was instead of vanilla or chocolate pudding I used white chocolate and it was AMAZING!! Thanks :]

· Nov 30 · #53213

Susan (North Carolina) says:

I have made this several times for my class that I teach- they love it. I make it a little more simple though- I just use chocolate pudding, fold in the cool whip and then layer with the oreos. I also use half plain oreos and half mint oreos- YUMMM!! Gives it that nice light minty flavor! Def. keep the creme on the cookies though.

· Nov 22 · #52033

Lisa (Wisconsin) says:

I love dirt cake!! it is soooo yummy, i like mine with double stuffed oreos, if you add canola oil they dont stick together lol im just kidding that would be gross, dont add canola oil. im serious when i say double stuffed is the bomb lol :)

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