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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

· Nov 21 · #51991

Corlissa (Arizona) says:

I was asked to make the dirt cake for thanksgiving dessert, however I make cups instead and to make it a little more festive I am going to put the mixture into two separate bowls and add food coloring. Yellow to one and orange to the other. Hope it will add some fun to this yummy dessert!

· Oct 27 · #49325

Rhonda (Louisiana) says:

My son's class is having a "pumpkin celebration" instead of a "halloween party".....um, yea, so anyway, I am making some really cute pumpkin cupcakes, but I'm thinking I will also make a batch of this in a 9x13 dish, pipe some green frosting to look like vines/stems and add some of the candy pumpkins to create a "pumpkin patch!"

· Oct 18 · #48520

Kathy (United States) says:

I doubled the recipe and made both the vanilla pudding mixure and also a chocolate pudding mixture which I alternated between crushed oreo layers. I put gummy worms on top and some candy bugs. It was so popular with the party I took it to the whole thing was gone in 5 minutes flat. People raved - it was wonderful!

· Aug 18 · #43201

Tammy (Pennsylvania) says:

Try using a NEW cat litter pan. Put tootsie rolls on top and sticking out of and serve with a NEW pooper scooper!!! LOL!!! Great for Halloween Parties!!!!

· Jul 2 · #38914

Amy (British Columbia) says:

I made this with a toy backhoe and bulldozer on top. I filled the machines' buckets with dirt and placed toy workmen and signs to make construction work scene. I also used speckled jellie beans as boulders; some gourmet jellie bellies are just the right color. My 3 yr old loved it!

· Jun 4 · #36565

Meghan (Nova Scotia) says:

There are actually crushed up oreo's you can buy, saves time, and you wouldnt have a problem with everything sticking together.

· Mar 15 · #30269

Nikki (Texas) says:

I use mint-cream oreos, girl scout thin mints or grasshopper cookies, and chocolate pudding, great mint flavored dirt !

· Feb 11 · #27813

Colton (Indiana) says:

Man this recipe takes me back to when I was a youngster. Thats a good thing. God bless America.

· Jan 12 · #24046

Rebekah (Georgia) says:

I plan on making the dirt cake, and putting in in a large Tonka dump truck!! I will line it with saran wrap. I have worms and slugs for extra fun. I also bought the construction cake toppers from a local bakery. I can't wait to see how it looks!!

· Dec 22 · #20022

Deb says:

I made this for my sisters' halloween party years ago. I covered the gummy worms with the crushed oreos and had them coming out of the dirt top. When I delivered it to her (complete with a spider plant in the dirt, which was in a plastic bag that you could not see) I told her I made it for a centerpiece for her party. Then I proceeded to "notice" the worm and remarked, "Oh dear a worm" which I took out and ate right in front of her. She about fainted! It was a great trick!!!

· Dec 6 · #16253

Barb says:

I opened my friends refrigerator and could not understand why she had potted plants in the refrig... Each one was served their own small pot for dessert... we removed the fake flowers and enjoyed the contents... just make sure all the little flower pots are clean... cute idea for the kids...

· Nov 28 · #14504

Paula says:

I'm making this today for my sons 3rd birthday... I'm putting it in the back of a big steel dump truck he is getting for his birthday... I really hope he can wait long enough to eat the cake before playing with the truck!! :)

· Jan 3 · #183624

Betha (Georgia) replies:

Dang Paula, that sounds great I hope he enjoyed :) I just did something really similar when I was making this cake! I put her cake in this wagon we just bought for our princess! I hope your son enjoys it as much as I hope my Lil' kiddo will!

· Nov 1 · #10011

Julie says:

is there a more lets say simple recipe im trying to come up with a treat for boyscouts 6yr olds that they can do at thier meeting the meeting only lasts an hour lol

· Oct 31 · #9915

Roxanne says:

I make this for my friends who are turning 50, using gummy worms, and get "Older Than Dirt" plates and napkins, etc. They love it! and it tastes good too! I make it in a throw away pan, setting it in a toy wheelbarrow, and serve it with a toy trowel.

· Oct 31 · #9852

Erin says:

This year for Halloween, I threw in a few (washed) plastic skulls and bones. The kids loved finding them! I also used the oreos as headstones.

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