Halloween Dirt Cups
This no-bake, layered dessert is perfect for kids during the spooky season. They'll love seeing these pudding graveyards with fun toppings and mix-ins.
Servings: 10 people
Cost: $6
Equipment
- 1 refrigerator
- 1 Rolling Pin
- 10 plastic clear cups, 9oz size
Ingredients
- 1 box instant pudding, family size (5.9oz)
- 3 cups chilled milk I used whole
- 1 container cool whip (8oz size)
- 33 crushed oreos. One standard package
- 10 gummy worms
- 10 candy pumpkins
- 10 milano cookies
- 10 marshmallows
- 1 food safe pen
Instructions
- Start by combining your instant pudding mixture with your chilled milk in a bowl. Let sit for 4-5 minutes then stir again.
- Add your cool whip into your bowl and fold to combine. You can allow your cool whip to thaw for a few minutes to help the process along if you prefer!
- Put the combined pudding and cool whip into the refrigerator and allow to chill for 20-30 minutes. This is optional but does help it to combine a bit better.
- While your pudding is chilling, add your oreo cookies to a gallon sized ziploc baggie and crush with a rolling pin. You can use a food processor too...but this is way more fun!
- Next is the fun part! Begin layering your clear cup with pudding and crushed oreo cookies. I did 3 Tbsp of pudding, then 2 Tbsp of cookie crumbs. You can also just use a spoon and eyeball it, but I was hoping to give you an idea of how many this combination would make and I got 10 dirt cups.
- After you've built your pudding graveyard, it's time to decorate it! This is the best part for kids to help with. If you're planning to serve right away go ahead and decorate. But if you're going to be saving these for a party or an event later on, go ahead and get them in the fridge and decorate before your event so your candy doesn't harden. You could also prep the 'graveyards' and set out all the toppings so kids can decorate their own!
- My favorite tip around making these is to put each cup in a muffin tin. That will help you carry it to and from the fridge, as well as set it on a table to serve. These will stay good in the fridge for 2-3 days.
