Oreo Dirt Cake Recipe

Individual cup with prepared Oreo dirt cake inside.

Get ready to have some fun with your kids with this fun Oreo Dirt Cake Recipe. A great no-bake recipe that resembles the layers of dirt, topped with tasty gummy worms.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Dirt Cake, Dirt Cake Cups, Oreo Dirt Cake Recipe

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 0

Chill 3

Total Time 3 20

Servings people

Calories 285kcal

Author Jennifer

Equipment

Medium Mixing Bowl
Electric Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer
Glass serving bowl

Ingredients

3 ½ cups milk
2 packages Jello vanilla instant pudding 3.4 ounce packages
1 package Oreo cookies 18.7 oz package, (I like to use double stuffed Oreo)
½ cup butter room temperature
1 8 oz. cream cheese room temperature
¼ cup powdered sugar
1 8 oz. tub Cool Whip thawed in the refrigerator
Gummy worms or gummer bears

Instructions

Crush the Oreos:

Place all the Oreos in a gallon-size ziplock bag.
Using a rolling pin or your hands, crush the Oreos until crushed up but not to crumbs, you still want the Oreos to be “intact” but just smaller pieces.
You could also cut each Oreo cookie with a knife.
Set aside.

Make the pudding:

In a medium bowl, whisk together milk and pudding. Set aside in the refrigerator to solidify.
Using a stand mixer or a hand-held electric mixer in a large bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese. Beat until well combined & smooth.
Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
Add the pudding (make sure the pudding is set) to the cream cheese mixture and beat on low speed until combined.
Fold in cool whip.

Assemble:

Layer the pudding mixture and cookies. Start by pouring 2 cups of pudding mixture into the bottom of a trifle dish and spread it until level.
Sprinkle ½ cup chopped Oreo cookies evenly over the pudding.
Repeat using 2 cups of pudding, and ½ cup chopped Oreo cookies crumbs for each layer.
The last layer should be chopped Oreo cookies. Add gummy worms/bears to the top.
Refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight before serving.

Notes

Use crushed Oreos. Crushed Oreos make up the "dirt" in dirt cake, so be sure to crush them into fine crumbs to get the full effect. I like to have varying sizes of crushed Oreos.
Layer the ingredients. It's really important to layer the cake. You want at least 3 layers of each ingredient. Try to use a clear serving bowl so you can see all those fun layers.
Cream Cheese Mixture. The creamy filling typically consists of butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, Cool Whip, and pudding to give a fluffier and thicker texture than just traditional pudding. It also makes it taste 10 times better!
Chill before serving. I know it may be tempting to serve right away, but it's super important to let the cake chill before serving. It helps form the dirt cake and have a just right texture, plus it helps the flavor blend together.
Cups. Instead of making this one big cake, you can also make individual dirt cake cups. This is great for kid's parties.
Gummy Worms. What's dirt cake cups without gummy worms on top? Your kids will love the added gummy worm look!

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