Easter Dirt Cake is my kids favorite of all our Easter treats! Dirt cake for Easter may even be cuter than our Halloween version, what do you think?
Is it just my kids or does every child feel like it is ridiculously fun to eat “dirt?” My kids love our traditional dirt cake so much that I decided to switch it up and make a fun Easter dirt cake version with peeps and cadbury eggs instead of the traditional gummy worms.
Easter Dirt Cake
Suffice it to say, it was a HUGE hit and we have been making it for years now with rave reviews.
If this isn’t your thing though, we have tons of other yummy easter treats you are sure to love. Try our bunny tail cookies, our easy Cadbury Mini Egg Brownies, or our ever popular White Chocolate Cadbury Covered Oreos.
Or check out our entire Easter gallery for lots of other fun treats and ideas.
But back to the star of the show…
Dirt Cake for Easter
Made just like a regular dirt cake, but with a secret ingredient in my cream cheese layer that takes this recipe over the top. You ready for the easy step by step pictorial?
Top Left – Prepare your pudding according to package directions and place in fridge to set. Crumble your chocolate cookies using a food processor and spread evenly along the bottom of a 9×13 pan.
Top Right – Spread pudding evenly over the chocolate cookie layer.
Bottom Left – In a separate bowl combine your sweetened condensed milk, cool whip and softened cream cheese and beat until smooth. Add in a few drops of green food coloring. Spread evenly over pudding layer.
Bottom Right – Now crumble your white sandwich cookies using a food processor, then stir in food coloring until crumbs reach your desired color. Garnish with Cadbury mini eggs and Peeps. Let chill in the fridge for at least 15 minutes or until ready to serve.
This Easter cake is super rich too, so you really only need a little bit to curb that sweet craving.
How to Make Easter Dirt Cake
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Easter Dirt Cake
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Equipment
- food processor
Ingredients
- 1 5.1 oz Box Instant Chocolate Pudding
- 3 Cups Milk
- 25 Vanilla Sandwich Cookies
- 25 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- 8 oz Cream Cheese Softened
- 1 14 oz Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 8 oz Cool Whip
- Green Food Coloring
- Cadbury Mini Eggs For Decorating
- Marshmallow Peeps For Decorating
Instructions
- Prepare pudding according to package directions and place in the fridge to set.
- Process chocolate cookies in a food processor and spread evenly on the bottom of a 9×13 pan. Spread pudding evenly on top of the chocolate cookie layer.
- In a separate bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, cool whip and cream cheese. Beat until smooth. Add a few drops of green food coloring. (This will be the grass layer.) Smooth cream cheese mixture over pudding layer.
- Crush white sandwich cookies in food processor until crumbs and then toss with green food coloring until it matches the color of the cream cheese mixture. Then spread over Cool Whip layer.
- Chill this dessert in the fridge for 15 minutes or until ready to serve.
- Garnish with Cadbury eggs and Peeps (the kids will love helping with this part!)
Notes
Nutrition
Happy Easter friends!
xo,
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Also, how cute are these naturally dyed Easter eggs our friend Anna made in the instant pot?
This post was originally published March 26th, 2014 and has been updated.
Yummiest and cutest dessert!
This is my grandchildren’s favorite treat. They love that it’s green and brown, and they think it’s so fun to find the eggs in their treat!
My mom used to make dirt cups… I love the idea of switching the worms out!
this looks super cute. My kiddos would love it
Aw thanks Vanessa! That means a lot coming from you!
I remember having dirt cake before, but I could never find the right recipe to replicate it. I’ll try yours out and see if it’s the same. Yours looks great with the crushed cookie topping!