Easy Halloween Dirt Cups
You will love this easy Halloween Dirt Cups recipe! The Oreo, pudding, and cream cheese layers make these taste BEYOND amazing!
If you know me at all you know I love making themed food! I love any excuse for a celebration, and my favorite way to celebrate is with food! I made these adorable little dirt cups for Halloween and my kids were OBSESSED with them to say the least!
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Halloween Dirt Cups
They totally don't have to be Halloween dirt cups, though. My kids are happy to eat dirt cups year-round, and they can easily be made without the cute little pumpkins if they are not in season by subbing for gummy worms or just omitting them altogether.
What are dirt cups?
Most people think of dirt cups as pudding layered cookie crumbs and gummy worms. While those are yummy in and of itself, these kicked-up Halloween dirt cups definitely take things to the next level!
The cream-cheese layer is pure HEAVEN, and everywhere I take them people beg me for the recipe because they are just that much better than the regular variety.
The kids had so much fun helping me come up with names and dates to put on the adorable little tombstone cookies! Of course those are totally optional too though, and can be left off if you want to make this recipe even quicker.
You might also like our friend Brianne's spin on this - Worms & Dirt Cookies!
Halloween Dirt Cup Recipe
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Halloween Dirt Cups
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Ingredients
- 1 large box instant chocolate pudding mix
- 3 cups milk
- 1 package Oreo cookies
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 8 oz cool whip
- black food coloring
- milano cookies
- edible black marker
- gummy worms and pumpkin candies
Instructions
- Mix your pudding box with milk and and set in the fridge to set.
- Process your Oreos in a food processor and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, cool whip and cream cheese and beat until smooth. Add a few drops of black food coloring to make a grey layer.
- Set out cups and put a scoop of Oreo crumb on the bottom of each. Then add a pudding layer, then a cream cheese layer, then more Oreo crumbs on top.
- Write names and dates on your tombstone cookies and stick them in cups. Garnish cups with gummy worms and candy corn pumpkins. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Perfect for any Halloween party or gathering! I hope your little ones love these as much as mine did!
xo,
This post was originally published on October 8th, 2018 and has been updated with more detailed text.
Made these this past weekend for a Halloween-themed get together which involved 8 people - 4 of which were children! These were the perfect little treat for after lunch! Think I could find actual pumpkin candies though, nope! So I made my own with the Tootsie Roll fruit rolls. Used orange ones that i cut in half and shaped and then a green one chopped smaller for the stem! They were perfect!
Oh my gosh you went above and beyond!! So glad you loved them. Thanks for sharing Kelly
these look so YUMMY! my toddlers and I are always looking for recipes to try out! these are perfect!
Yay! Thanks so much Jocelyn! I hope you love them.
Ok my office did not like the gray mixture at all. Not a fan. But its cute !
Oh my, such an adorable idea!! My kids would love these!!!
Thank you so much!
OMG such an adorable idea! My kids are going to love these!
Yay!! Thank you so much!
Sooo cute and so yummy!!
Thank you so much!
these looks super fun! perfect for a halloween party!
Totally! Thank you so much!
These are too cute!