Darlene's Dirt Cake

Darlene's dirt cake recipe uses crushed chocolate sandwich cookies, cream cheese, chocolate pudding mix, milk, frozen whipped topping, and gummi worms.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 289 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 cups milk
• 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 (20 ounce) package chocolate sandwich cookies with creme filling
• 2 (3.9 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
• 15 gummi worms
• 0.25 cup butter, softened

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place cookies in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until the consistency of fine crumbs. Set aside.

Step 2

Beat cream cheese, confectioners sugar, butter, and vanilla extract in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, then beat on medium speed until smooth. Add milk and pudding mix; beat on low speed until combined. Fold in whipped topping with a rubber spatula.

Step 3

Layer 1/3 cookie crumbs into an ungreased 9x13-inch baking pan; top with 1/2 pudding mixture, 1/3 more cookie crumbs, remaining 1/2 pudding mixture, and remaining 1/3 cookie crumbs.

Step 4

Tuck ends of gummi worms in cookie "dirt." Be sure to place a worm on each piece. Refrigerate before serving, at least 3 hours. Cut into 15 squares. (If serving in a clean flower pot or sand bucket, serve with a clean garden trowel or a toy sand shovel.) Store in the refrigerator.