Minnesota Halloween Dirt Cake

Creepy, crawly, and sinisterly sweet! This spooky dirt cake is sure to please your toughest critics (aka, your kids)!

Dirt cake has always been a Midwest staple for potlucks and family gatherings alike, and this Halloween we’re making a spooky version! It’s still the same classic recipe of a silky pudding mixture with a layer or two of crushed Oreo cookies to strike the perfect balance of crunchy and creamy. 

For this recipe, we opted for chocolate pudding to make it extra dirty but feel free to use vanilla if that’s your favorite flavor. Then to top it off, we used leftover cookies and a little icing to make dirt cake monsters to really set the scene. And no dirt cake would be complete without a handful of gummy worms and candy corn pumpkins! 

Minnesota Halloween Dirt Cake Recipe

Makes: 6 servings

Prep Time: 20 min

Chill Time: 60 min

Ingredients

• 25-30 Oreo cookies
• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup powdered sugar
• 1 ¾ cups cold milk
• 1 package instant chocolate pudding (3.4 oz)
• 1 cup whipped topping (like Coolwhip)
• Extra Oreos, green icing, candy eyes, and gummy worms, to decorate

Instructions

1. Add the Oreo cookies to a food processor and pulse until you have a sandy mixture. Set aside. 
2. In a large bowl beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. In another bowl, whisk the milk and pudding mix for about 2 minutes, then let stand until soft set. Gently fold the cream cheese mixture into the pudding, followed by the whipped topping. 
3. Spread the pudding mix into the Minnesota dish, top with the crushed Oreos, and gently press it into an even layer. Refrigerate for 1 hour before decorating with gummy worms, candy pumpkins, or Oreo monsters!

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