Dirt cups are amazingly easy to make and adorable layered desserts which has chocolate pudding layer topped with OREO crumbs and gummy creatures on top.
These Halloween themed dirt pudding cups are great last minute treat for the spooky night!
Dirt Cups
Halloween treats to me have to be “creepy” and “cute”. Whether you love you Halloween sweet treats to be spooky or cute, these dirt pudding cups topped with gummy creatures is perfect for you. And these are great option for last minute Halloween party treats.
Everyone kids and adults will love these layered dessert cups. What’s not to love about them! My kids adore gummy candy creatures. Chocolate pudding layers and OREO crumb on top! It’s so much fun! And did we mention how easy it is to make these treats?!
If you are looking for creative and fun treats, not just for Halloween but any party you’ll definitely want to save this dirt cup recipe.
It’s easy to customize and create your own treats according to the party theme. Your boy wants to have a dinosaur themed birthday party, make these dirt dessert cups and top it with dinosaur creatures.
Looking for easy and creative football or super bowl themed treats? Layer pudding cups with Oreo crumbs, pudding mix, top it with green colored whipping cream with foot ball themed cookies on top.
It’s as simple as that!
What Goes In a Dirt Cup?
The best part about chocolate pudding dirt cup is it only needs 5 ingredients. You can whip up dozens of these desserts cups in less than 10 minutes with your kids.
You’ll need-
- Chocolate pudding mix
- Chilled milk
- Cool whip
- OREO cookies
- And gummy creature!
Mix chocolate pudding mix with chilled milk. Stir in cool whip. Crumble OREO cookies. And start layering!
The creative options are endless. Use your creativity. You can keep is adorable with gummy worms or make it scary graveyard with scary Halloween candies. Choice is yours!
Topping Options For Chocolate Pudding Dirt Cup
Gummy Candy – All and any gummy candies can be used. Gummy bears, gummy worms, crocodile shaped gummies, Swedish fish.
Cookies – Milano cookies dipped in black chocolate melts to resemble graveyard stones.
Animal shaped crackers.
Peanuts butter cups crumbled.
Toffees and candy confetti.
The options can be limitless.
How To Make Halloween Dirt Cups
To make it easy, we are using store bought pudding mix(JELLO-O mix are great) and cool whip. If you have time, feel free to make your own chocolate pudding mix and use homemade whipping cream instead of cool whip using heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar. Beat heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar in hand blender until stiff peaks form, will hardly take 5 minutes.
Thaw frozen cool whip in refrigerator previous night.
STEP 1 : Beat pudding mix with chilled milk until combined.
STEP 2 : Fold in cool whip into pudding.
STEP 3 : Crumble OREO cookies in food processor. Alternatively you can also place cookies in zip lock bags and run rolling pin over it to crumble.
Step 4 : Now start assembling the dessert cups. Into pudding cups, add chocolate pudding.
STEP 5 : Then layer it with OREO crumbs. You can make one layer of each or make multiple layers of pudding and cookie crumb, up to you.
Step 6 : Finally top it with gummy candies.
These pudding cups are best served chilled.
Can I Make Dirt Pudding Cups Ahead?
The pudding cups are great make ahead desserts. If at all you want to make ahead. Just saying, because to whip up pudding using instant mix takes literally 5 minutes. So if you ask me why should I make the ahead? It is the fact pudding tastes better when chilled, so you want to make it ahead.
But be sure to add the cookie crumb just before serving. Once assembled cookie crumb will soften. It’s better to store just the pudding in refrigerator for a day or two. Keep your cookie crumb in zip lock bags at room temperature.
When ready to serve, sprinkle cookie crumb on top of the chilled pudding, top with Halloween candies and serve.
Variations and Substitutions for Dirt Cup Recipe
You can use vanilla wafers, vanilla pudding or even cream cheese pudding in place of chocolate pudding.
Adding golden OREO sand (or crumb) is another option to make brownish dirt cake cups.
Gummy candies can be replaces with chocolate (theme colored chocolate melts) cookies like Milano. You can use pretzels sticks too.
To make adult version of dirt cup, add in alcohol to chocolate pudding mix stir in alcohol. The best options would be baileys, Kahlua, Amaretto or even Grand Marnier.
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Dirt Cups
Ingredients
- 1 pack 3.9oz Jello-O Chocolate Pudding Mix
- 2 cup cold milk measure milk as per packet instructions
- ½ cup cool whip
- 15 OREO cookies crushed (about 1 ½ cups to be divided)
- 12 Gummy worms
Instructions
- Thaw frozen cool whip in refrigerator previous night(if frozen).
- Beat pudding mix with chilled milk until combined.
- Fold in cool whip into pudding.
- Crumble OREO cookies in food processor. Alternatively you can also place cookies in zip lock bags and run rolling pin over it to crumble.
- Now start assembling the dessert cups.
- Into pudding cups, add chocolate pudding.
- Then layer it with OREO crumbs.
- You can make one layer of each or make multiple layers of pudding and cookie crumb, up to you.
- Finally top it with gummy candies.
- These pudding cups are best served chilled.
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Patti
This is one of my family’s traditional Halloween desserts which we serve after we come home from Trick or Treating. We usually throw it into a 9X13 pan and decorate it with cookies to make a graveyard, but I really like the idea of having it in cups instead. Cups create some portion control, and it makes it so much easier to serve because each person can just grab their own. Great idea.
jyothirajesh
Thank you Patti
Marisa F. Stewart
What an adorable idea. My youngest grandson would love these dirt cups. This is the first Halloween I’ll be with him and I’m making these cups as a surprise. I’m going to have to go out and find a gummy worm.
jyothirajesh
Glad you liked it Marisa
Candice
These are adorable! Made them for my friends kiddos, and they thought they were the cutest, too. Such a great idea. Will be making them all month!
jyothirajesh
Glad you liked it Candice
Shelley
These really are adorable, and dirt cups are always such a hit! But what I especially loved were your ideas on how to customize these so you can enjoy them any time of year – not just at Halloween! Dinosaur birthday parties and football parties – those are such great ideas!
jyothirajesh
Thank you
Paula Montenegro
They look delicious in spite of the worms, haha! Easy and everyday ingredients make this recipe a perfect one for this Halloween. And having individual servings is super convenient.
jyothirajesh
Thank you Paula
Leanne
I make a version of these for Easter/Spring gatherings that use bunny shaped marshmallow peeps and gummy carrots. I really need to make these for Halloween later this week. My nephews would love them with those gummy worms!
jyothirajesh
Thank you
Kate
Wow this really brings me back, I remember having something like this when I was a kid. But I’ve never actually made this recipe myself! Now that I have kids of my own I’m going to have to make this recipe for them, I know they will love it!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Kate
Sara
I am absolutely crazy about these! It’s so easy to make, it’s so perfect and reminds me of my favorite treat as a kid! There’s something about the chocolate pudding mix and whipped topping that makes a delicious, light texture that goes down way too easily. Thank you for such a great recipe!
jyothirajesh
You are right Sara, pudding cups are absolute delight to eat.
Amy
What a fun treat! My kids are going g to love this! I love how creamy the pudding looks too. Thanks for the recipe I’m going to make it this Halloween!
jyothirajesh
thank you Amy
Natalie
What a lovely and fun idea. My kids will love this one. Maybe they can help me make these. What a fun indeed.
jyothirajesh
Thank you