These Halloween Dirt pudding cups are a fun and easy snack to make for the kids this Halloween season. A fun party treat for Halloween or an after-school snack for the kids. Or, let kids get creative in the kitchen decorating their graveyard pudding snacks.
Halloween Dirt Cups
This dirt cup is just as much fun to make and decorate as it is to eat.
If you are looking for fun and quick Halloween Treats to make then you might like my recipes for Oreo Cookie Witch Hats, Halloween Candy Bark, or Hocus Pocus Brownies
What I love about these Halloween Pudding Cups
- They are super easy to make Halloween desserts
- This Halloween snack is always a hit with the kids, teens, and adults
- It’s so easy to decorate, the kids can even help with this fun food craft for Halloween
Ingredients You’ll Need
- chocolate pudding mix – I used a small 3 oz. container and it made about 3 (9oz.) servings. You could split the servings up and get double the servings, or use a large box of pudding for more servings
- Milk – the milk should be cold. The cold temperature is what thickens the pudding mix
- Oreo Cookies – these will be placed in a blender to create the dirt
- Clear plastic or glass cups – 9 oz. or less
- Oval Cookies – this will be used for the grave in the graveyard
- Writing gel or icing in a writing tube. Other options would include dark frosting in a piping bag with a writing tip or edible markers. Any of these ideas would work and would be perfect for writing the word RIP on the tombstone
- Fun Halloween graveyard decorations like Halloween Peeps, Bone Shaped Sprinkles, Eyeball sprinkles for Halloween, Mellowcreme Pumpkins, and Gummy Worms
Equipment You’ll Need
- blender
- mixing bowl
- clear cups
- whisk
How to Make Dirt Cups for Halloween
In a medium mixing bowl, pour in the pudding mix
Add milk
Whisk together
Let the pudding set up – This will probably take about 5 minutes at room temperature
While the pudding is thickening, place about 20 Oreo cookies into a blender and blend until they are ground up
Spoon pudding into clear cups about halfway up, or 1/3 of the way up if you are trying to get more servings
Pour in some cookie dirt on top of the pudding
Create tombstones with Milano Cookies written with RIP on the top of the cookie using edible writing gel, icing, or edible markers
Insert tombstones into pudding cups
Add fun edible Halloween decorations and Halloween sprinkles to the top of your pudding cups
Suggestion for Graveyard Pudding Cup Decorations
Peeps Ghosts, Peeps Frankenstein Heads, or Peeps Sugar Skulls
Candy bone sprinkles
Halloween eye sprinkles
Pumpkin Mellowcreme candies – you can decorate these if you want with eyes and a mouth using black icing, or black writing gel
Gummie Worms
Expert Tips
Use clear cups so everyone can see the layers of pudding and cookie
Use pre-made pudding cups for an extra quick shortcut
Variations
Easily change the flavor of this dessert by using flavored Milano cookies like orange filled or mint
Add espresso or flavored extracts to the pudding mix for an even tastier treat
Add a fruit layer in the cup-like sliced strawberries or sliced oranges
What to serve with Pudding Dirt Cups
- whipped topping
- sliced fruit
- milk
Dirt cups can be stored tightly wrapped with clear wrap in the fridge for up to 3 days. Add candy toppings the day of serving
Pudding dirt cups are typically a layer of chocolate pudding and a layer of crushed Oreo cookies. Usually a gummy worm is inserted into the top
Storing and Make Ahead
Store pudding cups tightly sealed in the refrigerator for up to three days. Do not add candy or sprinkles to the top of the dirt cup until the day of serving
Make-Ahead – You can make the pudding up to 5 days in advance and layer it with the cookies up to three days in advance
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Serving Size
The serving size for this recipe is about 3 (9 oz.) cups if the pudding is filled most of the way to the top, or 6 (9 oz.) cups if the pudding is only filled 1/3 of the way up
Use a larger box of pudding mix for more servings
Double the recipe for more
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How to Make Halloween Dirt Cups for the Kids
Halloween Dirt Cups
Equipment
- blender
- mixing bowl
- whisk
Ingredients
- 1 3 oz. chocolate pudding mix
- 2 cups 2% milk or whole – cold
- 20 Oreo Cookies
- 3 Milano Cookies
- ½ tsp. black icing gel
Optional Graveyard Decorations
- 3 gummy worms
- Peeps ghosts
- bone sprinkles
- 2 pumpkin mellowcreme candy
- candy eyes
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, pour in the pudding
- Add milk
- Whisk together
- Let the pudding set up – This will probably take about 5 minutes at room temperature
- While the pudding is thickening, place about 20 Oreo cookies into a blender and blend until they are ground up
- Spoon pudding into clear cups about halfway up, or 1/3 of the way up if you are trying to get more servings
- Pour in some cookie dirt on top of the pudding
- Create tombstones with Milano Cookies written with RIP on the top of the cookie using edible writing gel, icing, or edible markers
- Insert gravestone cookies into pudding cups
- Add fun edible Halloween decorations and Halloween sprinkles to the top of your pudding cups like gummy worms and Halloween Peeps
- To make the Jack-O-Lantern candy, simply use writing gel or icing to make eyes and a mouth to the pumpkin candy
