Halloween Dirt Cups

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

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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