By Allie
Are you looking for a spooky dessert for Halloween? Graveyard Dirt Cake Cups will be the perfect addition to your party table or as a fun treat for the kids.
While I was shopping, Ibrowsed through the Halloween section and sawsome neat edible decorations. I found little tombstones with bones that were meant to decorate cupcakes or cakes. As soon as I saw them, I knew they would go great on top of dirt cake. If you haven’t heard of dirt cake, it is a pudding mixture layered with crushed cookies served in a bowl or in cups. To go along with the graveyard theme, I used chocolate pudding and crushed chocolate cream-filled cookies to represent dirt. TheGraveyard Dirt Cake Cups are a quick, no bake dessert that is perfect for aHalloween party or as a fun treat for the kids.
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Graveyard Dirt Cake Cups
Author:Sugar, Spice and Family Life
Recipe type:Dessert
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Serves:8
Ingredients
- 2 (3.9 oz) packages of instant chocolate pudding mix
- 3½ cups milk
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 8 oz. container of frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 lb. 3 oz. family sized box of chocolate cream-filled cookies
- Edible tombstones and bones
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk together the pudding mix and milk for 5 minutes until soft set. Stir in the Cool Whip.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese. Mix in the pudding mixture.
- Chop cookies finely in a blender or food processor until they resemble dirt.
- In serving cups, layer cookie crumbs and pudding mixture.
- Store in refrigerator. Decorate with tombstones and bones when ready to serve.
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Miz Helen saysWhat an adorable treat! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day!
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Miz HelenThese are so cute! Thank you for sharing with us at Brag About It! Pinning!
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~Laurie- Salena Y says
I plan on making these with my daughter and neice. Was just wondering about what size your cups are?
- Allie says
I’m not sure the exact size I used but I recently bought plastic tumblers at Dollar General. They were located beside the plastic serving trays on the other side of the party supply aisle.
- Genie says
Cute!
- Melissa says
Hi, I’m going to be making the grave yard dessert however I am not doing it in seperate cups but 1 big bowl and I need help with ingredients what exact you would use.. I didn’t know how to reach you.. Please help
- Allie says
You can definitely make it in a big bowl instead of little cups. Just use the same process of layering but use the big bowl.
- Suzanne says
These are so cute! Perfect for Halloween!
- daraflower says
So cute! How far ahead of time can these be made?
- daraflower says
Just saw my question after I posted – please disregard. Thanks!!
- Shayna says
Hi! I’m not sure if you’re still checking these comments but these are super cute. Do you think I could make these ahead of time? If so how far ahead of time to make sure they don’t get too soggy? I have a party on Saturday and I’m trying to prep a little each day this week 🙂 thanks for sharing!
- Allie says
You can make them the night before the party 🙂
- Andrea says
What size cups did you use and where did you buy them
- Allie says
I bought the cups at Dollar General near the party supplies. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the size measurement.
- Espy says
How many cups come out of this recipe?
- Allie says
It can fill 8 plastic serving cups.
