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Dirt Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1-1 1/4 lb. pkg. Oreo cookies
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 c. powdered sugar
3 c. milk
1 (12 oz.) tub Cool Whip (can use chocolate), thawed
2 (3 1/2 oz.) pkg. instant vanilla or chocolate pudding
1/2 tsp. vanilla
4 gummy worms and/or other critters
3 - 1/2 gal. sized ziploc bags
Directions:
Directions:
Place 1 row of Oreos into each ziploc bag.Crush Oreos. Put 1 bag of the crushed Oreos into a new, clean flower pot (or 9x13" baking pan). Set aside. Mix butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla together. Set aside. Combine milk and pudding mix. Fold Cool Whip into the pudding.
Fold together pudding mixture and butter/cream cheese mixture.
Layer this mixture (about 1/3 of it) onto the crumbled cookies in the pot. Next, add another layer of the pudding mixture, then another bag of cookie crumbs, continuing until all ingredients are used.
As you're layering the ingredients, decoratively place several gummy worms and critters in the "soil" so they will be seen emerging.
Chill in refrigerator for 3 to 4 hours before serving. Or at least for 1 hour.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
If you have a toy (clean) garden trowel, a plastic daisy, or some edible flowers, these can also be used creatively to embellish or fake people out.

 

 

 

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