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, I browsed through the Halloween section and saw some 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. The Graveyard Dirt Cake Cups are a quick, no bake dessert that is perfect for a Halloween party or as a fun treat for the kids.
- 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
- 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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What an adorable treat! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day!
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Miz Helen
These are so cute! Thank you for sharing with us at Brag About It! Pinning!
I sure missed seeing your links each week! Hope you have a great week!
~Laurie
I plan on making these with my daughter and neice. Was just wondering about what size your cups are?
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.
Cute!
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
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.
These are so cute! Perfect for Halloween!
So cute! How far ahead of time can these be made?
Just saw my question after I posted – please disregard. Thanks!!
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!
You can make them the night before the party 🙂
What size cups did you use and where did you buy them
I bought the cups at Dollar General near the party supplies. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the size measurement.
How many cups come out of this recipe?
It can fill 8 plastic serving cups.