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Sand Cake Recipe

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Sand Cake is a great sweet treat or after school snack for children. The layered dessert has a pudding layer and a crushed cookie layer.

Beach-themed-Sand-Cake

To celebrate back to school, I teamed up with #CollectiveBias and #AddCoolWhip. Children are always hungry as soon as they get home and want an after school snack. An easy kid dessert I make for my family is Sand Cake, which is my twist on dirt cake.

Cool Whip at Walmart #shop #AddCoolWhipI went to Walmart to pick up a few of the ingredients to make the Sand Cake. I even had coupons (while supplies last) for a $1 off a container of Cool Whip and $1 off two boxes of Jello pudding to use. I like to use lemon pudding in our Sand Cake but you could substitute vanilla pudding instead.

Cool Whip and Jello Pudding #shop #AddCoolWhip

First thing, I had to do was let the Cool Whip thaw out in my fridge until I was ready to use it the next day.

Cool Whip #shop #AddCoolWhip

Sand Cake is very easy to make and kids can even help with mixing. In a large bowl, I whisked the Jello pudding mix and milk for 5 minutes until it was soft set. Then I added the Cool Whip to the pudding mixture.

Pudding Mixture for Sand Cake #shop #AddCoolWhip

In another bowl, I creamed together the softened butter and cream cheese. I added the the pudding mixture to it. Then I sat the bowl to the side until I am ready to assemble the Sand Cake. For the cookie part, I used my generic bullet style blender to chop up the cookies until they resembled sand. I then layer the pudding mixture and the cookie crumbs into a big clear bowl or little cups, making sure there are extra crumbs around the sides. I also like to decorate the dessert with teddy bear snacks and umbrellas for a fun beach theme that kids love.

Sand-Cake

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Sand Cake
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Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 8
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • 2 (3.9 oz) packages of Jello instant lemon pudding mix
  • 3½ cups milk
  • 8 oz. container of Cool Whip, thawed
  • 32 oz. box of golden cookies with cream
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, whisk together the pudding mix and milk for 5 minutes until soft set. Mix in the Cool Whip.
  2. In another large bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese. Mix in the pudding mixture.
  3. Chop cookies finely in a blender or food processor until they resemble sand.
  4. In a large clear bowl or serving cups, layer cookie crumbs and pudding mixture.
  5. Chill and Enjoy!
Notes
I used chocolate and honey teddy bear snacks and umbrellas for decoration.

 

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  1. plz i want to know. is it the whole of the cool whip and jello pudding in the container you used? also, can cookies be used as snack for deciration? Is the milk a powdered milk?

    • The Sand Cake is really good! I used two instant lemon pudding boxes with 3 1/2 cups regular milk. Then added the entire container of regular Cool Whip to the mixture.
      For the cookie part, I used Golden Oreos for the layers and teddy grahams for decoration on top.

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