No Bake Dirt Cake
Layers of crushed chocolate cookies and a creamy pudding and cream cheese filling, chilled until set.
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Electric mixer
- Zip bag and rolling pin
- Nine by thirteen dish
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 14 oz chocolate sandwich cookies about one package, crushed
- 4 oz instant vanilla pudding mix about one 3.4 ounce box
- 2 cup cold milk
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 8 oz whipped topping thawed
- ½ cup gummy worms optional, for decoration
Instructions
Cooking
- Crush. Crush the cookies into fine crumbs and reserve one cup.
- Cream. Beat the cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar until smooth.
- Pudding. Whisk the pudding mix and cold milk two minutes and fold into the cream cheese mixture.
- Fold. Fold in the whipped topping.
- Layer. Layer crumbs and filling in the dish, top with crumbs, and chill three hours.
Notes
Substitutions: Chocolate pudding replaces vanilla, and cheesecake pudding works too.
Tips: Soften the cream cheese and fold the topping gently.
Storage: Refrigerate for up to three days. Do not freeze.
Nutrition does not include the optional gummy worms.