Description
Graveyard dirt cake delights Halloween enthusiasts with spooky chocolate layers and cookie crumble. Creamy pudding and crushed Oreos create a haunting dessert perfect for seasonal celebrations you’ll want to devour at frightful gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake Base:
- 1 (15.25 ounces / 432 grams) chocolate cake mix
- Ingredients required to make the cake (as specified on cake mix package)
Pudding and Cream Layer:
- 1 (3.9 ounces / 110 grams) package instant chocolate pudding mix
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 (8 ounces / 226 grams) container Cool Whip, thawed
- 25 Oreo cookies, crushed
Decorative Toppings:
- Milano or Nutter Butter cookies for tombstones
- Assorted Halloween candy (gummy worms, candy pumpkins, marshmallow ghosts, candy bones)
- Melted chocolate for decorating
- Gel food coloring or edible markers
Instructions
- Craft the chocolate base by following package instructions in a 9×13 inch pan, ensuring thorough cooling to room temperature.
- Pulverize Oreo cookies using a food processor or by sealing in a resealable bag and crushing with a rolling pin until achieving a fine, sandy texture.
- Whisk instant pudding with milk and powdered sugar until smooth, then gently incorporate Cool Whip to create a light, airy filling with a creamy consistency.
- Evenly distribute the pudding mixture across the completely cooled chocolate cake, creating a uniform layer that covers the entire surface.
- Generously sprinkle the ground Oreo cookies over the pudding layer, mimicking the appearance of freshly disturbed earth or graveyard terrain.
- Transform the dessert into a spooky scene by strategically placing Halloween-themed candies and crafted cookie tombstones across the “dirt” surface.
- Enhance cookie tombstones by using melted chocolate and food coloring to add personalized details, names, or eerie designs that amplify the graveyard aesthetic.
Notes
- Crush cookies finely for an authentic dirt-like texture that mimics fresh soil.
- Chill the cake thoroughly before serving to help pudding layer set and enhance flavor blending.
- Swap traditional ingredients for dietary needs like using gluten-free Oreos or dairy-free whipped topping for allergen-friendly version.
- Create realistic graveyard effect by varying Oreo crumb sizes and adding edible rocks or chocolate pebbles for more depth.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg