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Dirt Cake I

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Dirt Cake I

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"This is a great conversation piece at parties. Adults love it as much as the children do. Get a new garden trowel, medium sized flower pot and artificial flower at a craft store for full effect." — Tammy Hooper

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Original recipe makes 1 medium size flower pot Change Servings

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 (3.5 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix

3 1/2 cups milk
1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
32 ounces chocolate sandwich cookies with creme filling

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Directions

Chop cookies very fine in food processor. The white cream will disappear.
Mix butter, cream cheese, and sugar in bowl.
In a large bowl mix milk, pudding and whipped topping together.
Combine pudding mixture and cream mixture together.
Layer in flower pot, starting with cookies then cream mixture. Repeat layers.
Chill until ready to serve.
Add artificial flower and trowel. Enjoy!

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Most Helpful Positive Review

Dec 11, 2005

i have made this before but without confectioners' sugar and i mix my milk and pudding before adding the cool whip (otherwise the pudding mix lumps up)...Variations of this are a Halloween dirk cake: use Nilla wafers to make tomb stones and write on them with decorating gel, orange food coloring for cream mix, marshmellow ghosts and so on...Chrismtas dirk cake: use mint flavored oreos, use a glass dish for serving and line the sides with 2 inch candy canes, crush candy canes and sprinkle on top layer, marshmellos make perfect snowmen

—MELISAWARREN

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Most Helpful Critical Review

May 04, 2009

This recipe was okay but could use a couple of tweaks, which is why I rated it three stars. I followed the instructions, but I halved the recipe because other reviewers stated it made a lot. There were WAYYYY too many cookie crumbs and it was sickeningly sweet ( and I'm not usually one to complain about sweetness). Anyways, I recommend using half the cookies. Also, try using chocolate pudding, as this is how "real" dirt cake should be made. Forget about the butter all together, you don't need it for taste at all. All it does is give the cream cheese a thinner consistency once its blended in. So to achieve that, just throw in 2 extra tablespoons of milk instead of the butter. You should also omit the powdered sugar unless you want your cake to be extremely sweet . The pudding and whipped topping are sweet enough by themselves. adding the plain cream cheese balances the taste of the pudding mixture and gives it the perfect sweetness. It's a bummer when you try a recipe with great ratings and end up disappointed with the results. I hope this review helps. (no offense to who-ever submitted the recipe, just giving my honest opinion :)

—frenchy

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Nov 05, 2003

I made these for my daughter's kindergarten class and they turned out great - and tasty! We made this in individual plastic cups for each child and placed a worm in each one. My daughter made paper flowers out of construction paper and we taped them on the handles of green plastic spoons. Then we stuck the spoons down into the dirt, so the flower did double duty as the spoon. I can't wait for the occasion to make them again. UPDATE - We made these for her Halloween party and set Marshmallow (Peeps brand) ghosts on top. The kids loved them!

—MOMOFCASSIE

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Aug 27, 2005

I made this dirt cake for a friend's birthday & he thought I was bringing him a plant as I had a bunch of silk sunflowers stuck in the top. I also added gummy worms, some hung over the side and others coming out of the dirt(cookie crumbs). I used about 5 gummy worms. This time I am going to put some in the mixture between layers. It was a big hit. My pot measured 7" deep by 9" across, a little narrower on the botton, perfect size.

—SUEH48

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Apr 07, 2006

Yum! I left the butter out when I made this- it just didn't seem necessary. The first time I made it I put it in a galvanized flower pot with artificial flowers and gummy worms on top. The second time I did it for a Halloween party and put it in a wide-rimmed glass bowl. I did a whole graveyard scene on top with Milano cookies as gravemarkers, with RIP written in black frosting.

—JODILICIOUS

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Jul 25, 2004

I have been making this for years! I always get compliments and everyone always asks for the recipe! No one ever knows that you can eat it until i go over and spoon it out! I use 2 tubs of cool whip, no sugar, 3tbs butter/margeine and a larger flower pot! And i only use Oreo's. The other cookies don't give it the best flavor. For pool and beach theme parties i use the opposite. Vanilla cookies and chocolate pudding. To make it look like sand. I use shells on top,(you can buy in any craft store)in a sand bucket with a shovel! But the dirt way is the best way!

—RENEESM

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Jul 15, 2006

This is great as is! For a summer version of Sand use Golden Sandwich Cookies.

—Syndee

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Jun 16, 2008

loved it! I used an 8 inch plastic flower pot. Came out perfect. The pot has holes inside, so I lined the inside with aluminum foil. The best way to do so is to turn the pot upside down, place the foil on top, and press it to take the shape of the bottom of the pot. Remove the foil, and turn the pot right side up, and place the pot shaped foil inside...Also, I made my own whipped cream to not make it too sweet, and still came out really sweet.Next time, I will not add any sugar in the whipped cream. But really delicious, everyone was surprised! Update,06/16/2008: It's been three yrs now, that I make this cake for father's day. This time, I used chocolate pudding, and added no sugar to the cream that I whipped. My mom did not like the salty taste from the cheese,and did not care for the sandy texture of the oreos inside, so I used mascarpone cheese instead of cream cheese, and soaked the oreo cookies for a couple seconds in milk, and added them whole to make the layers. I only crumbled some for the top, for the dirt effect. What an improvement! So creamy and delish! My mom loooved it, yippy!! From now on, I will only use mascarpone for this recipe! And kep the cookies whole(about 2 pkgs of cookies.)

—MARIAM

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Nutrition

Calories
827 kcal
41%

Carbohydrates
101.5 g
33%

Cholesterol
56 mg
19%

Fat
44.6 g
69%

Fiber
2.7 g
11%

Protein
9.9 g
20%

Sodium
896 mg
36%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Dirt Cake I

Serving Size: 1/10 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 827
Calories from Fat: 402

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 44.6g 69 %
Saturated Fat 22.5g 113 %
Cholesterol 56mg 19 %
Sodium 896mg 36 %
Potassium 336mg 9 %
Total Carbohydrates 101.5g 33 %
Dietary Fiber 2.7g 11 %
Protein 9.9g 20 %
Sugars 69.2g
Vitamin A 16 %
Vitamin C < 1 %
Calcium 18 %
Iron 39 %
Thiamin 11 %
Niacin 34 %
Vitamin B6 3 %
Magnesium 20 %
Folate 31 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.