Darlene's Dirt Cake
Description
Darlene's dirt cake recipe uses crushed chocolate sandwich cookies, cream cheese, chocolate pudding mix, milk, frozen whipped topping, and gummi worms.
Ingredients
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1 (20 ounce) package chocolate sandwich cookies with creme filling
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
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1 cup confectioners' sugar
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1/4 cup butter, softened
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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3 cups milk
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2 (3 9/10 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
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1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
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15 gummi worms
Directions
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Place cookies in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until the consistency of fine crumbs. Set aside.
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Beat cream cheese, confectioners sugar, butter, and vanilla extract in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, then beat on medium speed until smooth. Add milk and pudding mix; beat on low speed until combined. Fold in whipped topping with a rubber spatula.
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Layer 1/3 cookie crumbs into an ungreased 9x13-inch baking pan; top with 1/2 pudding mixture, 1/3 more cookie crumbs, remaining 1/2 pudding mixture, and remaining 1/3 cookie crumbs.
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Tuck ends of gummi worms in cookie "dirt." Be sure to place a worm on each piece. Refrigerate before serving, at least 3 hours. Cut into 15 squares. (If serving in a clean flower pot or sand bucket, serve with a clean garden trowel or a toy sand shovel.) Store in the refrigerator.