Easter Dirt Cake Recipe (Kid Friendly!)

Don’t miss this Easter Dirt Cake Recipe! Fun for everyone, it tastes great, and is a quick and easy Easter recipe to whip up. Take a look!

Easy Dirt Cake Recipe for Easter

I found this recipe on Pinterest, and thought it would be so fun to make for Easter this year! 

This recipe is very simple to do, doesn’t take a lot of fancy ingredients, and is perfect as a kid treat for your Easter dinner.   In fact, it’s easy enough that your kiddo could even help make it with you.

Ingredients needed:

• Oreo cookies
• cream cheese
• butter
• powdered sugar
• vanilla
• cool whip topping
• instant chocolate pudding
• milk
• decorations for cake – edible grass, peeps, candy eggs

Have you seen all the crazy flavors of Peeps they have now?!  You could really jazz up this cake with some of those flavors – maybe a chocolate cake with Dr. Pepper peeps 🙂 

Here’s how to make dirt cake:

Start by crushing your cookies in a food processor and set aside.  Next, grab a large bowl and mix together your cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until smooth.

Mix in the powdered sugar and then fold in half of the whipped topping.  Pour that mixture into a 13×9 pan and chill for 10 minutes.

Combine milk and pudding mix, whisk until slightly thickened.  Chill in 10 minutes and fold in the remaining whipped topping.

Spread the pudding mixture on top of the cream cheese mixture, and then sprinkle with the oreo crumbs.

Decorate then however you’d like!  So fun! 🙂

If you have extra Peeps – maybe consider using Peeps for Easter decorating – it turns out SUPER cute!

Print Recipe

Easy Dirt Cake Recipe for Easter

Course: Dessert

Keyword: Easter Dessert, Easter Food Ideas, Easter Menu, Easy Easter Dessert

Ingredients

Easter Dirt Cake

• 7.25 oz Oreo Cookies Crushed
• 8 oz Cream Cheese Softened
• 1.2 cup Butter Softened
• 1 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 8 oz Cool Whip Topping Thawed, Divided in Half
• 2 boxes Instant Chocolate Pudding (3.4 oz sized boxes)
• 3 cups Milk Cold

Decorations For Cake

• Peeps
• Candy Eggs
• Edible Grass

Instructions

Easter Dirt Cake Instructions

• Crush the cookies in food processor, set aside
• In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth
• Mix in powdered sugar
• Fold in whipped topping
• Spread evenly in 13 x 9 pan
• Chill 10 minutes
• Combine milk and pudding, whisk until slight thickened
• Chill 10 minutes
• Fold in whipped topping
• Spread evenly on top of cream cheese mixture
• Sprinkle with Oreo crumbs
• Decorate with carrots, candy eggs, edible grass and Peeps

Carrot Making Instructions

• Color about 1/2 cup of frosting with orange coloring
• Add to decorator bag, fitted with a large round tip
• Add parchment paper to cookie sheet and pipe on carrots
• Add pieces of edible grass for carrot tops
• Freeze while you are making the dessert
• Remove from freezer when you are ready to decorate

Do you need more Easter menu recipe ideas? Download my free Easter Menu Plan and you don’t even have to think about what you’re going to make! 

Recipe adapted from The Semisweet Sisters.  Find even more family favorite recipes right over here!