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Halloween Pudding Cups

Halloween Pudding Cups are a twist to a classic dirt cup recipe. This recipe uses chocolate cake mix, Oreo cookies, creamy pudding that is colored with Halloween colors! This layered Halloween dessert is a must make for parties!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword halloween dirt cake recipe, halloween layered dessert, Halloween pudding cups
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Chill Time 2 hours
Total Time 3 hours
Servings 10 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 15.25 ounce box devils food cake
  • Water oil and eggs the box calls for
  • 2 3.4 ounce boxes white chocolate instant pudding
  • 4 cups cold milk
  • 8 ounces whipped topping
  • Neon green orange and purple food coloring
  • 1 ½ cups crushed oreo cookies
  • Milano cookies
  • Halloween candy and sprinkles for decor
  • 10 8 ounce clear buckets

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then prep a 9x13 baking dish. Set it aside.
  • In a large bowl add your cake mix, water, oil and eggs as directed on the cake mix box.
  • Pour into the baking dish and bake as directed on the box. Once the cake is fully cooled, place on a cooling rack to cool.
  • Slice the cake into bite size squares.
  • While the cake is cooling you will prepare the pudding. Add the pudding in a bowl with the cold milk and mix to thicken.
  • Once thickened separate into 3 bowls. Then add food coloring to each bowl to create as bright or mellow in colors as you want.

Assembling Halloween Pudding Cups

  • Place some cake in the bottom of the bucket.
  • Add in one color of the pudding on top.
  • Repeat and add more cake, and a different color of pudidng. Repeat until all colors of pudding are used.
  • Finsih the top off with Oreo cookie crumbs.
  • Cut the bottom of the Milano cookie off. Then use food coloring and paint R.I.P. on the cookie and stick on top of each bucket to mimic a tombstone.
  • Then you can add on candies, sprinkles, etc.
  • Refrigerate for 1 hour in a covered container. Then serve and enjoy.