Description
Delightful dirt cake celebrates childhood nostalgia with layers of crumbled cookies and creamy pudding. Chocolate-loving guests will savor this playful dessert that mimics a garden plot with chocolate cookie “soil” and pudding “mud”.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients needed on the box)
- 30 Oreos, crushed
- 12.8 oz (363 g) hot fudge
- 8 oz (227 g) Cool Whip, thawed
- 3.4 oz (96 g) chocolate instant pudding mix (for pudding layer)
- 1.75 cups (414 ml) milk (for pudding layer)
- 3.4 oz (96 g) chocolate instant pudding mix (for topping)
- 1.75 cups (414 ml) milk (for topping)
Instructions
- Cake Foundation: Craft the chocolate cake in a 9×13-inch baking pan following package instructions. Allow cake to rest and cool for 10 minutes post-baking.
- Flavor Infusion: Pierce cake surface with wooden spoon handle. Warm chocolate fudge sauce until fluid and pour methodically, ensuring sauce seeps into created punctures. Let cake reach complete room temperature.
- Pudding Layer One: Whisk instant chocolate pudding mix with cold milk until silky smooth. Distribute pudding evenly across cake surface before setting. Refrigerate for 20 minutes to stabilize.
- Creamy Assembly: Prepare second pudding batch, refrigerate briefly until slightly thickened. Fold whipped topping and most crushed chocolate sandwich cookies into pudding mixture. Spread creamy blend uniformly across chilled cake foundation.
- Final Presentation: Sprinkle remaining crushed cookies across top, creating rustic, textured covering. Chill until serving moment or serve immediately for maximum dessert enjoyment.
Notes
- Chill Wisely: Refrigerate the cake between layers to help pudding set properly and enhance flavor melding.
- Hole Technique: Poking holes allows sauce and pudding to penetrate deeply, creating a moist and rich dessert texture.
- Cookie Crumble Secret: Reserve some cookie crumbs for topping to add a delightful crunch and visual appeal.
- Room Temperature Magic: Let cake cool completely before adding layers to prevent soggy or runny consistency.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 32 g
- Sodium: 320 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 46 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg