Description
Springtime magic comes alive with Easter Dirt Cups, a playful dessert blending chocolate pudding, crushed cookies, and festive pastel candy decorations. Cute bunny peeps and chocolate eggs crown this whimsical treat that delights children and adults alike.
Ingredients
Scale
Easter Eggs and Main Ingredients:
- 1 package (3.9 ounces/110 grams) vanilla instant pudding mix
- 2 cups (480 milliliters) cold milk
- 1 package Oreo cookies
Decorative Ingredients:
- 1 container (8 ounces/226 grams) Cool Whip, thawed
- Shredded coconut
- Candy eggs (like mini egg candies)
- Peeps marshmallow chicks or bunnies
Coloring Ingredients:
- Food coloring (suggested: purple and pink)
- Food coloring for coconut
Instructions
- Whisk vanilla instant pudding mix with cold milk for 2 minutes, allowing the mixture to set for 5 minutes until slightly thickened.
- Separate pudding into two bowls, then tint one bowl purple and the other pink using food coloring, stirring until colors are uniform and pastel.
- Fold thawed Cool Whip into each colored pudding gently, creating a light, airy mousse-like consistency.
- Create a base layer in mason jars by sprinkling crushed Oreo cookies, then top with a layer of colored pudding.
- Continue building layers, alternating between crushed cookies and different colored pudding mixtures, ensuring each layer is evenly distributed.
- Refrigerate assembled desserts for 1 hour, allowing flavors to meld and texture to stabilize.
- Prepare green “grass” by placing shredded coconut in a sealed container, adding green food coloring and water, then shaking until coconut is evenly colored.
- Finish desserts immediately before serving by generously sprinkling green coconut on top and decorating with candy eggs and Peeps to create a festive Easter-themed presentation.
Notes
- Create vibrant colors by using gel food coloring for more intense, rich pastel shades that won’t water down the pudding mixture.
- Try different cookie bases like graham crackers or chocolate cookies to customize the texture and flavor profile of your dirt cups.
- Chill the serving glasses beforehand to help layers set more quickly and maintain crisp, defined color separation during assembly.
- Make these dirt cups ahead of time and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days, adding decorative toppings just before serving to keep them fresh and visually appealing.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 36 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg