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Easter Dirt Cake: an amazing no-bake dessert everyone will love

Total time: 15 Min + Refrigerating time
Difficulty: Low
Serves: 8 people
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Love Oreos? You'll adore this rich, chocolatey, creamy Easter dirt cake. It's made from a crushed Oreo cookie base, layered with a decadent chocolate pudding and cream cheese filling, then topped with more crushed Oreos, sprinkles, and chocolate Easter characters such as bunnies and chicks. This Easter dirt cake is a sensational dessert to offer loved ones this Easter holiday.

Crushed Oreo cookies give this phenomenal dessert its signature look, which is why it's known as dirt cake. Easter dirt cake is a no-bake recipe that you can prep in under 15 minutes. The hardest part? Waiting for the cake to set so you can dig in!

Tips for making the Best Easter Dirt Cake

Prefer vanilla? Use instant vanilla pudding instead of chocolate. You can use any flavor of instant pudding mix to put a unique, tasty spin on your Easter dirt cake. Butterscotch, banana, pistachio, dulce de leche, and strawberry would all be amazing in this cake.

Use room-temperature ingredients to make your Easter dirt cake.

Any type of milk works in this recipe if you prefer not to use regular whole milk.

Easter dirt cake can be made up to one day ahead of time.

You can also replace chocolate Easter characters with PEEP marshmallows.

How to Store Easter Dirt Cake

Store your cake in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days.

Ingredients

Oreo Cookies
1 15.5-ounce package
unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup
cream cheese, softened
1 8-ounce package
Powdered sugar
3/4 cup
Whole Milk
2 3/4 cups
instant chocolate pudding mix
2 3.4-ounce boxes
Cool whip
12 ounces
spring sprinkles, for garnish
1/2 cup
chocolate bunnies or chicks, for garnish

How to Make Easter Dirt Cake

Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Add the Oreo cookies in a food processor or blender, and grind into fine crumbs.

Press half of the crushed Oreos into the bottom of the pan. Set aside.

Beat the butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar until airy and light.

In asecond bowl, whisk the milk and instant chocolate pudding mix.

Mix well.

Add the pudding mix to the cream cheese mixture. Continue beating until completely smooth and combined.

Fold in the Cool Whip.

Mix until combined.

Pour the cake mix over the Oreo base.

Cover the top of the cake filling with the remaining crushed Oreos. Put the cake in the fridge to set for at least three hours.

Top with the sprinkles.

Add the chocolate bunnies or chicks.

Serve and enjoy!

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