I love celebrating Halloween with this Halloween graveyard dessert (aka chocolate pudding dirt cake). It's creamy chocolate pudding, crushed cookies, and cute Halloween toppings-all the sweet, spooky fun without the stress. I might skip the costumes these days, but I would never skip this dessert. Or else…
Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year-haunted houses, candy, spooky movies, and all the fall vibes. It's also fun to incorporate the kiddos in making fun halloween activities, like this pudding dirt cake.
TL; DR Recipe Summary
- 👩🏼🍳 Prep Level: Easy
- ⏱️ Prep Time: 10 minutes
- 😋 Taste: Creamy, soft, chocolatey with slight crunch.
- 🍽️ Best Served With: This is a yummy post dinner/trick-or-treating snack, or serve with my frankenstein rice krispie treats and my mummy hot dogs.
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Trusted Tips and Reminders
- If you want to prep this recipe ahead of time, you can blend the cookie sandwiches the day before, then layer the pudding the next day. In my experience, the cookie crumbles get soft when they sit on the pudding for an extended amount of time, so the best bet would be to serve as fresh as possible.
- You can use vanilla pudding too with added food coloring to make it even more spooky (think deep red!)
- Add in other spooky features like spiders, bats, or witches brooms sticking out.
The Main Ingredients
- Pudding: I prefer the classic Kozy Shack chocolate pudding, but you can use just about any type or brand of pudding that suits your needs
- Crumbled Cookies: The typical chocolate cookie sandwich with creme inside is what I used here! Tossed in a food processor until it forms crumbs.
Be sure to check out the recipe card at the end of this post for more information about quantities, measurements, and specific cooking instructions.
Simple Swaps and Substitutions
- Pudding: There are so many different types of pudding out there now, so find the brand and flavor that works best for you. You can use a dairy-free version which will work just as well. If you don't like pudding, you can even use a chocolate greek yogurt, or mix in cocoa powder into regular greek yogurt.
- Cookies: I love Newman's Own gluten free cookie sandwiches for a GF option.
How to make this graveyard pudding dirt cake
Step 1: In a food processor, add in the chocolate cookie sandwiches and cover.
Step 2: Blend or pulse until the cookies become a fine crumble. Set aside.
Step 3: Take a medium-sized casserole dish/pyrex/glass tupperware and scoop 3-4 large tablespoons of pudding into the dish. With a spatula or the back of a spoon, spread the pudding evenly across the dish.
Step 4: Top with crumbled cookies. Add in the halloween decorations such as graveyard tombstones and creepy monster hands.
Graveyard Dirt Cake FAQs
If you wrap the dish in tight plastic wrap, or in the container with airtight seal, it will stay for 3-4 days. However, as I mentioned above, the cookie crumbles will soften, so be mindful if you want to prep ahead of time or if you don't mind having soggy crumbled cookies.
You can add in gummy worms, gummy spiders, or other types of candy items to make it more textured and fun.
Here are some other desserts to satisfy your sweet tooth:
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Halloween Graveyard (Chocolate Pudding Dirt Cake) Recipe
Equipment
- food processor
- glass or ceramic dish
- spatula
- spoon
Ingredients
- 10 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 1 cup chocolate pudding
Instructions
- In a food processor, add in the chocolate cookie sandwiches and cover. Blend or pulse until the cookies become a fine crumble. Set aside.
- Take a medium-sized casserole dish/pyrex/glass tupperware and scoop 3-4 large tablespoons of pudding into the dish.
- With a spatula or the back of a spoon, spread the pudding evenly across the dish. Top with crumbled cookies. Add in the halloween decorations such as graveyard tombstones and creepy monster hands.
- Add in the halloween decorations such as graveyard tombstones and creepy monster hands.
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