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Oreo Easter dirt cake is a creamy and delicious dessert filled with Oreos, pudding, and Cool Whip. Everyone will love to decorate and eat it!
We love this holiday version of our Dirt Cake Recipe! For more Easter desserts, try Carrot Cake Cookies or Easter Basket Cookie Cups.
An Easter Dessert to Love!
Easter is one of our favorite holidays to gather with friends and family and to have some of our favorite recipes from Deviled Eggs to Carrot Cake – and of course Easter desserts!
Easter dirt cake takes our classic Dirt Cake and with a few additions, makes it an easy and delicious treat for Easter.
Why we love it:
- Quick prep. Easter dirt cake only takes about 15 minutes to make. It does need to chill and set in the fridge.
- Easy. It takes little work and the result is amazing.
- Delicious. If you like PEEPS and Oreos, you’ll love this Easter cake. The kids go nuts for it and adults do too!
Ingredients
- Oreos – new Oreo varieties come out during the holiday, change the flavor up based on which cookies you use. No need to remove the cream filling.
- cream cheese
- unsalted butter
- powdered sugar
- Cool Whip
- instant white chocolate pudding – Be sure to use INSTANT pudding as the cook-and-serve kind will not set. Instead of white chocolate, use instant vanilla pudding, instant white chocolate pudding, or instant chocolate pudding mix.
- milk – Use whole milk or 2% milk for the creamiest texture. If you use skim milk it may be runnier than desired.
- vanilla extract
- Easter candy PEEP bunnies, edible grass, candy Easter eggs, or instead of Easter candies add Carrot Chocolate Covered Strawberries.
- Oreo crumbs. Use a food processor to create the Oreo crumbs or place the Oreos in a Ziploc bag and crush them using a rolling pin. Create fine crumbs or more chunky crumbs.
Just Layer and Chill!
- OREO CRUST. Crush ⅔ package of Oreos and place it in the bottom of a 9×13 pan. Set aside.
- CREAM LAYER. Mix cream cheese and margarine (or butter) until smooth. Mix in powdered sugar and fold in whipped topping. Set aside.
- In a separate large bowl mix pudding, milk, and vanilla. Fold this mixture in with the cream cheese mixture. Pour over the crumb mixture.
- TOPPINGS. Sprinkle with the reserve crushed Oreos. Let set for a few hours and keep refrigerated until ready to serve. Top with marshmallow PEEPS, edible grass, and Easter-colored M&Ms right before serving.
Avoiding Runny Cream
- Ignore the box. Do not follow the pudding recipe on the box. Add both of the 3.4-ounce pudding powder packets to 3 cups of cold milk. Mix until it resembles a creamy pudding texture.
- Mixing. Don’t over-mix the cream layer or it can lose its creamy texture and become runny.
- Chilling. Keep the creamy center cold. If your kitchen is warm, place the metal mixing bowl in the freezer before making the recipe to help keep the ingredients chilled.
- Slightly soften. Do not let the butter or cream cheese soften too much and do not melt them.
Recipe Tips
- Individual servings. This dessert is baked in a 9×13 baking dish, but it can also be divided into individual-sized portions. Use 8 ounce plastic party cups, mini pie tins, or Dixie cups.
- Simply fill the smaller serving containers with the pudding mixture, sprinkle on the Oreos, and top with festive decorations. Be sure to have spoons available as well.
- Homemade grass. Use coconut to make edible grass:
- In a separate bowl add ⅛ cup to ¼ cup of shredded coconut, add 1-2 drops of green food coloring, and stir.
- Continue adding food coloring one drop at a time until you reach your desired color.
- Sprinkle the coconut grass pieces over the dirt cake.
Storing info
- Make ahead of time. Make this Peep Cake up to 24 hours in advance. Cover it with plastic wrap and store it in the refrigerator. Reserve the ⅓ Oreos (that you set aside in Step 1 in a Ziploc.
- To serve, add the Oreo layer on top and decorate with Easter toppings.
- STORE. Cover Easter Dirt Cake tightly with plastic wrap or foil and refrigerate for up to 3 days. The candies may need to be removed to do this.
- FREEZE. This dish can be frozen, but it does not thaw into its original state. For this reason, I do not recommend freezing it when you wish to make it ahead of time, only freeze leftovers.
- Remove any Easter candies and divide the leftovers into individual serving containers. Freeze for 1 month. Thaw on the counter and eat like ice cream.
For More Easter Sweets:
Easter Dirt Cake Recipe
Oreo Easter dirt cake is a creamy and delicious dessert filled with Oreos, pudding, and Cool Whip. Everyone will love to decorate and eat it!
Ingredients
- 1 (13.29-ounce) package Oreos
- 1 (8-ounce) bar Cream Cheese softened
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 (16-ounce) container Cool Whip or 16 oz. whipping cream
- 2 (3.4-ounce) boxes Instant White Chocolate or Vanilla Pudding Mix
- 3 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Easter candy PEEP bunnies, edible grass, candy Easter eggs
Instructions
- Crush ⅔ package of Oreos and place it in the bottom of a 9×13 pan. Set aside.
- Mix cream cheese and margarine (or butter) until smooth. Mix in powdered sugar and fold in whipped topping. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl mix pudding, milk, and vanilla. Fold this mixture in with the cream cheese mixture.
- Pour over the crumb mixture.
- Sprinkle with the reserve crushed Oreos. Let set for a few hours and keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
- Right before serving, top with bunny Peeps, edible grass, and Candy Easter Eggs.
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Nutrition
Calories: 383kcal, Carbohydrates: 54g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 17g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 26mg, Sodium: 369mg, Potassium: 164mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 41g, Vitamin A: 335IU, Calcium: 80mg, Iron: 3.3mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I love your dirt cake. You have inspired me to make it for dessert for Easter this year. Thanks for sharing. Jnetti
Thank you and we love to make it year round, just not adding the Easter treats. It’s a hit anytime of the year for us!!
It would be amazing for Halloween too! W dark chocolate pudding and fun scary toppers! 🙂
Yes..I’ve done a Halloween one! So many ways to change it up. Thank you!
I found my grass in the Easter candy section at Walgreens if that helps anyone. The only issue was that it was flavored and green happens to be green apple. I think with so little it won’t be too overpowering though. I also know the Joann Fabrics by house carries it.
My cream cheese mixture came out kinda runny. 🙁 I mixed everything together and went to pour it on the crushed oreos and it was runny and not thick like in the pic above. Wonder what I did wrong?!
Can I make two days before serving without it getting runny!
Not sure what happened. Did you melt the butter? You mix the softened cream cheese and softened butter, then mix in the powdered sugar and fold in whipped topping. Also, you mix the pudding mix with the vanilla and milk. Some make the pudding, then add the milk and vanilla, which would make it runny. I hope that helps. Let me know if you try it again!
I can’t wait to make this for my family for Easter! Thank you for the coconut grass tip. Happy Easter!
I love all the reciep i see on here
I would eat that sans peeps! smile emoticon
Do you have to use the cream cheese?? I hate cream cheese.
No, you do not but it makes the mixture more creamy and thick.
Is there something else you can use besides cream cheese? My family isn’t too big on cream cheese.
You can omit the cream cheese and make it more fluffy with the Cool Whip. 😉
Can I use any kind of pudding ie sugar free to make this lesser calories?
Yes, you could!
Yogurt?
Hi, could you tell me what is the grass?
You could also use coconut colored with green food coloring. 😉
Hi, Can you please tell me what the “grass” is. Thanks.
I was wondering the same thing.
Where do you find edible grass?
I found the edible grass at Party City
Thanks Kris!
It’s edible grass you can get it in stores here the Easter displays are.
Yes, it is edible grass candy. You can find it at most stores in the Easter section. 😉
You can make it with shredded coconut and food coloring. I mixed the two and spread it on a large baking sheet to dry. It turned out great!
Thank you Kristyn and have a great day and week!
You too, Liz!!