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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.
Can you use regular salted butter?
You could. I just like to use unsalted when baking or in desserts 🙂
It came OUT good
Yay!! I am so glad! Thank you!
everyone!!! LOVES this. And, it’s super easy to make
Thank you for sharing that 🙂 It’s my favorite!
making the easter dirt cake with my 9 year old granddaughter this weekend
That will be fun! I hope it’s a hit! Thank you!
What size jello pudding do I need?
They are the boxes around 3.4 ounces 🙂
Thanks! We halved the recipe to make an 8×8 pyrex. The kids enjoyed putting on the eggs and peeps. Happy easter!
Perfect!! Thank you for letting me know!
Re The dirt cake – Why wouldn’t you put in what size vanilla pudding pagkage to use? Small or the large size and the oz?
I added it 🙂
Is there a way of giving this a peanut butter flavor?
You could maybe use peanut butter oreos??
I made this this afternoon with my daughter, followed directions, and the 3 cups of milk has made mine soupy and not whipped and Fluffy.. will it set up?
It shouldn’t be soupy at all. Did you make the pudding according to directions on box, then add the milk & other ingredients? I know some have, but it’s just the pudding mix. That’s the only thing I can think of that would make it that way. Let me know if you need more help 🙂
I followed recipe to a T and did not make the pudding beforehand or add any extra milk and it was still extremely soupy.
That’s strange! Sorry to hear that it was soupy. Did it set up at all in the fridge?
What size are the pudding boxes? 2 small or 2 large
They are the ones around 3.4 ounces 🙂
What size are the boxes of instant pudding?
They are the 3.4 ounce (or close to that) ones 🙂 Enjoy!