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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.
Would like to know what you used for the grass, please. I’d love to make this with my 8-year old granddaughter!
This was so yummy! I posted our version on my blog with a link back to yours for the recipe (I hope that’s ok!?) Ours doesn’t look nearly as cute, but we had fun making it (and eating it!)
check ours out if you have a minute: http://www.huggedbyatomato.com/2016/03/easter-garden-cake.html
That’s totally ok:) I will check it out!! Thanks so much for sharing and I’m glad you liked it!!
Is the butter melted or softned
Softened:) Thanks for stopping by!! I know it’s passed Easter, but I have the recipe for our regular Kansas City Dirt Cake on the blog, that we enjoy all year long:)
The Easter Dirt Cake was a hit! So much fun to make, and eat! Thank you for sharing this! (For anyone planning on making the portion size in the photo, make sure you half the recipe.)
Will the peeps hold up in the fridge overnight or should I wait til tomorrow to decorate?
I couldn’t find the edible grass, so we used some food coloring to dye shredded coconut. Turned out great!
I’ve done that too:) Thanks so much for sharing!! Glad it turned out!
Does the cookie crust hold together to slice this like a cake or do you scoop it out like a pudding?
Did you give it a try? I have a recipe for Dirt Cake that we eat all year long, that is so good! It’s our go-to dessert and it’s just scooped out:)
Hi I’m from Australia and want to know what cool whip is..or what I can use as a substitute and it says a container, how much is that…?
It’s whipped cream and a 16 ounce container. You can make your own, using heavy whipping cream. Just google how to make homemade whipped cream/topping. Hope that helps!!
I’ve never had white chocolate pudding. Is it as good as regular chocolate pudding?
It’s my favorite!!! I love anything white chocolate. You could always use vanilla too:)
If i use vanilla pudding do i use vanilla extract too??
Yes 🙂 Enjoy!!
Enjoy your recipes and posts very much ! Thank you !
Thank you Pam for stopping by and checking them out!!
Do you only use the pudding mix or do you actually make the pudding?
You will just use the pudding mix, but it will get mixed with the milk and vanilla, so it’s like making the pudding. You can make this year round, without adding the treats on top..we love it!!
Do you use the pudding mix, milk and vanilla and whisk it until it is set like pudding or do you just whisk it until is mixed, but still runny and then fold it into cream cheese mix?
I whisk until it starts getting thick like pudding, then fold it in. I hope that helps you 🙂 Good luck!