Description
Sweet Easter memories come alive with this Easter Dirt Cake Casserole, blending nostalgic childhood flavors into a playful dessert. Chocolate cookie crumbles and creamy pudding layers create a delightful treat you’ll savor from first bite to last.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 package (14.3 ounces/406 grams) Oreos, crushed
- 2 packages (3.9 ounces/110 grams each) instant chocolate pudding mix
- 3 1/2 cups (840 milliliters) cold milk
Dairy and Creamy Components:
- 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 package (8 ounces/226 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (120 grams) powdered sugar
- 1 container (12 ounces/340 grams) whipped topping, thawed
Decorative Ingredients:
- 1 bag of candy-coated chocolate eggs
- Optional: gummy worms, for decoration
Instructions
- Pulverize the chocolate sandwich cookies into fine crumbs using a food processor or rolling pin, ensuring a consistent texture throughout the base layer.
- Whisk cream cheese mixture until velvety smooth, incorporating softened butter and powdered sugar to create a luxurious, creamy foundation.
- Prepare instant pudding by vigorously blending with cold milk, allowing the mixture to thicken and develop a silky consistency for approximately 5 minutes.
- Gently incorporate whipped topping into the pudding, creating a light and airy mixture that will provide a delectable middle layer.
- Construct the dessert in a rectangular dish by first distributing half of the cookie crumbs as a crunchy base.
- Carefully spread the cream cheese mixture across the cookie foundation, ensuring an even and smooth coverage.
- Pour the pudding and whipped topping blend over the cream cheese layer, maintaining a uniform surface.
- Sprinkle the remaining cookie crumbs generously across the top, completely concealing the pudding layer.
- Embellish the dessert with pastel-colored chocolate eggs and playful gummy worms to craft a whimsical Easter-themed landscape.
- Refrigerate the assembled dessert for a minimum of two hours, allowing the layers to harmonize and set into a delightful, chilled treat.
Notes
- Crush Oreos thoroughly to create a fine, crumbly texture that blends seamlessly with other layers.
- Use room temperature cream cheese and butter for smoother, lump-free mixing that ensures a silky consistency.
- Choose instant pudding mix for quicker setting and firmer texture in the dessert.
- Gently fold whipped topping into pudding to maintain light, airy volume and prevent deflating the mixture.
- For gluten-free version, substitute Oreos with gluten-free chocolate cookie alternatives.
- Create a low-sugar option by using sugar-free pudding mix and reduced-fat cream cheese.
- Enhance presentation by using pastel-colored candies or adding edible spring flowers for extra Easter flair.
- Prepare a day ahead to allow flavors to meld and layers to set completely for optimal taste and texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 368
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 33 mg