Easter Dirt Cups – On My Kids Plate

Easter Dirt Cups are the perfect last-minute dessert: festive, easy to assemble, and fun for the whole family. Kids can help with all the layering, and they are pretty flexible whether you like fancy decorating or not!

Why We Love Easter Dirt Cups

• Quick To Make – These fun desserts won’t take long, making them a great treat to add to and Easter brunch or dinner where you may be making other dishes too.
• Fun Themed Dessert – I love a good themed dessert, and the spring theme of dirt cups fits right in with Easter.
• Kids Can Help Decorate – Because layering is pretty simple, even small kids can help make this dessert by adding marshmallows and sprinkling crushed Oreo cookies.

Ingredients For Easter Dirt Cups

• instant chocolate pudding mix family sized package of instant pudding ,
• milk I use 2% but you can use your favorite milk
• Oreo cookies crushed into pieces
• sweetened shredded coconut
• Peeps marshmallows
• mini chocolate egg candies
• green food coloring

How To Make Easter Dirt Cups

1. Add the dry instant chocolate pudding mix and milk to a large bowl, Mix with a whisk until all the pudding has been dissolved, around 5 minutes. Allow the pudding to rest 5 minutes until thickened.

2. Sprinkle crushed Oreos over the bottom of four small cups. Fill each cup halfway full of pudding.
3. Top the pudding layer with another layer of crushed Oreos. Fill each cup with pudding, leaving a small amount of space at the top of the cup for decorations. Sprinkle the remaining crushed Oreos over the pudding.

4. Pour the shredded coconut into a strong zip-top bag and add 3 to 4 drops of green food coloring. Seal the bag and squeeze and shake the bag to coat the coconut shreds evenly in food coloring. Sprinkle the green coconut over the top of each pudding cup.

5. Press two Peeps marshmallows into the top of each cup, then add three chocolate eggs to each pudding. Serve and enjoy!

Variation Ideas

Use Other Easter Candy – Any colorful Easter candy can be used to decorate these Easter dirt cup. Try using jellybeans, a chocolate peanut butter bunny or a Cadbury egg!

Swap Flavors of Pudding – We’ve used chocolate, but you can use any flavor of pudding you prefer.

Try Other Oreo Flavors – Use any crunchy sandwich cookies, but fun flavors like birthday cake or carrot cake or golden Oreos can be delicious.

Can I Make Dirt Cups With Already Prepared Pudding?

Yes you can layer already prepared pudding into this recipe, you’d then just need to skip the milk.

Pre-portioned pudding cups can also be used, but you may want to simply decorate the tops of the pudding cup instead of layering in the Oreo cookies.

How Long Will Easter Dirt Cups Last?

Expect that these dirt cups will last for about 3-4 days in the refrigerator. I do recommend storing the pudding covered in plastic wrap or a covered container.

If you are making these Easter cups ahead of time (like storing them overnight) I recommend making the pudding, layering it with the Oreo cookies, and then decorating the dirt cups right before serving.

Leaving the candies on top of the pudding for too long may result in the marshmallow texture changing, or the color on the candies bleeding into the dessert due to the moisture in the pudding.

Easter Dirt Cups

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

These Easter Dirt Cups look adorable on a brunch table but only take a few minutes to make. Add crushed chocolate cookies, sweet Peeps marshmallows, chocolate egg candies with no baking required, just the fun.

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• Add the dry instant chocolate pudding mix and milk to a large bowl, Mix with a whisk until all the pudding has been dissolved, around 5 minutes. Allow the pudding to rest 5 minutes until thickened.

• Sprinkle crushed Oreos over the bottom of four small cups. Fill each cup halfway full of pudding.

• Top the pudding layer with another layer of crushed Oreos. Fill each cup with pudding, leaving a small amount of space at the top of the cup for decorations. Sprinkle the remaining crushed Oreos over the pudding.

• Pour the shredded coconut into a strong zip-top bag and add 3 to 4 drops of green food coloring. Seal the bag and squeeze and shake the bag to coat the coconut shreds evenly in food coloring. Sprinkle the green coconut over the top of each pudding cup.

• Press two Peeps marshmallows into the top of each cup, then add three chocolate eggs to each pudding. Serve and enjoy!

You could also use two 3.9 ounce packages (7.8 ounces total) of instant pudding, but you will need to increase the milk to four cups total. I would suggest using slightly large cups or making 6 total pudding cups when using the two smaller packages of pudding.
I used 9 ounce clear cups for this recipe so you can see the layers.
A food processor can be used to crush the chocolate cookies quickly.

Calories: 397kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 752mg | Potassium: 430mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 52g | Vitamin A: 187IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 225mg | Iron: 1mg

Keyword chocolate, easter, Easter desserts, no bake

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