All you need is instant chocolate pudding, whipped topping milk, and assorted fun garnishes that shout Halloween.
The kids love to decorate the cake with cheap barbies and toys from a dollar store on the cakes and use candies and tombstone windmill cookies for decorating for a ghoulish treat.
Check out these easy instructions and if you're planning a Halloween party, one of these may be the best centerpiece and dessert of the night.
Creative Ideas
Cookies of any kind that are rectangular like windmills, chocolate-covered graham crackers and Milano-style cookies all make great tombstones.
Change the frosting colors to purple, yellow, or any bright color you prefer, they can all be different for writing inscriptions.
Gummy worms and other gummy creatures are always a big hit with the kids in dirt cups, cakes and pies.
Ingredient You Will Need
- instant chocolate pudding
- whipped topping
- milk
- chocolate sandwich cookies
- Optional Toppings for pie, cakes or dirt cups: crushed chunky chocolate sandwich cookies, shaved chocolate, gummy worms or other gummy creature, windmill cookies cut in half with graveyard saying, heads and leg removed from the dollar store fake barbies, candy bones, candy skulls, Halloween picks
Mix In's
- add sliced bananas to the pudding
- add pistachios or your favorite nuts to the pudding
- chopped candy bars like kit kat or snickers to the pudding
- mix gummy worms into the pudding
- add mini marshmallows to the pudding
- add any favorite cookies to the pudding
- drip some red raspberry jam on the top to look like blood
- use any kind of pudding topped with shaved chocolate or crushed peanut butter patties
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Whether you pick a cake, pie, or individual Halloween cup treats for your Halloween dessert, this is surely the easiest dessert with all the holiday spirit!
Get your creative ideas going, you can turn a pie, plastic cup, or any baked cake topping into a marvelous Halloween no-bake dessert that has layers of crushed chocolate sandwich cookies and creamy filling, into a fabulous Halloween party dessert!
Make it fun, ghoulish, or downright scary, this will be a hit at any Halloween party or after-dinner dessert on October 31st, and the kids will love helping you make it!
Dirt Cups, Cake or Pie

Yield: 10
Prep time: 10 MinTotal time: 10 Min
Here is an easy no-bake Halloween dessert with Ghoulish garnishes to top a cake, pie, or individual cups to look like dirt that's delicious!
Ingredients
- For making a dirt pie: use a premade store-bought chocolate cookie pie crust premade
- For dirt cups: use see-through plastic cups
- For dirt, cake: bake your favorite cake mix in two 8 inches greased pans
- Recipe for filling:
- 2 cups milk
- 4-ounce box of instant chocolate pudding mix
- 8 ounces Whipped topping Can also use whipped cream thawed
- 1- 16 ounce packages of chocolate cream-filled sandwich cookies
- Optional Toppings for Pie, Cakes or Dirt cups: crushed chunky oreo cookies, shaved chocolate, gummy worms, windmill cookies cut in half with graveyard saying, heads and leg removed from the dollar store fake barbies, candy bones, candy skulls, Halloween picks
Instructions
- Pour the milk into a mixing bowl and add the pudding mix.
- Beat with a wire whisk until well blended (about 2 minutes)
- Let pudding stand for five minutes.
- Fold in the whipped topping into the pudding until all one light color.
- For cups:
- Place about 1 tablespoon of the crushed cookies into the bottom of each cup.
- Then add 2 tablespoons of pudding to each cup
- Repeat with cookie layering, then pudding, and ending with cookies.
- Garnish the tops by adding 2 gummy candies, or whatever ghoulish treats you like.
- For the Cake:
- Pile the cream on top of a chocolate-baked cake, topped with crushed chocolate sandwich cookies, decorates with tombstones, gummies, doll legs, etc.
- For the Pie: use an oreo premade crust, pile the pudding mix into it, topped with crushed cookies, garnish with gummy worm, candies, and whatever Halloween candies you like
Notes:
Mix In's
- add sliced bananas to the pudding
- add pistachios or your favorite nuts to the pudding
- chopped candy bars like kit kat or snickers to the pudding
- mix gummy worms into the pudding
- add mini marshmallows to the pudding
- add any favorite cookies to the pudding
- drip some red raspberry jam on the top to look like blood
- any kind of pudding topped with shaved chocolate or crushed peanut butter patties
- any kinds of chopped dried fruits can be added like cherries
Nutrition Facts
Calories
832.89Fat (grams)
37.51Sat. Fat (grams)
20.71Carbs (grams)
115.28Fiber (grams)
2.90Net carbs
112.38Sugar (grams)
67.13Protein (grams)
10.49Sodium (milligrams)
699.51Cholesterol (grams)
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First thing I thought:Dirt looks so real:))
ReplyDeleteMy mom used to make pudding pies, but never cool Halloween ones. I like that idea, now if I could only find crushed Oreo's in the store, they seemed to have disappeared around here.
ReplyDeleteYour witchy look is perfectly gorgeous. And so is your Halloween dessert. Slurp....
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a great week ahead, dear.
Cheers, Kristy ((hugs))
That's so creative, Claudia! Love those recipes. Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween, I love all these spooky treats. Looks like you have been very creative in the kitchen. Thanks for sharing these links, good witch!
ReplyDeleteSO fun!!! And yummy, too! Happy Halloween, my friend! Love your costume~
ReplyDeleteThat is one scary and creepy looking pate of hors d' oeuvres, good witch of the south!
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Ooooooo - creepy! LOVE this - so creative. Happy halloween!
ReplyDeleteLove dirt cake :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute witch you make. Did you go to any Halloween parties?
Happy Halloween! Love the costume! Super cute idea with the marshmallow ghosts.
ReplyDelete♥ Shia
Hey Good Witch! I have been following you for a few years and your Halloween posts are always so inspiring. I remember making a bevy of your treats for my kids when they were coming home from night classes. Their eyes lit up. This cake is Halloween enchantment.
ReplyDeletedirt pie is always good! Love the little ghost. Happy Halloween :)
ReplyDeleteI love this! Perfect dessert for Halloween.
ReplyDeleteGotta love dirt pie :) Cute ghosts, and very nice witch costume!
ReplyDeleteClaudia, you look darling. You must be the good witch. Great Halloween treats. Thanks for sharing so many with us!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Looks fun and delicious!
ReplyDeleteAdorable and yet slightly creepy, too.
ReplyDeleteCute! Love the little marshmallow ghosts!
ReplyDeleteIf my grandchildren were younger, this blog would be superb for me.
ReplyDeleteGood Witch of the South, I've been trying to comment on your Halloween treats, but some "spooks" must have interfered because on Halloween, my computer totally froze up in the evening, and could not even open up any blogs...even my own.
ReplyDeleteTotally had to shut it off...even did a major defrag, now it's working somewhat better, so I can catch up w/ comments!
Love your divine witch photo:DDD
Dear Claudia, What a fun and delicious cake!! Your look adorable!! Blessings, Catherine xo
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome! Great costume =)
ReplyDeletethanks for the lovely comment on my blog. I just love your blog. My kids would have loved me to make this halloween pie.
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