Dirt Pudding

It has become an annual tradition for Jack to take dirt pudding to daycare for his birthday, in part because one of his classmates is allergic to eggs, so cupcakes are out, but also because Jack LOVES the worms. Here's how we make it:

Dirt Pudding
1 box of Oreos, pulverized in a food processor until "dirt-like"
1 pkg. cream cheese
1/2 stick of butter
1 c. powdered sugar
2 6 oz. pkgs. Jello instant vanilla pudding
3.5 c. milk
1 tub Cool Whip
Sour gummy worms

Combine the cream cheese, butter and sugar. Beat in the Jello pudding. Beat in the milk, in two separate additions. Fold in the Cool Whip.

Layer the Oreo "dirt" with the pudding mixture so that you start and end with Oreos. I use a bucket (with shovel), but others have recommended a flower pot with a whole Oreo to cover the hole in the bottom. Top with worms.

We made a variation of this for Halloween by putting Chessmen shortbread cookies on top of a 9x13 dirt pudding mixture, to look like headstones, and then sprinkling candy pumpkins around the graves. Very spooky and super cute.