Dirt Cake (with homemade pudding)

a glass cup of dirt cake with gummy works on top.

Dirt Cake (with homemade pudding)

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegetarian

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Chilling time:: 2

Total Time: 2 30

Servings: servings

Calories: 490cal

Author: Ashley Fehr

This Dirt Cake is a fun, throwback dessert made with creamy homemade chocolate pudding, crunchy Oreos, and topped with gummy worms. It's a hit for any occasion!

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Ingredients

½ cup granulated sugar (100 grams)
3 tablespoons corn starch
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
2½ cups milk
2 eggs
1 cup chopped chocolate (your favorite kind) about 125 grams
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1½ packages Oreo cookies (405 grams -- about 36 cookies) crushed
12 gummy worms

Instructions

In a large skillet, whisk together the sugar, corn starch and cocoa powder.
Add the milk and eggs and whisk until smooth.
Place on the stove over medium heat, cooking and stirring until thickened (this can take 10-12 minutes).
Remove from heat and strain if desired (this just removes any clumps of eggs or cocoa). Stir in chopped chocolate and vanilla until chocolate is melted.
Pour into a shallow dish and press a piece of plastic wrap to the top. Refrigerate until cooled to room temperature, about 2 hours (you can speed this up in the freezer if you need, just don't freeze it!).
Whip the cream with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form, then add to the cooled pudding and beat on low to combine.
Spoon pudding into desired serving dish or dishes, and divide crushed Oreos evenly among them. Top with gummy worms.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Notes

Ingredients and Substitutions:

Before you ask -- yes! You can make this recipe with pudding mix and whipped topping, but I figure anyone can do that, and I wanted to give you a recipe for Dirt Cake with homemade chocolate pudding, because sometimes you want to be a little extra (or you just enjoy making things from scratch!).

Milk: you can use any kind of milk you like here, even dairy-free.

Chocolate: again -- any kind will do! Choose milk chocolate for a sweeter pudding, dark chocolate for less sweet pudding.

Cream: because we are whipping it, you cannot substitute the heavy cream with another kind of cream. You can substitute this with 2 cups of whipped topping if you prefer.

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