Aunt Elaine's Dirt Cake
 
 
Yield: 10-12 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 family pack size of Oreos (1 pound 3.1 ounces)
  • ½ cup butter, room temperature
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 3.4-ounce small packs of instant vanilla pudding
  • 3½ cups milk
  • 12 ounces Cool Whip, thawed
  • Gummy worms
Directions
  1. Process the cookies in a food processor until they are fine crumbs. Alternatively you could smash them in a freezer bag with the meat mallet or rolling pin, but they won’t be as fine.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with a hand mixer beat the butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar until fluffy and smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together the pudding mixes and milk. Continue to whisk for several minutes until the mixture has thickened. Add the pudding mixture to the cream cheese mixture and stir to combine. Fold in the Cool Whip.
  4. Make a layer of cookie crumbs in the bottom of your trifle bowl or flower pot. Make a layer of the pudding mixture on top. Continue alternating the layers, making sure you end on a cookie crumb layer. If you want gummy worms throughout your dirt cake make sure you are adding them as you go. If you just want the gummy worms on top, I added mine on the last pudding layer and then sprinkled the last “dirt” cookie layer around them to make it look like they were coming out of the dirt. Cover and refrigerate if not serving right away. Decorate with fake flowers and mini “garden spade” as desired.
Notes
I used reduced fat cream cheese, fat free milk and reduced fat Cool Whip. You can use whatever you have on hand or prefer.

Over the years I have seen many versions of my aunt’s cake online. Some people say you can leave out the butter without a big taste difference. I haven’t tried that so I can’t personally suggest it, but if you try it without the butter let me know how it turns out.
Recipe by Lemon & Mocha at http://www.lemonandmocha.com/2018/06/04/aunt-elaines-dirt-cake/