cookWorms in Dirt Pudding Cups

This recipe doesn’t require any cooking and comes together in about 15 minutes. The chocolate pudding cups are decorated with crushed cookies and gummy worms, to make a creepy-crawly treat. From: ohnuts.com MAKES 8 cups

15-ounce package chocolate sandwich cookies (like Oreos)
1 3.9-ounce package chocolate instant pudding
2 cups cold milk
8 ounces whipped topping (like Cool Whip)
24 gummy worms

To make the dirt:

Place the chocolate sandwich cookies in a large zip-top plastic bag, and use a rolling pin to crush them into small pieces. Don’t worry about removing the cream filling, as you continue to crush them, the cream will blend with the cookies. Continue to crush the cookies until they are in fine crumbs. A few larger pieces are okay, too–after all, dirt comes in different sizes!

To make the pudding:

Pour the dry pudding mix into a large bowl, then add the cold milk. Whisk everything together until all of the dry pudding dissolves and it’s smooth and free of lumps. Let the pudding sit for about 5 minutes, until it thickens and is no longer liquid. If it has the delightfully gloppy texture of pudding, you’re ready to go on.

Add the whipped topping and approximately half of the cookie crumbs.

Gently stir everything together until the streaks of whipped topping disappear, and the cookies are well-mixed into the pudding.

Divide the pudding mixture evenly between eight cups–each should hold a little over 1/2-cup of pudding.

Tap the cups on the countertop a few times to level the pudding, then insert 3 gummy worms into the pudding and press them down a little so that they’re embedded.

Pour the cookie crumbs over the pudding and gummy worms so that the entire top is covered with “dirt.” Smooth it into an even layer with your hands.

If you want to make them even more special, you can hide the cups in small terra cotta flower pots, or make one large batch in a big flower pot.

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