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–+ servings
Prep: 15 minutes
Total: 45 minutes

Pumpkin Patch Dirt Pudding Cups

Bring the pumpkin patch home with these adorable layered pudding cups. Easy pumpkin spice pudding is layered with Oreo "dirt," then topped with coconut grass and candy pumpkins. So cute!
Yield: 4 large cups

Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole milk can substitute oat milk
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 3.4 ounces instant vanilla pudding mix 1 box
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 24 Oreo cookies crushed

For the decoration*

  • 1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut
  • green food coloring
  • candy pumpkins

Equipment

  • 4 clear glass cups or mason jars for serving the pudding cups

Instructions

Make the pumpkin pudding

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk (or oat milk) and pureed pumpkin until combined. Stir in the pudding mix, brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice. Whisk until the pudding thickens, approximately 2 minutes. Transfer to refrigerator for 5 minutes until soft-set.

Crush your Oreos

  • Place Oreo cookies into a large Ziploc bag and seal. Using a rolling pin, crush cookies until they become fine crumbs.

Assemble & chill your pudding cups

  • Add 2 tablespoons of Oreo crumbs into the bottoms of the serving cup/jar and tilt cup to ensure the bottom is covered evenly. Add a layer (about 1/4 cup, less if you're making more than 4 cups) of pumpkin pudding on top of the crushed Oreos. Add another layer of Oreo crumbs and pudding, ending with a layer of Oreos. Transfer to refrigerator and chill until set, at least 30 minutes.

Decorate your pudding cups

  • Add coconut and a dab of green food coloring to a small Ziploc bag. Seal, shake, and massage until the coconut is evenly green. If you don't have Ziploc bags, just stir the coconut and food coloring together in a small bowl.
  • Just before serving, sprinkle coconut on the top of pudding cups and plop 2-3 candy pumpkins on the top.
  • Leftovers keep for 2-3 days (the cookie layer will lose its crunch the longer they sit).

Notes

* Decoration notes: Instead of the coconut "grass," you can also use green icing to draw vines and leaves on top of the dirt. Just plop on a couple of pumpkins and you have an instant pumpkin patch!

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1g, Calories: 584kcal, Carbohydrates: 96g, Protein: 9g, Fat: 20g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 8g, Trans Fat: 0.04g, Cholesterol: 15mg, Sodium: 514mg, Potassium: 510mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 67g, Vitamin A: 9733IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 191mg, Iron: 10mg