Dirt Pudding Recipe for two
Whether or not you’re Trick-or-Treating this year, these dirt and worms pudding cups are such a fun treat to make with kids to celebrate. The chocolate pudding is made in the microwave, and the kids can totally help make it and assemble the cups! The small batch pudding serving is perfect, because only the kids in the house really eat this, right? As moms, we’re definitely not supposed to shove extra gummy worms and eat it after kid bedtime, right? Asking for a friend, of course. We made this recipe during our quarantine months, when buying fun candy in each grocery delivery order was the highlight of our week. I’m a known candy connoisseur, and now that Camille is at the age where I trust her to still eat her vegetables even if she eats candy, she is joining me in the pursuit of candy reviews. Camille saw a package of gummy worms at the Candytopia exhibit we went to last summer. Yes, there is a national traveling art exhibit celebrating candy, and yes, I took my daughter twice. Candy is love! Candy is life for me! Anyway, Camille wouldn’t touch the gummy worms because she didn’t like the idea of eating worms, so I did what any normal parent would do: I slurped them in front of her while pretending they were wiggling in my mouth and totally grossed her out. I’m so mature. After Camille recovered from my incredible display of maturity and poise, she saw a dirt and worm sundae at our favorite ice cream shop. She was bold enough to order it and enjoy it!
Dirt cups, small batch
Now that I have successfully convinced her to eat gummy worms, the ‘dirt’ part was easy. When I explained dirt was crushed cookies and the ‘goo’ was chocolate pudding, she was on board! These dirt cups are just layers of crushed Oreo cookies, silky chocolate pudding and creepy little gummy worms nestled in the layers. These are so fun to make!
Dirt and worms
To make our dirt pudding recipe, we’re going to make a small batch of chocolate pudding in the microwave first! Making pudding the microwave sounds risky, but I make microwave lemon curd all the time. The only thing we have to do when making pudding in this very non-traditional way is to be sure to strain it before chilling! Also, my fellow egg-free bakers, this pudding recipe doesn’t have eggs! Instead, it relies on cornstarch for thickening.
How to make the microwave chocolate pudding on the stove:
If you don’t have a microwave, or prefer to cook without one, here are the instructions for making the chocolate pudding without the microwave.
This recipe makes just 2 servings, but you can double or triple it to serve more kids. I recommend only doubling the pudding recipe, or else it’s too much for the microwave. I will say that my almost 6-year old could only eat half a jar at a time. This could be divided up into 4 smaller servings for younger kids.
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