Good ole’ fashioned dirt cups

Dirt Cups

Who can resist a good ole’ fashioned dirt cup?  While Claudia was getting ready for bed the other night she decided she’d like to make some dirt cups.  And why not?  They’re easy to make and fun to eat.  The next day we stopped at the store for the ingredients, including a selection of gummy worms, and got to work.

My baby girl did all the mixing and stirring and spooning.  And all the bowl licking too.  {Monica, she definitely licked the bowl good!} Both kids decided that dirt cups were what they wanted to have for lunch today.  Now I could go on and on about what a health-conscious mama I am and how I forbid my babes to eat pudding and crushed cookies for lunch, but…  C’mon.  It’s summer and it’s 97 degrees out and if they want a dirt cup for lunch, so be it.  Who can argue in this heat?  It is mostly a dairy product anyway, right?

I swear, I’ll make a healthy dinner!

{one year ago:  croissant bread pudding}

Recipe:  Dirt Cups

2 c. milk

1 (4 serving) box of chocolate instant pudding mix

1 tub of frozen whipped topping, thawed

18-20 chocolate sandwich cookies

assorted gummy worms or bugs

Pulse cookies in food processor until they are ground to fine crumbs.  Set aside.  Pour milk into large bowl and add pudding mix.  Whisk briskly for 2 minutes.  Gently fold in whipped topping until no white streaks remain.

Place a heaping spoonful of cookie crumbs into the bottoms of each glass or cup.  Fill most of the glass or cup with the pudding mixture.  Top with another spoonful of cookie crumbs.  You can use a straw to poke a hole in the top of the dirt to help make a space to insert the end of the gummy worms.

Store in refrigerator.  Makes 8-10 dirt cups, depending on the size of your glasses.  This is also great to make in a clean sand bucket and to use the shovel to scoop it out.

**Sand Cups are fun too!  Instead of using chocolate sandwich cookies, use vanilla ones or vanilla wafers; and replace the chocolate pudding with vanilla pudding mix.**