Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Fun Earth Day Desserts

Oreo Sand & Dirt Cups
Digging for worms with a spoon??? No problem, because these worms are gummies buried in pudding and cookie crumb dirt. Yum!
2 cups cold milk
1 package (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 tub (8 ounces) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
15 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, finely crushed, divided
10 paper or plastic cups (6 to 7 ounces) or dessert dishes
10 worm-shaped chewy fruit snacks
Prepare 1 package each (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Instant Pudding and JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding separately, with 2 cups each cold milk, as directed on packages. Let stand 5 minutes.
Gently stir 1/2 cup of Cool Whip Whipped Topping into each bowl of pudding. Finely crush 20 Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, then sprinkle 1 tablespoon into bottom of 8 (6-ounce) dessert cups. Top each with 1/4 cup vanilla pudding, 1 tablespoon cookie crumbs and 1/4 cup chocolate pudding. Sprinkle evenly with remaining cookie crumbs. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve.
Insert 2 gummy worms into each dessert cup just before serving. Makes 8 Oreo Sand and Dirt Cups.
Easy JELL-O Terrarium
To create your own edible terrarium, layer crumbled Oreo® dirt and sand cookie crumbs then plant with candy leaves and trees. With a world this delicious, go ahead and dig in.
Prepare 2 packages (4-serving size each) JELL-O Berry Blue Flavor Gelatin as directed on package. Pour into large glass bowl. Refrigerate until set: about 1 1/2 hours.
Top JELL-O Gelatin with a layer each of finely crushed Oreo Cookies, and Nilla Wafers and some coarsely crushed Nutterbutter cookies to resemble a terrarium. Top with Cool Whip for snow. Plant a few candy “trees” and “leaves” as desired. Makes 10–12 servings.

3 comments:

Shawna said...

Theron just made some of the pudding cups for snack at preschool and loved doing it. I never thought about doing it at home. Great idea! Thanks Tracey. Good time to teach kids about earth day too.

Christie said...

Çute, but where does one buy candy trees? :-) I guess I am just not shopping at the right stores, possibly that place that sells duck fat?

SJacobus said...

Cub scouts love the gummi worm one and also the kitty litter cake which uses tootsie rolls of course. So gross sounding, but so yummy:)