Dirt Cake – Gail Matthews
1 – 16 oz pkg oreo cookies
1 – 8 oz pkg cream cheese
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 – 3.5 oz pkg pistachio pudding
2 cup whole milk
1 – 12 oz pkg Coolwhip
Crush cookies. Place half on bottom of flat container. In a separate bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, margarine and vanilla until well blended, set aside. Combine pudding mix and milk, fold in Coolwhip. Gently fold cheese and pudding mixtures together. Pour over first layer of cookie crumbs. Top with remaining cookie crumbs. Cover and place in fridge. Serves 12.
For another version of Dirt Dessert – see http://cravinggrace.org/2007/01/10/dirt-dessert/


April 3rd, 2008 at 12:08 am
I made Dirt Cake once when friend were coming over for dinner. But I made it in flower pot and put fake flowers in them. Then I put it on the table as a decoration. When it was time for dessert they were surprised when I pulled the flowers out. It was fun.