A cup filled with chocolate pudding topped with crumbled cookies and colorful gummy worms. Background features a red and white striped fabric.

Dirt Cake Cups - Easy, Fun Summer Dessert

A childhood classic - dirt cake cups - get a flavor upgrade with this recipe. Instead of using crushed chocolate sandwich cookies, use our sweet seasoned sourdough pretzel nuggets. They add delicious flavor and give dirt cake in a cup a more substantial texture. 

You'll be saying OMG! because…

  • They are simple to make!
  • They are whimsical!
  • They are a delicious sweet treat!

How to Make Dirt Cake Cups

A white bowl on a speckled countertop holds a bubbly chocolate batter. A red whisk with a wooden handle is partially submerged, suggesting mixing.

Make the pudding. Using instant pudding makes this step fast and easy. You just need cold milk and a whisk.

Two glass bowls on a granite countertop, one filled with crumbled pretzels and the other with colorful gummy worms, creating a playful snack contrast.

Prep the pretzels. Put the OMG! Pretzels in a sandwich size plastic bag and be sure it's sealed. Using a kitchen mallet, crush the pretzels until they are the desired size.

Three-step dessert preparation displayed. First, chocolate pudding in a glass cup, then topped with crushed cookies, and finished with a final pudding layer. Set on a red and white striped cloth.

Layer the dirt cake cups. In small clear cups or glasses, add pudding, then pretzels, more pudding and another layer of pretzels. Top with gummy worms.

A glass cup with crumbled cookies and chocolate pudding topped with colorful gummy worms, sits on a red and white striped cloth, creating a playful dessert.

Let the dirt cake in a cup set. Before you serve these sweet summer treats, let the flavors meld and the pudding get really cold in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Close-up of a dessert cup with creamy yellow pudding, topped with crushed nuts and a blue gummy candy, on a white surface. Bright and inviting.

Pretzel-tastic Variations for Dirt Cake in a Cup

Dirt Cake Cups Recipe FAQs

How long are dirt cups good for?

Dirt cake cups are good for about 3 days stored in the fridge.

What do you need for a dirt cake?

For dirt cake, you need pudding, gummy candies and crushed cookies or pretzels.

Why is it called dirt cake?

It is called dirt cake because the chocolate pudding and cookie pieces traditionally used in dirt cake look like soil in a garden.

Can you freeze dirt cake in the freezer?

You can freeze dirt cake, but it may change the texture of the cookie or pretzel pieces when you thaw it.

Plastic cups filled with chocolate pudding topped with crumbled cookies and a gummy worm on a light surface. The setting is casual and inviting.

Dirt Cake Cups Recipe

WPRM Recipe 41220

Dirt Cake Cups Recipe

 

Kids and kids at heart will love this twist on classic dirt cake cups. The cinnamon from the Sweet & Salty OMG! Pretzels complement the chocolate pudding. And, who doesn’t love a gummy worm every once in a while? Have fun making and eating this nostalgic dessert recipe!


  • 1 box of instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 2 cups of milk
  • ½ cup of Sweet & Salty OMG! Pretzels, (crushed)
  • 10 gummy worms

  1. Prepare the pudding per box instructions with cold milk and whisk.

  2. Let the pudding sit in the fridge for about 5 minutes; it should be semi-set.

  3. Spoon a layer of pudding into small clear cups, then add in crushed OMG! Pretzels, more pudding, more pretzel nuggets and then top with gummy worms.

  4. Let the prepared dirt cake cups set up in the fridge for 30 minutes to 1 hour before serving.


Dessert, Snack
American, Vegetarian
Dirt Cake Cups Recipe

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