Halloween Dirt Cake Recipe

Halloween Dirt Cake Recipe – How to make a fun easy dessert treat with Oreos and gummy candy decorations for the spooky season – with the video tutorial.

Halloween Dirt Cake Recipe

This Halloween Dirt Cake Recipe makes a fun and easy treat that both kids and adults will enjoy.

You can make a chocolate pudding base or a quick chocolate mousse, as I have done in this simple recipe.

For the dirt/crumb topping, I’ve used a gluten free oreo substitute I found at Aldi, but you could you use regular oreos or any other chocolate cookie or biscuit that you’d like.

You can really get creative with the toppings, adding on gummy worms as I have done, plus any other Halloween food decorations you have to had. I had some leftover from the Halloween Bark I shared the other day, so added those on top for an extra spooky finish.

How To Make The Chocolate Pudding

Whisking the simple ingredients for the easy chocolate dessert recipe together

To make the chocolate mousse base of the dirt cake you’ll need the following simple ingredients:

1 Cup Heavy Cream
100g/3.5oz Cream Cheese
1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
2 Tablespoons Sugar

Pour the heavy cream into a large bowl, then whisk with an electric mixer until just starting to form whipped cream. You can use heavy cream, heavy whipping cream, double cream or any other cream that you can whip into freshly whipped cream.

Whisking the ingredients together to form a chocolate mousse

Add in the cream cheese then whisk again until smooth and creamy. Finally add in the cocoa powder and sugar then give the chocolate mousse a final whisk until everything is fully combined together.

I’ve suggested 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder and 2 tablespoons of sugar in the easy recipe, which results in the perfectly sweet and chocolatey mousse, you may prefer a richer chocolate or sweeter mousse, in which case add more of one ingredient or the other.

Chocolate mousse base in the airtight container

You can serve the cake from one large dish, as I have done, or distribute the chocolate mousse and toppings among a number of small cups to create Halloween Dirt Cups instead.

Move the chocolate mousse to your chosen dish or cups, then place oreos or your biscuit of choice into a ziploc bag and roll over them with a rolling pin until you have cookie crumbs that will be the dirt in your dessert.

Chocolate mousse topped with the orea dirt cake topping

Top the chocolate mousse with the Oreo cookie crumbs dirt then top that with your choice of gummy worms and other decorations.

Here are some ideas for toppings for your spooky season Halloween Dirt Pudding Dessert:

Gummy Worms or Snakes
Orange, yellow and purple M&Ms or Smarties
Halloween Sprinkles
Candy Corn
Candy Eyeballs
Mini Pumpkin Candies

Halloween Dirt Cake Recipe

1 Cup Heavy Cream
100g/3.5oz Cream Cheese
1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
2 Tablespoons Sugar
4-6 Oreos or Chocolate Cookies/Biscuits
Gummy Worms, Snakes & Other Decorations

Pour the heavy cream into a large bowl and whisk until it just starts to form whipped cream.
Add in the cream cheese and whisk until creamy.
Add in the cocoa powder and sugar and whisk until fully incorporated and you have a smooth chocolate mousse.
Move the chocolate mousse to an airtight container, bowl for serving or individual cups.
Place the Oreos or chocolate biscuits into a well sealed ziploc bag and crush with a rolling pin until you have crumbed cookie “dirt”.
Scatter the cookie dirt over the chocolate mousse then top with gummy worms and your topping of choice. Place in the fridge for a few hours to allow for the chocolate mousse to thicken, then enjoy.