Dirt cake

Dirt cake, also called dirt and worms, is an American cake made from cookies and pudding in combination with other ingredients to create a dessert that has a resemblance to soil or earth. It is made by combining crushed Oreo cookies on top of vanilla or chocolate pudding, and adding gummy candy worms on top.^[1][2][3] Variations include vanilla wafers, vanilla pudding,^[4] whipped cream or Cool Whip, and cream cheese pudding in the recipe.^[3]

Dirt cake

Gummy worm dirt cake
Type	Cake
Place of origin	United States
Main ingredients	Oreos, pudding or cream cheese, gummy candy

Several bakeries in Singapore sold dirt cakes served in flowerpots after the dessert appeared on the Taiwanese show A Hint of You.^[5]

In 2024, Oreo released a limited edition Dirt Cake flavor cookie.^[6][7]

In 2016, chefs in Bangalore created a dirt cake weighing 1,078 kg, setting a Guinness world record.^[8][9]

See also

• Mississippi mud pie
• Mud pie, an inedible item created as part of a children's pretend game

References

1. Hartel, Richard & AnnaKate (2008). Food Bites: The Science of the Foods We Eat. Copernicus Books - Springer Science + Business Media, LLC. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-387-75844-2.
2. Kathy Charner Dirt Cake The giant encyclopedia of preschool activities for four-year-olds] page 545
3. Richard W. Hartel, AnnaKate Hartel Food Bites: The Science of the Foods We Eat page 79
4. Arlene Voski Avakian Through the kitchen window: women explore the intimate meanings of food and cooking Archived 2024-08-17 at the Wayback Machine Editor Arlene Voski Avakian, Publisher Berg Publishers, 2006 ISBN 1-84520-326-7, ISBN 978-1-84520-326-9, 315 pages, page 61
5. Goh, Kenneth (2014-12-14). "Meet the dirt cake, a 'plant' you can eat". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Archived from the original on 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
6. Luna, Steven (2024-03-06). "Dirt Cake Oreos And Tiramisu Oreo Thins Review: The Tiramisu Thins Are A Standout". Mashed. Archived from the original on 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
7. "Oreo to debut 2 new flavors inspired by mud pie, tiramisu. When will they hit shelves?". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
8. "With 1,078-kg cake, they bake their way into Guinness World Records". The Hindu. 2016-07-31. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
9. "Indian baking company creates world's largest dirt cake". Guinness World Records. 10 August 2016.

External links

• Example recipe: A Three Year Old's Dream: Dirt Cake from Mindy's Mouthful