Recipe: Graveyard Chocolate Dirt Pudding Cake

Do you remember eating pudding cups with crushed cookies and worms at every Halloween party as a kid? My birthday falls just before Halloween, and this is something I requested at every costume birthday party from the time I was 6 until I turned 10.

Now I’m delighted to introduce my own kids (and our neighbors) to this classic treat. Here’s how you can make your own party-sized pudding graveyard this Halloween.

While I appreciate the pure joy of homemade pudding, when I am cooking with my two eager children I skip the from-scratch chocolate pudding and turn to the quicker instant box. But the box still needs a little help.

The trick for making this pudding thick enough to hold the cookie dirt and graves is to use slightly less milk for the pudding than the package calls for.

As for decorating your pudding graveyard, we love Milano cookies (just three bucks on Amazon!) for gravestones, plus candy corn pumpkins and gummy worms of course, but feel free to add your own sweet flair.

Halloween is the best holiday to play with your food! We’re counting down the 10 most iconic Halloween treats of the last 50 years, showing you the easiest ways to make them at home for maximum spooky fun.