Chocolate Dirt Pudding For Christmas – Oreo Christmas Tree Dirt Cups

Let’s make some Christmas dirt cups for a fun a dessert that the whole family will love! This Oreo dirt pudding is regular pudding mix which is layered with cookie crumbs for texture, and decorated for the holiday.

Each chocolate dirt pudding is garnished a Christmas tree made from a waffle cone sitting on top. Add on some adorable Frosty the snowman gummies, gingerbread men and snowflake sprinkles and your dirt recipe will have everyone dreaming of sugar plums tonight!

Your kids will enjoy helping you make these Christmas inspired dirt cups. For an extra special chocolate experience, enjoy these dirt cups with a glass of chocolate milk.

For more holiday dirt cups be sure to check out this Halloween graveyard dirt cup recipe and this Thanksgiving teepee shaped dirt cups.

Now, it is time to make this dirt cup dessert for Christmas! Keep reading for the Oreo dirt pudding recipe.

Ingredients for chocolate dirt pudding for Christmas

You’ll need the following supplies to make the Christmas tree dirt cups:

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• 2 boxes of fat free, sugar free chocolate pudding mix
• 4 cups of fat free milk
• 6 ounces of Oreo Thins cookies
• 6 waffle cones
• ½ container of sugar free white frosting
• Green gel paste food coloring
• 6 edible candy stars
• Multicolored sugar pearls
• Snowflake sprinkles
• 6 snowman gummies
• 6 gingerbread cake decorations

You will also need 6 plastic cups and a pair of tweezers to assemble these Christmas dirt cups.

How to make the Christmas dirt recipe

Dirt pudding is a fun dessert that uses crushed Oreo cookies for a dirt like base and mixes it with chocolate pudding for a creamy pudding with a nice crunch for added texture. To make this dirt dessert, start by making your pudding.

I used an instant pudding for the taste of homemade pudding in just five minutes, instead of making it on the stove top. No heat, no mess and easy for the kids to help out!

I used skim milk when making the Christmas dessert cups to save a few calories, and also used a fat free sugar free pudding mix for the same reason.

Next, it is time to make the dirt crumbs. Place the Oreo thins in a food processor and pulse until they are crumbly and look like dirt.

Since I used Oreo thins, there is no need to remove the creamy center filling. It is very light in this cookie and the crumbs will work well even without removing it.

This saves time.

For the final step of the Oreo dirt pudding, mix the pudding with the “dirt” crumbs. Do this by layering the two.

Start by adding a layer of the pudding to your plastic cups, followed by a layer of crumbs and then another layer of pudding.

This dirt pudding mixture forms the base for the decorated Christmas trees to sit on.

Once the pudding is layered, add some snowflake sprinkles on the top layer of pudding to resemble snow. After all, it’s Christmas time!

Adding decorated trees to the Christmas dirt pudding recipe

Waffle cones are the perfect shape to make the Christmas trees. The are just the right size to sit into the top of the dirt cups.

First, tint your white frosting with some green paste food coloring. Stir well until you have the green color you are looking for. I used two drops for a lightish green color.

Use a knife to add your green frosting to the waffle cones until they are completely colored and look like trees. Don’t worry too much about making the frosting look identical. 

When the waffle cones were frosted, I used the knife to pull the frosting out to resemble the look of fir branches

To me, this row of trees looks just like a windswept forest and the are the perfect topper for my Christmas dirt pudding recipe.

Decorating the Christmas trees

We’ll be using a variety of sprinkles to decorate the Christmas trees.

Multi colored sugar pearls look like ornaments on the tree and a yellow candy star shape also graces the top of each tree.

Some snowflake sprinkles give a winter wonderland effect on the trees and matches the snow on the ground which covers the dirt pudding cups.

Note: If you will be serving this dirt dessert later in the day, I suggest decorating the Christmas trees to this stage (separate from the dirt cups.)

You can then add the trees and the rest of the decorations to the pudding mixture at serving time.

This will keep the waffle cones from becoming soft in the pudding. 

Finishing the Christmas dirt cup decorations

At serving time, add the decorated trees to the center of the Christmas treat cups on top of the snowflake sprinkles.

To finish, add a Frosty the snowman gummy and a gingerbread man cake decoration standing up as a festive garnish.

Tada! The finished Christmas tree dirt cup is ready to enjoy!

This Oreo dirt pudding recipe is smooth and rich with a luscious chocolate flavor. Crushed cookie crumbs adds extra sweetness and a nice texture to the dessert.

The dessert is sweet and crunchy and just perfect for a snack after a round of Christmas gift wrapping.

More Christmas dessert ideas that the kids will love

If you love having fun with food and cooking with kids as much as I do, be sure to check out these recipes. All are kid-inspired and perfect for Christmas.

• Meringue Christmas Stocking Cookies – Crisp and light meringues that are shaped like a Christmas stocking.
• DIY Christmas Cookie Ornaments – The only problem will be whether to eat these cookies or hang them on the Christmas tree!
• Mini Christmas pizzas – Small, individual sized tree shaped pizzas with your favorite toppings.
• Gingerbread house tutorial – If you enjoy making gingerbread houses, check out this post that shows lots of tips for a fun candy house.
• Holiday shaped brownie pops – Use a boxed brownie mix and cookie cutters to make some festive Christmas treats.
• Christmas tree cupcakes – This dessert also features a Christmas tree topper with a strawberry surprise center!
• Peppermint bark with holiday shapes – Everyone loves this tasty Christmas snack.
• Christmas angel cookies – Delicate and light angel shaped cookies that kids will really enjoy.

For a fun activity the kids will love, make sure to download these free Christmas printables (word search, word scramble and crossword). 

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