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
Media: Dirt cake

Several bakeries in Singapore sold dirt cakes served in flowerpots after the dessert appeared on the Taiwanese show A Hint of You.^[5] In 2016, chefs in Bangalore created a dirt cake weighing 1,078 kg, setting a Guinness world record.^[6][7] In 2024, Oreo released a limited edition Dirt Cake flavor cookie.^[8][9]

See also

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