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Dia De Los Ninos: Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups

April 19, 2016 by Sammy 16 Comments

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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by General Mills. All opinions and writing in this post are my own.

April 30th is Dia De Los Ninos, a celebration of children! Isn’t it great that there is a day set aside just to celebrate children? Mine bring so much joy into my life as a stay at home mom. Getting to watch my children play, learn, grow, and thrive makes me so happy.

One of my favorite things to do with my kids is cooking with them and baking them special treats to have when after school or whenever.

Dia De Los Ninos: Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups

I remember baking things with my grandma when I was a kid and into my teen years. She taught me to love cooking and gave me memories to hold close to my heart forever. Sometimes she would pick me up from school and have a special baked up waiting just for my sister and I.

Cocoa Puff Dirt Cups!

I always try to create special memories for my children like the ones I had with my grandmother. Getting them in the kitchen is always fun, but I love surprising them with snacks too.

This week we made our own creation, Cocoa Puff dirt cups. Right now General Mills has huge family sizes of their Cocoa Puffs, which is a bargain at Walmart. My son loves Cocoa Puffs and gummy worms so I thought this would be a great treat we could make all our own!

Dia De Los Ninos: Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups

Here’s what you’ll need:

  • Two small 5.1 oz boxes of chocolate instant pudding
  • Milk (For Instant Pudding Mix)
  • One Family Size Box of Cocoa Puffs (So easy to find at a low price in the cereal aisle at Walmart!)
  • 1 Small Container of Whipped Cream
  • Gummi Worms
  • 10 Clear Small Plastic Cups

Dia De Los Ninos: Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups

  1. Prepare Instant Pudding according to directions on the box.
  2. Mix whipped cream into half of the chocolate pudding to create a lighter brown layer.
  3. Blend or crush 1 cup of Cocoa Puffs.
  4. Put a spoonful of pudding at the bottom of a cup.
  5. Layer a small handful of Cocoa Puffs on top of the chocolate pudding.
  6. Layer a spoonful of the whipped cream mix on top of the Cocoa Puffs.
  7. Sprinkle the crushed Cocoa Puffs on top for the dirt.
  8. Add some gummy worms on top.
  9. Repeat!

*This will make about 10 servings. To get the most crunch out of the Cocoa Puffs, prepare right before serving.

Dia De Los Ninos: Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups

This is such an easy dessert to make and fun for the kids! I was easily able to find all of the ingredients I needed at Walmart and found our giant family size box of Cocoa Puffs easily in the cereal aisle.

Dia De Los Ninos: Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups

Dia De Los Ninos: Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups

Jonas loved our new recipe and has already asked me to make it again. The best part of creating it was the memories we shared and of course the taste test!

Dia De Los Ninos: Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups

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Do you love cooking in the kitchen with your kids? What is your favorite snack/recipe to make together? Are you celebrating Dia De Los Ninos this year? I would love to hear from you in the comments below!

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Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups
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This is an easy recipe that your kids can help you make. It's very yummy and a cheaper alternative to using oreos for the dirt!
  • CuisineDesserts, kid friendly
Servings Prep Time
10 cups 25 minutes
Servings Prep Time
10 cups 25 minutes
Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups
Print Recipe
This is an easy recipe that your kids can help you make. It's very yummy and a cheaper alternative to using oreos for the dirt!
  • CuisineDesserts, kid friendly
Servings Prep Time
10 cups 25 minutes
Servings Prep Time
10 cups 25 minutes
Ingredients
  • 2 5oz Boxes of instant chocolate pudding Prepare according to box instructions.
  • 1 Family size box of Cocoa Puffs cereal
  • 4 Cups milk For instant pudding mix
  • 1 Small container of whipped cream
  • 1 Package of gummy worms
  • 10 Small plastic cups I used small plastic tumblers.
Servings: cups
Instructions
  1. Prepare Instant Pudding according to directions on the box.
  2. Mix whipped cream into half of the chocolate pudding to create a lighter brown layer.
  3. Blend or crush 1 cup of Cocoa Puffs.
  4. Put a spoonful of pudding at the bottom of a cup.
  5. Layer a small handful of Cocoa Puffs on top of the chocolate pudding.
  6. Layer a spoonful of the whipped cream mix on top of the Cocoa Puffs.
  7. Sprinkle the crushed Cocoa Puffs on top for the dirt.
  8. Add some gummy worms on top.
  9. Repeat!
Recipe Notes

This will make about 10 servings. To get the most crunch out of the Cocoa Puffs, prepare right before serving.

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Samantha Ramos

Samantha Ramos has her B.A. in Special Education. She is a stay at home mom and homeschooler to 3 children in Southern California. Her biggest passion is positive parenting and helping moms find simple solutions to every day mom problems!

Comments

  1. Julie Wood

    July 13, 2016 at 6:14 am

    i like the Cocoa Puffs Dirt Cups! I need to make these with the kids this summer. They would have a blast making these. Thanks for sharing. I think it is pretty cool!

    Reply
    • Sammy

      July 13, 2016 at 12:15 pm

      Thanks Julie! I hope your kids enjoy, mine love them. Thanks for stopping by. :)

      Reply
  2. Ann

    June 21, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    This recipe/post brings back memories! When I was in early grade school, my mother would sometimes make a variation on this recipe: she’d make a whole “flowerpot!” :)
    I’m not a real fan of chocolate, so as I was reading this post I was thinking of ways to modify this recipe to better suit my preferences– while still making it look like a real dirt cup! One idea I had was to use Reese’s Peanut Butter Puffs cereal.
    Such a neat post; thank you for sharing!

    Reply
    • Sammy

      June 21, 2016 at 5:00 pm

      Hi Ann! What a great idea, Reese’s Peanut Butter Puff’s sound wonderful too. If you wanted you could also make it look more like sand and use a different flavor of pudding like butterscotch. Thanks for stopping by! :)

      Reply
  3. shannon fowler

    June 2, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    Dirt cups were my favorite as a child! i haven’t seen them done quite like this though. thank you so much for sharing, I’m so excited to try them

    Reply
    • Samantha

      June 4, 2016 at 7:08 am

      Thanks Shannon! They are so good. Me and the kids had a lot of fun making them too!

      Reply
  4. Psychic Nest

    April 26, 2016 at 6:16 am

    Hi Sammy,

    Easy and fun to make! I bet my nephews and nieces will love those dirt cups when I make them! Thank you for this recipe. :)

    Zaria

    Reply
    • Samantha

      April 26, 2016 at 6:22 am

      Hi Zaria, No problem! These are so much fun for kiddos. ;)

      Reply
  5. Mother of 3

    April 24, 2016 at 3:39 am

    We have made many versions of dirt cups over the years but I never thought to use crushed cereal; what an easy and cheap idea. These are adorable and I know my boys would love them.

    Reply
    • Samantha

      April 25, 2016 at 9:18 pm

      It actually turned out really good! It was definitely cheaper than using cookies. My son loves Cocoa Puffs too so he had fun helping me make them. Thanks for stopping by Joanne.

      Reply
  6. Jerry Marquardt

    April 21, 2016 at 10:36 pm

    This recipe looks very delightful. I copied the recipe down in order to make this on the coming weekend. I thank you for sharing this today.

    Reply
  7. Ireon Williams

    April 21, 2016 at 7:55 pm

    Looks like a fun activity for the kids

    Reply
  8. Richard Hicks

    April 21, 2016 at 7:51 pm

    A favorite dish of many [email protected]!

    Reply
  9. Barbara

    April 20, 2016 at 7:54 am

    I’ve never heard of Dia de los Ninos before. My son might be too old to celebrate, he’s 24? ;)

    I love this recipe. My mom makes Dirt Cake with Oreos when our family gets together once in a while and I never eat it because I can’t stand Oreos. This sounds like it’d taste a little lighter. I’m going to see if I can get her to try this one next time. Maybe even with strawberries instead of gummy worms? Hmmm.

    Reply
    • Samantha

      April 20, 2016 at 1:43 pm

      Hi Barbara, I’m sure you could get away with celebrating Dia de Los Ninos with your son. Your kids are always your babies, right!? ;)

      Strawberries actually sound really good on this. I will have to give it a try. Thank you for stopping by.

      Reply
  10. Brandon Sparks

    April 19, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    This looks so good. I am going to have to make this for my kids.

    Reply

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