These adorable Homemade Garden Pudding Cups are quick and easy to assemble. Using only 3 ingredients they are made with Pudding Cups, crushed up cookies and carrot gummies.

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Homemade Garden Pudding Cups

My Homemade Garden Pudding Cups contain only 3 ingredients and are a great way to get kids involved and having fun in the kitchen.

These Chocolate Dirt Pudding Cups are a great fun, simple craft that would be perfect for Easter or to make at any other time during Spring and Summer.

Most kids love eating themed foods, it’s an easy way to turn snack time into craft time and encourage creativity. Kids can pretend the chocolate pudding and Oreos are “dirt” and then plant some Gummy Carrots inside before they enjoy them.

Make my Easy Homemade Pudding Cups for a party, this would be a really cute idea for a classroom party, birthday party favor, or for Spring Festivals and Carnivals.

How to make Homemade Pudding Cups:

Start by looking out all your ingredients read for assembly.
As well as the recipe ingredients, you will also need Popsicle Sticks; a Pen; Green Construction Paper; a Scissors and some Sticky Tape to help decorate the pots.

Decorating the pudding cup:

Lay the piece of green construction paper horizontally on a flat surface, ready to make grass to cover the pot.
Take one pudding cup and line it up to either the top of bottom edge so you know where to cut the strip for the grass. Cut a piece long enough to cover the entire pudding cup.

Now cut the strip of paper to make the grass.
Make small cuts about ¾ down the strip of paper to resemble grass blades.
I took it a step further and made a few random cuts in between so some of the grass blades had jagged edges.

Wrap the strip of paper around a pudding cup (grass blades facing up), then trim to fit and add a piece of tape to secure it in the back.

Prepare the Garden Pudding Cups:

Next, place your sandwich cookies (about 1 per pudding cup) in a zip lock bag.
Release the air in the bag and secure tightly.
Use a rolling pin to tap the cookies until they’ve broken into small pieces.

Crumble the cookie mixture on top of each pudding cup so it is completely coated to resemble the dirt in the garden.

Add a few carrot gummies to each pudding cup – allowing the orange part of the carrot to be partially buried into the pudding.
Write the word “Carrots” on a popsicle stick and place into the “carrot garden” and your Carrot Garden Pudding Cups are complete and ready to enjoy.

Recipe ingredients:

PUDDING CUPS: I have used Chocolate and Vanilla flavored Pudding Cups as that’s what my kids enjoy. However, you can use any flavor of Pudding Cup as the pudding is covered with crushed cookies. So use the flavor of pudding that your kids enjoy eating, whether chocolate, lemon, vanilla or strawberry.
CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES: I like to use Oreo cookies to make the soil, but use any variety of chocolate cookie. If making a Gluten Free Pudding Cup, make sure you use a gluten free cookie.
CANDY: I have used Carrot Gummies to make my Carrot Garden Pudding Cups. Feel free to decorate with any candy that your kids enjoy. You could even add worm shaped gummies to the mix.

Mix up your toppings:

I have topped these Garden Pudding Cups with carrot gummies, but you can add a whole variety of Easter inspired toppings to these simple Pudding Cup Desserts. Here are some ideas:

Add some chocolate or gummy rabbits to the top of the pudding.
Add some worm shaped gummies to the dirt.
Replace the carrot gummies with some chocolate mini eggs.
Have the Easter Bunny look for eggs by combining a chocolate bunny with some mini eggs.

Can Garden Pudding Cups be made ahead?

My Carrot Garden Pudding Cups are best made just before eating. If you make them too far ahead, the cookie crumbs will start to soften in the pudding and loose some of their crunch. So let the kids make them and eat them once they are finished.

Recipe tips:

I like to make the chocolate dirt by crushing the chocolate sandwich cookies in a ziplock bag using a rolling pin. This method means I have more control over how small I crush the cookies. You can also use a food processor, but that’s not so much fun for the kids and you also have to be careful not to crush the cookies too small!
If this is a kids party activity, set out a variety of candy toppings. Then allow the kids to get creative and decorate the soil however they want.

Don’t miss my additional Easter themed Recipes and Crafts here at When Is Dinner:

Yield: 4

Carrot Garden Pudding Pops

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty EAsy

Estimated Cost $5

Materials

Pudding Cups
Chocolate Sandwich Cookies (Oreos or can use Gluten Free)
Carrot Gummies

Tools

Popsicle Sticks
Pen
Green Construction Paper
Scissors
Tape

Instructions

Lay the piece of green construction paper horizontally on a flat surface.
Take one pudding cup and line it up to either the top of bottom edge so you know where to cut the strip for the grass.
It should cover the entire pudding cup.
Cut the strip of paper for the grass. Continue making small cuts about ¾ down the strip of paper to resemble grass blades. I took it a step further and made a few random cuts in between so some of the grass blades had jagged edges.
Wrap the strip of paper around a pudding cup (grass blades facing up), then trim to fit and add a piece of tape to secure it in the back.
Next, place your sandwich cookies (about 1 per pudding cup) in a zip lock bag. Release the air in the bag and ensure it’s tightly closed.
Use a rolling pin to tap the cookies until they’ve broken into small pieces.
Crumble the cookie mixture on top of each pudding cup so it is completely coated. This resembles the dirt in the garden.
Add a few carrots to each pudding cup - allowing the orange part of the carrot to be partially buried into the pudding.
Write the word “Carrots” on a popsicle stick and place into the “carrot garden” and your Carrot Garden Pudding Cups are complete and ready to enjoy.