Happy Halloween!

My boyfriend, Ben, asked me to make something for his Halloween party, and I decided to make a creepy-crawly dirt cake. I put gummy worms and gummy spiders in it for the spirit of the season. It looks really cute, and although I haven't tried the actual cake, I did try the filling and it was delicious! I found the recipe at cooks.com, but just tweaked it a bit.

Ingredients:

1 package Oreo cookies

1 8oz package of creme cheese (leave out for a couple hours for easier mixing)

1/2 cup butter (softened)

1 cup powdered sugar

3 cups milk

1 tub cool whip

6 cups milk

3 packages instant pudding (I used 2 chocolate and 1 vanilla so it would have the "dirt look" without being too chocolaty)

1 tsp vanilla flavoring

gummy worms

Put oreo cookies into a plastic bag and crush. Spread about 1/3 across the bottom of a 13x9 pan. Beat butter, creme cheese, vanilla flavoring and powdered sugar together until well blended. In a separate bowl blend milk, and pudding mix. When blended well, fold in the cool whip. Add this mix to the creme and butter bowl and stir well. Add a layer onto top of cookies until well covered. Place a few gummy worms in as desired. Now layer cookies again, followed by the chocolate mix. Top with a few oreo crumbles and worms. I stuck some worms half-way in to make it look like they were crawling out! Have a Happy Halloween!