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    Home » Recipes » Halloween

    Oct 17, 2022 · Modified: Oct 26, 2022 by Harriet

    Halloween Pudding Cups

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    These Halloween pudding cups are an easy dessert. Made with instant pudding, crushed cookies, and creepy gummy candy, they are quick to make.

    Vanilla pudding with chocolate cookie crumbs and Halloween candy on top.
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    • 👛 Cost To Make
    • 🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe:
    • 🥘 Ingredients In This Recipe
    • 🍽 Equipment
    • 🍳 Step By Step Instructions
    • 💭 Recipe Tips
    • 👪 Serving Size
    • 🍬 Calories Per Serve
    • 📖 Variations
    • 🌡️ Storage
    • 🍲 Meal Prepping
    • 📝 Frequently Asked Questions
    • 🎃 More Halloween Recipe Ideas
    • 📋 Recipe Card

    Creepy and crawly, these cute Halloween pudding cups are easy to make and will look great on your Halloween dessert table.

    👛 Cost To Make

    Estimated cost = $4.30 or about $0.71 a serve

    🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe:

    You will love these Halloween pudding cups because:

    • These pudding cups with a cookie dirt topping are easy to make.
    • They are a budget-friendly dessert made with instant pudding mix, cookies, and candy.
    • These dirt puddings require no cooking or baking, but you will need an electric or hand mixer.

    🥘 Ingredients In This Recipe

    The printable recipe further down the page has the complete list of ingredients, including quantities and step-by-step instructions.

    Image of ingredients needed to make Halloween pudding cups.

    Instant pudding mix - We used a vanilla-flavored pudding.

    Note - The servings from instant pudding mixes vary, and you may get 4 or 6 servings from your pudding mix. 

    Our pudding mix made six servings and used 700ml (23.66 ounces, almost 3 cups of milk).  

    Chocolate cookies - We used pieces of Oreo chocolate sandwich cookies left over from making Oreo eyeballs, but any chocolate cookie will work. 

    Assorted Halloween candy - you could use gummy worms, little candy pumpkins, candy corn, gummy body parts, snakes, or candy eyes.

    🍽 Equipment

    • Electric mixer or hand beater
    • 4-6 x 167 ml (5.9 ounces) glasses or clear plastic cups

    🍳 Step By Step Instructions

    Top down photo of pudding cups being decorated.

    All you need to do is, make the pudding mix to the instructions on the packet.

    Divide the mixture between serving glasses, top with crushed chocolate cookie crumbs, and decorate with Halloween-themed candy.

    💭 Recipe Tips

    • If making several batches of Halloween pudding cups, use a food processor to make cookie crumbs.
    • If you want a thicker and denser pudding, replace some milk with cream.
    • Make it family style, and serve the pudding in a large bowl and go wild with the decorations.

    👪 Serving Size

    A serving size is one pudding cup from a serving of six.

    🍬 Calories Per Serve

    There are approximately 143 calories in a serving without candy toppings.

    📖 Variations

    Add food gel

    This easy Halloween pudding recipe can also be made with chocolate instant pudding or color vanilla pudding with a few drops of gel food coloring to make green pudding, purple pudding, or orange pudding.

    Make graveyard pudding cups

    To make graveyard or tombstone pudding cups, use instant chocolate pudding and top with chocolate cookie crumbs.

    Decorate the cups with a tombstone made from a long plain cookie like a Milano cookie, sour gummy worms, candy bones, or small candied pumpkins.

    You could "engrave" the tombstone with "RIP" using an edible black marker or chocolate piping.

    Frankenstein pudding cups

    Before making the pudding, use a permanent marker to draw faces onto the outside of clear plastic cups.

    Fill the cups with green-colored pudding. To make a green pudding, add a few drops of green food coloring to instant vanilla pudding.

    Finish the Frankenstein pudding cups with chocolate cookie crumbs for the hair.

    Vanilla pudding cups on a wooden board.

    🌡️ Storage

    Store in the fridge until ready to serve.

    🍲 Meal Prepping

    If you are planning on making a batch of these for a Halloween party, you can do some preparation in advance;

    • The night before - Make the pudding and pour it into the serving cups, seal and store it in the fridge until needed.
    • The next day - About an hour before serving them, add the crushed cookie crumbs and decorate them with candy. Return to the fridge until ready to serve. 

    📝 Frequently Asked Questions

    Can dirt pudding cups be made in advance?

    Yes, you can make these can in advance. However, the longer the cookie crumbs are on top of the pudding, the softer they will get.

    If you wanted crunch cookie crumbs on top, make the pudding and add the cookie crumbs and candy just before serving.

    🎃 More Halloween Recipe Ideas

    If you like this recipe for Halloween Pudding Cups you might also like to see this collection of Easy Halloween Foods to Make or the recipes below:

    • Oreo eyeballs
    • Halloween rocky road
    • Mummy hot dogs in puff pastry
    • Spider hot dogs
    • Halloween hot dog fingers
    • Oreo spider cookies
    Pudding cups on display on a table decorated in a loosely woven cloth.

    I do hope that you try these Halloween pudding cups. If you do, please come back and leave a comment below because I would love to know how you went.


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    📋 Recipe Card

    Vanilla flavored Halloween pudding cups.

    Easy Halloween Pudding Cups

    Add some fun to the dessert table with these easy Halloween pudding cups. Made with instant vanilla pudding and chocolate cookie crumbs, they are quick and easy to make.
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    Prep Time : 15 mins
    Cook Time : 0 mins
    Total Time : 15 mins
    Cuisine: : Western
    Course : Dessert
    Servings : 6 x ½ cup servings
    Calories : 143 : kcal
    Estimated Cost (AUD) : $4.30 or about $0.71 a serve

    EQUIPMENT

    • Electric mixer or hand beater
    • 4-6 x 167 ml (5.9 ounces) glass or plastic tumblers

    INGREDIENTS

    • 100 grams (3.52 ounces) of instant vanilla pudding mix
    • 7-9 chocolate cookies or more if needed
    • Assorted Halloween gummy candy snakes, and candy eyes
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    INSTRUCTIONS

    • Make the pudding mix as outlined on your pudding mix packet.
      Note: Servings from pudding mixes vary, and you may get 4 or 6 servings from your pudding mix.
      Our pudding mix used 700ml (23.66 ounces, almost 3 cups of milk) and made 6 servings.
    • Divide the mixture evenly between the tumblers leaving about 2.5 cm (1 inch) of space at the top.
    • Place the chocolate cookies into a small zip lock bag and crush them into small coarse crumbs.
    • Top each pudding cup with 2-3 teaspoons of the cookie crumbs and decorate with the gummy candy, snakes, and eyes.
    • Store in the fridge until ready to serve.

    Notes

    VARIATIONS
    Add food gel
    You can also make this recipe with chocolate instant pudding or color vanilla pudding with a few drops of gel food coloring and make green, purple, or orange-colored instant pudding cups.
    Make graveyard pudding cups
    To make graveyard or tombstone pudding cups, use chocolate pudding and top with chocolate cookie crumbs. 
    Decorate the cups with a tombstone made from a long plain cookie like a Milano cookie, sour gummy worms, candy bones, or small candied pumpkins.
    You could "engrave" the tombstone with "RIP" using an edible black marker or chocolate piping.
    Frankenstein pudding cups
    Before making the pudding, use a permanent marker to draw faces onto the outside of clear plastic cups.
    Fill the cups with green-colored pudding. To make a green pudding, add a few drops of green food coloring to instant vanilla pudding. 
    Finish the Frankenstein pudding cups with chocolate cookie crumbs for the hair.
     
    MEAL PREPPING
    If you are planning on making a batch of these for a party, you can do some preparation in advance;
    • The night before - Make the pudding and pour it into the serving dishes, seal and store it in the fridge until needed.
    • The next day - About an hour before serving them, add the crushed cookie crumbs and decorate them with candy. Return to the fridge until ready to serve. 
     
    Nutrition Facts
    Easy Halloween Pudding Cups
    Serving Size
     
    1 x ½ cup
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    143
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    3
    g
    5
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    1
    g
    6
    %
    Trans Fat
     
    0.01
    g
    Polyunsaturated Fat
     
    1
    g
    Monounsaturated Fat
     
    2
    g
    Sodium
     
    784
    mg
    34
    %
    Potassium
     
    42
    mg
    1
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    27
    g
    9
    %
    Fiber
     
    1
    g
    4
    %
    Sugar
     
    7
    g
    8
    %
    Protein
     
    1
    g
    2
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    0.4
    IU
    0
    %
    Calcium
     
    4
    mg
    0
    %
    Iron
     
    2
    mg
    11
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Nutrition Disclosure

    More Easy Halloween Food Ideas

    • Easy Halloween Foods To Make
    • Oreo Spider Cookies
    • Halloween Hot Dog Fingers
    • Spider Hot Dogs

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