Healthy Halloween Worms in Dirt Recipe Dessert

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I will show you how to make a healthy Halloween worm in-dirt recipe that tastes good and is a fun recipe to make.

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Making fun Halloween dirt cups is a fun idea for your next Halloween party and or snack for kids. 

These Halloween dirt pudding cups are so much fun and will go along with all your other Halloween treats

worms in dirt dessert

This Halloween worms-in-dirt recipe has detailed instructions for a homemade chocolate pudding layer that is a healthier version.

I couldn’t find anything online that wasn’t filled with inflammatory ingredients or excess sugar. 

Every Halloween worm in a dessert recipe out on the Internet right now are pure garbage.

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I am not using boxed processed food to make something fun for my child to eat.

So because I couldn’t find anything, I decided to make my version.

My version of this easy dessert is not going to be inflammatory or bad for me and my children.

What this recipe doesn’t have: oreo cookies (oreo crumbs), cool whip, Milano cookies, cream cheese, instant pudding mix, powdered sugar, fruit juice, heavy cream, or whipped cream. 

So if you’re tired of being confronted with recipes that are just plain old bad for you this Halloween dirt cups recipe is refreshing and still feeds the sweet tooth.

Why you’ll love this recipe!

  • Has no processed food or sugar
  • It’s fun to do with children
  • Is nutrient dense
  • Easy to make
  • Great for Halloween theme parties

To make this Halloween worm dirt recipe, ingredients will be split up into sections since we have to make everything from scratch. 

I will make sure it’s all organized and you know what you need for everything.

ingredients

Ingredients

Chocolate Pudding

  • 2 avocados
  • 1/3 cup cacao powder
  • ½ cup plain yogurt 
  • Half a cup of chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup of maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
  • A pinch of salt

Gummy Worms

  • 1 cup strawberries
  • 2 mangoes
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 3 tbs Grass-fed gelatin

Instructions

Chocolate pudding

Add all the ingredients to a food processor or electric mixer. 

Melt chocolate chips by placing your chocolate chips in a glass bowl or any other microwave-safe bowl then add the coconut oil as well.

Melt your chocolate in the microwave for a double boiler.

If using the microwave, heat the chocolate in 30-second increments until you heat for 1 minute making sure you don’t burn the chocolate.

avocado chocolate pudding

Blend melted chocolate in the recipe so you can have a smooth consistency that looks like pudding.

Gummy worm recipe

fruit cut up

Cut up all your fruit and blend

blender blending fruit

Slowly add 1 tablespoon at a time of your gelatin.

coconut water in stovetop

Add coconut water into a saucepan until it boils the take of the heat.

coconut water

Add 1 cup of the fruit purée into a saucepan and heat it on medium heat. 

coconut water

Stir your mixture until the gelatin is completely dissolved.

fruit puree
fruit puree

Take it off the stove top let it cool a little and distribute your fruit mixture.

fruit puree
gummy worm mold being filled

Fill molds in and place them in the freezer for 10 minutes

filled gummy worm mold

After 10 minutes, take out your gummy bears and slowly remove them from the mold. 

Building worm in the dirt cup

Use individual cups of your choice to build your worm in a dirt cup. I like to use clear plastic cups or small mason jars. 

simple mills cookies crushed

Crush chocolate cookies into fine crumbs or thick crumbs into a cup

Scoop your homemade pudding into the bottom of the cup

Layer the cup with pudding, cookies, pudding, and cookies until you get to the top. 

worms in dirt dessert

Add worms on top and if you like, add another layer of chocolate-crumbled cookies on top of the dirt cup.

homemade gummy worms in dirt recipe

You can add Halloween sprinkles, cookie tombstones, or any whipped topping you like.  

Enjoy!

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Simple Mills Sweet Thins Cookies

Food processor

Gummy molds

Coconut water

Storage

You can store your premade Halloween weren’t there cups in the fridge raider for no more than a week.

Save leftover chocolate pudding in an airtight container in your fridge raider for no more than a week.

Substitutions

If you’re vegan, you can substitute your yogurt for a plant-based yogurt issue with milk or almond milk.

You can substitute your chocolate cookie for a type of chocolate cookie you would like.

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halloween worms in dirt recipe

Healthy Halloween Worms in Dirt Recipe Dessert

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 1 person

Ingredients
  

  • 2 avocados
  • 1/3 cup cacao powder
  • 1/3 cup plain yogurt
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips (melted)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • pinch of salt

Gummy worms

  • 1 cup strawberries
  • 2 mangoes (sliced)
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 3 tbsp Grass-fed gelatin

Instructions
 

  • Add all the ingredients to a food processor or electric mixer. 
  • Melt chocolate chips by placing your chocolate chips & coconut oil in a glass bowl or any other microwave-safe bowl.
  • Melt your chocolate in the microwave for a double boiler.
  • If using the microwave, heat the chocolate in 40 seconds making sure you don’t burn the chocolate.
  • Blend melted chocolate in the recipe so you can have a smooth consistency that looks like pudding.

Gummy worms

  • Cut up all your fruit, and blend it.
  • In a small saucepan add water and bring to a boil then take it off the heat.
  • Slowly add 1 tablespoon at a time of your gelatin to your water.
  • Stir your mixture until the gelatin is completely dissolved and remove big chunks of gelatin that do not dissolve.
  • Add 1 cup of fruit mixture and incorporate.
  • Fill molds and place them in the freezer for 10 minutes
  • After 10 minutes, take out your gummy bears and slowly remove them from the mold. 

Building worm in the dirt cup

  • Add crushed chocolate cookies into fine crumbs or thick crumbs to a cup
  • Scoop your homemade pudding into the bottom of the cup
  • Layer the cup with cookies, pudding, cookies, etc until you get to the top. 
  • Add worms on top and if you like, add another layer of chocolate-crumbled cookies on top of the dirt cup.
Keyword chocolate pudding, pudding, worms in dirt

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