Don’t let the name—or the appearance—of this snack fool you! These delicious dirt cups may look like dirt, but I think you’ll agree that they taste much better!
This fun hands-on snack is as much fun to build as it is to eat, so get ready to pull up your sleeves and dig in the dirt and hunt some worms.
If you and your little one enjoy this snack, I have lots more for you to make together. There are more than forty snack recipes in my ABC Snacks Series. And each snack is yummier and more fun than the one before it, so be sure to check them all out!
These girls had a wonderful time making (and eating) their dirt snack. Why don’t you try it too…I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!
Delicious Dirt Cups
Here’s what you’ll need to make four dirt cups:
- 1 package instant chocolate pudding
- 2 cups milk
- 8 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 4 ounces whipped topping
- 4-8 gummy worms
- 4 small clear plastic cups
Directions:
- Crush chocolate sandwich cookies and divide evenly into two bowls.
- Combine pudding mix and milk according to the package instructions. Refrigerate for a few minutes.
- Stir whipped topping and half of the crushed cookies into the pudding.
- Fill cups with pudding mixture.
- Sprinkle remaining crushed cookies over pudding mixture in cups.
- Garnish each of your dirt cups with one or two gummy worms.
- Eat dirt!
Adapted from Oh! Nuts
Teaching Tips
- As you and your child play in the dirt, practice saying /d/–/d/– delicious dirt together.
- Can you form the letter D with gummy worms?
- Read a book together. Dirt: The Scoop on Soil is perfect!
- Download ABC Snacks: Tips for Working on Pre-Reading Skills for more teaching tips.
Want More Snacks that Start with D?
For snacks that start with D and many more, get the entire series of ABC Snacks Cookbooks with more than 40 snack recipes for your preschoolers!
Photo credit: April Stevenson at The Five Girl Schoolhouse
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