Dairy Free Dirt Cake

Well, my oldest turned three this week, and his birthday party is tomorrow afternoon. He really enjoys pudding pies, so my husband and I thought he would love a dirt cake for his birthday. Not only does he love pudding, but he loves gummy worms and Oreos too. This incorporates many of his sweet tooth lovins.

Now, I made this for about twenty people so I hope this is enough. I'm too lazy to break down the recipe into a smaller amount, so be warned that this is a butt load of dirt cake.

You will need:

4- large boxes of the regular Jello pudding in either vanilla or chocolate (the sugar free kind is not dairy free).
6- cans cold of coconut milk (3 regular, 3 light)
A little bit of rice milk (enough for two generous splashes)
2 or 3 pkgs of Oreo cookies (Surprise! They're dairy free).
1 canister of Rich's Whipped Topping (its the one you need to whip yourself, not the pre-whipped kinds).
Gummy worms
A large plastic pot, fake flowers, and rock candy if you're going for pizazz.

As always when cooking for a food allergic, double check your labels.

1) You can start by crunching up your Oreos into large crumbs.
2) Whip your Rich's Whipped Topping according to directions
3) Prepare your Jello Pudding according to directions with the six cans of coconut milk (shake them first, and open the full fat ones upside down- the fat rises to the top) and two generous splashes of rice milk (or soy if you really prefer it).
4) Layer a third of your Oreo crumbs on the bottom of your dish.
5) Fold whipped topping into pudding. Place half of pudding/whipped topping mixture on top of Oreo crumbs.
6) Layer a second, third of Oreo crumbs
7) Layer remaining pudding mixture
8) Top with remaining crumbs and gummy worms. Decorate with plastic flowers and candy rocks if you wish.
9) Refrigerate for several hours
10) Enjoy!

I let Caden sample some of the pudding mix and he pronounced it good. Hopefully, everyone else enjoys it tomorrow too.

P.S. Do not under any circumstance try to prepare this using rice or soy milk instead of coconut milk. It will not gel and you'll waste a lot of otherwise yummy pudding.