Flowerpotdessert Recipes

FLOWER POT DESSERT

Steps:

• Crush oreos to a fine texture, set aside. Mix the pkg of chocolate pudding with the milk, set aside.
• Soften the cream cheese and mix with the cool whip.
• Place a layer of crushed oreos in the bottom of the thoroughly washed flower pot.
• Layer the pudding mix and cream cheese -cool whip mix ending with the chocolate on top.
• Sprinkle top of pudding with remaining crumbled cookies.
• Put an artificial flower in the middle and serve.
• For some fun for the kids, put the gummy worms in the "dirt".

FLOWER POT CAKE (OR DIRT CAKE)

Steps:

• 1. 1 (8 inch) new flower pot (plug hole with wax paper) Artificial flowers Gummy worms 1 pkg. (1 1/4 lb.) Oreo cookies, crushed fine in a blender or crumbled by hand) Cream together the following and set aside: 1/2 stick butter 1 c. powdered sugar Blend until thick: vanilla or chocolate pudding 3 1/2 c. milk 1 (12 oz.) container of Cool Whip Add cream cheese mixture and Cool Whip. Layer cookies and pudding mixture in the flower pot. Top with cookies last. Cookies should look like potting soil on top. Add artificial flowers and gummy worms for decoration and attach the following card and a bow to the pot. CARD: I know I look strange, but dig right in.... The flowers are fake but the dirt is cake. I don't need water or tender loving care, Just eat my dirt 'til my pot is bare.

FLOWER POT CAKE

Steps:

• Empty cake mix into a large bowl. Mix in water, oil and eggs. Bake according to package directions. You will have leftover cake -- I usually make mine into muffins and freeze what I dont use.
• Empty pudding mix into another bowl. Add milk and beat, according to package directions. Let thicken in fridge.
• Grind cookies in blender or food processor until you have very fine crumbs that resemble dirt.
• In a bowl, beat cream cheese and maragrine together. Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth and creamy.
• Fold cream cheese micture into thickened pudding.
• Get your flower pot (mine is about 9" tall) and line the bottom with small square of aluminum foil if the pot has drainage holes.
• Layer ingredients into the flower pot in the following order-.
• Cookie crumbs first. Top with crumbled (or small cubes) chocolate cake. Then pudding mixture. Lastly, Cool Whip.
• Repeat layering 3 to 4 times. Top off entire pot with 1" of cookie crumbs.
• Chill until set.
• Garnish with flowers. Add gummy worms if you wish. Serve with spade.

ICE CREAM FLOWER POT DESSERTS

Steps:

• Slice the pound cake (frozen is fine) into 1- to 1 1/2-inch slices. Next, with a biscuit cutter or cookie cutter that fits the bottom of the flower pot, cut the slices into rounds. (You can put the scraps in a zip-top freezer bag and use them at a later date.)
• Into each of your (washed and dried) flower pots, drop a round of pound cake, lightly pressing to make sure they are all the way down. Hold a straw up against the side of a flowerpot and snip it so it's 1/2 to 1 inch shorter than the top. Then, just use that as a guide to cut the rest of the straws. Stick each straw into the center of each pot, anchoring it into the cake.
• Now, grab whatever flavor ice cream you'd like to use, and either set it out on the counter to soften it OR nuke it for 20 seconds or so. It needs to be somewhat soft for this step. Just spoon it into the pots, working it around the straw, until it almost reaches the very tip top of the straw. Clean up the top edges of the pot with a damp paper towel. Now return the pots to the freezer until firm.
• In a food processor, pulse the cookies until they resemble nice, rich topsoil. (You can also crush them in a zip-top bag with a rolling pin.) When they are nice and firm, take the pots out of the freezer. Place a couple of gummy worms on top of the ice cream, then spoon the dirt (crushed cookies) over the top. Be generous here! Place a fresh flower into the straw and serve immediately.

FLOWER POT DIRT CAKE

Steps:

• Line 8-inch plastic flower pot with foil and tape.
• Cream margarine, sugar and cream cheese; set aside.
• In another bowl, mix milk, pudding and cool whip.
• Gradually add to creamed mixture; mix well.
• Beginning with oreo cookies, layer in pot, cookies, pudding, alternating and ending with cookies.
• Refrigerate 2 hours.
• Stick artificial flower (s) in pot with following poem:.
• I know I look strange but dig right in.
• The flower is fake,.
• The dirt is cake.
• I don't need water or Tender Loving Care,.
• Just eat my dirt, till pot is bare.

SPRINGY FLOWER POT DESSERTS - PIONEER WOMAN RECIPE

Steps:

• Prep Time: 30 Minutes Difficulty: Easy Slice the pound cake (frozen is fine) into 1 to 1 ½ inch slices. Next, with a biscuit cutter or cookie cutter that fits the bottom of the flower pot cut the slices into rounds. (You can put the "scraps" in a Ziploc freezer bag and use them at a later date). Into each of your (washed and dried) flowerpots, drop a round of pound cake, lightly pressing to make sure they are all the way down. Hold a straw up against the side of a flowerpot and snip it so it's about ½ to 1 inch shorter than the top. Then, just use that as a guide to cut the rest of the straws. (Note: You can skip the straw step if you are doing a worm version instead of a flower version). Stick each straw into the center of each pot, anchoring it into the cake. Now, grab whatever flavor ice cream you'd like to use, and either set it out on the counter to soften it OR nuke it for 20 seconds or so. It needs to be somewhat soft for this step. Just spoon it into the pots, working it around the straw, until it almost reaches the very tip top of the straw. Clean up the top edges of the pot with a damp paper towel. (Note: If you are doing the worm version, just fill the pot half-way up, put in some gummy worms and put more ice cream on top). Now return the pots to the freezer until firm. In a food processor pulse the Oreo cookies until they resemble nice, rich topsoil. (You can also crush them in a Ziploc bag with a rolling pin). When they are nice and firm, take the pots out of the freezer and spoon the dirt (crushed Oreos) over the top. Be generous here! Place a fresh flower into the straw (on the flower version) and then cover the straw with a bit more dirt.