Dirt Cake Cookies

Name: Dirt Cake Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 29 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Cookies:; 1/2 cup butter (1 stick); 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; 2 tsp vanilla; 1 1/4 cup flour; 1/2 cup cocoa powder; 2 tbsp cornstarch; 3/4 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp baking powder; Coating for balls of dough:; About 8 Oreos, crushed to crumbs; 3/4 cup butter (1.5 sticks); 2 cups powdered sugar; 1/3 cup cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp vanilla; 1–2 tbsp whipping cream; Topping/decorations:; Oreo crumbs, for sprinkling; 1 gummy worm per cookie

6 steps

Prep:20minCook:9min

Chocolate cookies rolled in Oreo crumbs, topped with rich cocoa frosting and extra cookie “dirt,” then finished with a gummy worm for a fun dirt-cake look.

Updated at: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:04:43 GMT

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Ingredients

24 servings

½ cupbutter

1 cupsugar

1egg

2 tspvanilla

1 ¼ cupflour

½ cupcocoa powder

2 Tbspcornstarch

¾ tspbaking soda

½ tspbaking powder

Coating

for balls of dough

8Oreos

crushed to crumbs

¾ cupbutter

2 cupspowdered sugar

⅓ cupcocoa powder

½ tspvanilla

1 Tbspwhipping cream

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 340°F.

Step 2

Make the cookie dough: cream butter and sugar; beat in egg and vanilla. Mix in flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking soda, and baking powder until combined.

Step 3

Form dough into balls and roll in crushed Oreo crumbs.

Step 4

Bake at 340°F for about 8–9 minutes.

Step 5

Make frosting: beat butter with powdered sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, and enough whipping cream (1–2 tbsp) to reach a spreadable consistency.

Step 6

Frost cooled cookies; sprinkle with Oreo crumbs and place a gummy worm on each cookie.