Servings: 12 servings
Time: 4 hrs 30 mins
Ingredients
- 19.1 oz Oreos regular stuffed, crushed and divided
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 8 Tbsp salted butter softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar aka icing sugar or confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 oz Cool Whip thawed
- 6.8 oz instant vanilla pudding 2 – 3.4 oz boxes
- 3 cups milk cold
Topping
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 15 drops green food coloring or to desired color
- 9 Bunny Peeps 9-12 peeps
- 20-25 mini candy eggs Cadbury, M&M, or Hershey’s eggs
Instructions
- Add Oreos (filling included) to a food processor and blend until they reach a fine crumb. You can also place them in a large zip-top bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
- Set aside 1/3 (around 9-10 cookies worth) of the Oreo mixture for the top of the cake. Press the remaining Oreo crumbs evenly into the bottom of a 13×9 pan.
- With a hand mixer, combine the butter and cream cheese, beating until smooth and creamy, about 25-45 seconds.
- Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract, mixing to combine on low speed.
- Fold the cool whip into the cream cheese mixture with a rubber spatula.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk and instant vanilla pudding until smooth and the mixture begins to slightly thicken. Allow the mixture to set in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes.
- Fold the cream cheese mixture into the pudding mixture.
- Pour over the Oreo crust, spreading gently to evenly distribute.
- Add the remaining Oreo crumbs evenly on top of the dessert.
- Cover and refrigerate for at minimum 4 hours or overnight.
- For the topping, mix the shredded coconut with green food coloring to create “grass”. Sprinkle on top of cake.
- Gently place the Peeps on top of the cake, pressing down slightly to make sure they stick up right.
- Scatter chocolate eggs near the peeps and throughout any empty spaces.
Expert Tips & FAQs
- Pop the dessert into the freezer for about an hour before serving for nice clean slices.
- Switch up the flavor of the pudding to your liking. Chocolate, white chocolate, cheesecake, and even butterscotch pudding are all great options. Sugar-free instant pudding will work just fine as well in this cake.
- It is truly up to you on how thick you’d like the crust and the top coat of Oreo crumbs to be. There is no wrong way, so eyeball it to your liking. We have made the layers both thin and thick, and it’s delicious either way! The only thing to note is that you’ll want the crust to be a bit thicker than the top coat so the base is fairly sturdy when removing a slice from the pan.
