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Dirt Worm Cake Cones Recipe

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Delight your kids and guests with these fun and playful Dirt Worm Cake Cones. Made with moist green-tinted yellow cake baked right inside ice cream cones, topped with creamy chocolate frosting, crushed Oreo cookies to mimic dirt, and gummy worms for that creepy-crawly effect, these cupcake cones are perfect for parties or Halloween celebrations.

  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 24 cupcake cones

Ingredients

Cake Batter

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup water
  • Green food coloring, about ¼ to ½ teaspoon gel or 3-5 drops liquid

Cone & Toppings

  • 24 cake cones (ice cream cones)
  • 1 can chocolate frosting
  • 1 package Oreo cookies (regular size)
  • 48-72 gummy worms (2-3 worms per cupcake cone)

Instructions

  1. Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius) to ensure it reaches the right temperature for baking the cake cones evenly.
  2. Prepare Cones and Batter: Place the ice cream cones upright in the wells of two 12-well muffin pans to keep them stable during baking. In a large mixing bowl, combine the yellow cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and water until smooth and well blended.
  3. Add Color to Batter: Mix in about ¼ to ½ teaspoon of green gel food coloring or 3-5 drops of liquid green food coloring to the cake batter. Whisk thoroughly until the batter is uniformly green, enhancing the 'dirt' theme for the cake cones.
  4. Fill Cones with Batter: Pour approximately ¼ cup of the green cake batter into the center of each ice cream cone, filling them evenly but leaving a little room at the top for rising.
  5. Bake the Cake Cones: Place the muffin pans with the filled cones into the preheated oven. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until the cakes are fully set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool completely in the pans.
  6. Prepare Oreo “Dirt”: While the cones cool, remove the cream centers from the Oreo cookies. Place the cookie wafers in a sealed plastic bag and crush them into coarse crumbs using a rolling pin or your hands. Pour the crushed Oreo crumbs into a shallow dish and set aside.
  7. Frost the Cones: Once the cake cones are completely cooled, generously frost the tops with chocolate frosting. Spread the frosting to cover the rim of each cone evenly to help the Oreo crumbs stick.
  8. Apply Crushed Oreos: Immediately after frosting, turn each cone upside-down and dip the frosting side into the crushed Oreo crumbs so they stick well to the frosting, mimicking dirt.
  9. Add Gummy Worms: Flip the cones back upright. Decorate the top of each frosted, Oreo-coated cone by pushing 2 to 3 gummy worms into the frosting so they look like worms crawling out of the dirt.

Notes

  • Ensure the cones are placed upright and stable in the muffin pans to avoid spilling batter while baking.
  • Crushing Oreos coarsely rather than into fine crumbs enhances the “dirt” texture for a more realistic look.
  • Use gel food coloring for a more vibrant green without thinning the batter too much, but liquid food coloring works fine too.
  • These cake cones are best enjoyed the same day for optimal freshness but can be stored covered at room temperature for up to 2 days.
  • Author: Amelia
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Find it online: https://recipesvibe.com/dirt-worm-cake-cones-recipe/