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Sand Pudding Desserts

Get beach ready with these cute sand pudding buckets! Layers of fluffy white cake, blue cheesecake pudding, and crushed cookies in a sand pail bring this summer treat all together. 

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Chill time
1 hr
Total Time
2 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 10 desserts
Calories: 361 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 (15.25oz) box white cake mix
  • water according to box instructions
  • oil according to box instructions
  • eggs according to box instructions
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 (3.4 oz) boxes cheesecake instant pudding
  • 4 cups cold milk
  • Blue Food coloring
  • 1 ½ tbsp blue sprinkles
  • 1 ½ cups crushed vanilla wafers 30-35 Vanilla Wafers or 60 Mini Vanilla Wafers
  • Teddy Grahams
  • Rainbow stripe candy Extreme Airheads

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then prepare a 9x13 baking dish by spraying it with nonstick spray.
  2. Combine the cake mix, water, oil, and eggs in a large bowl according the box cakes instructions. Then add the juice of one lemon to the bowl and blue sprinkles. 
  3. Pour the cake mix into the prepared 9x13 baking dish. Then bake for 45 minutes. Once the cake is done baking insert a toothpick into the cake To make sure it’s done.
  4. Cut the cake into small bite sized squares. Let the cake cool.
  5. Combine the cheesecake pudding mix and the milk. Whisk the ingredients together. Add in the blue food coloring until it’s at a color you like. Then mix in the sprinkles.
  6. Line 10 buckets up and add a slice of cake to each bucket. Then evenly distribute the pudding on top of the cake.
  7. Sprinkle the crushed vanilla wafers over the blue pudding.
  8. Garnish the sand pudding dessert with a Teddy Graham laying on top of a strip of the rainbow candy as a towel, other Teddy Grahams hanging out, and/or a drink umbrella on top.
  9. Serve immediately or chill until serving if not serving immediately.

Notes

  • Make the cake and pudding ahead of time so it is ready to go when you are wanting to assemble it. Then just assemble it right before you’re ready to serve.
  • Wait to put sand and decorations on ​until you are ready to serve so the crumbs don’t become too mushy. 
  • Skip the sand pails ​if you’d prefer and use any clear plastic cups for the same sand pudding dessert, just not quite as cute.
  • Store in the fridge ​for up to three days, if there is not a layer of sand on the pudding, cover with plastic wrap. 
  • Ingredient Notes: 
  • White cake mix - you can either used a boxed white cake or a homemade white cake, you just need something that you can cut up and put into the buckets. You could also use yellow if you wanted to, but I like the white cake with blue sprinkles. 
  • Lemon - you can omit this if you don't want the hint of lemon flavor in the cake.
  • Sprinkles - any blue sprinkles will work or you can omit these as well. 
  • Cheesecake pudding mix - you can use white chocolate or vanilla as well.
  • Vanilla Wafers - regular size or mini work well or if you want to try something else, Golden Oreos or graham crackers also work great. 
  • Candy decorations - Teddy Grahams can be replaced with Sour Patch Kids or gummy bears; colorful mints can be added as beach balls, etc. Get creative! 

Nutrition Information

Calories 361kcal (18%) Carbohydrates 66g (22%) Protein 6g (12%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 4g (20%) Polyunsaturated Fat 2g Monounsaturated Fat 2g Trans Fat 0.3g Cholesterol 12mg (4%) Sodium 692mg (29%) Potassium 208mg (6%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 34g (68%) Vitamin A 160IU (3%) Vitamin C 6mg (7%) Calcium 236mg (24%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 10desserts

Amount Per Serving

Calories 361

% Daily Value*

Calories 361kcal 18%
Carbohydrates 66g 22%
Protein 6g 12%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g 12%
Monounsaturated Fat 2g 10%
Trans Fat 0.3g 15%
Cholesterol 12mg 4%
Sodium 692mg 29%
Potassium 208mg 4%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 34g 68%
Vitamin A 160IU 3%
Vitamin C 6mg 7%
Calcium 236mg 24%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.