Mini Crumbl Dirt Cake Cookies Copycat Recipe

Oh boy, we are back with another Crumbl copycat recipe. This one is a twist on our favorite childhood treat, Dirt Cake. These super soft, chocolate fudge cookies are rolled in Oreo crumbs, topped with a dark chocolate frosting and sprinkled with more Oreo and a gummy worm.

Trust us, your kids are going to LOVE these! If you don’t happen to live near a Crumbl Cookies (which is totally sad in itself!), this is one of the speciality flavors this week. But we GOT YOU! This recipe will have you duplicating the Crumbl cookies in your own kitchen in no time. Seriously, these are so easy to make.

If rich chocolate cake isn’t necessarily your thing, may I suggest one of our other Crumbl copycat recipes such as Twix Cookies, Churro Cookies, S’mores Brownie Cookies, Circus Animal Cookies, Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cookies, S’mores Brownie Cookies or the Chilled Sugar Cookies.

MINI CRUMBL IS THE PERFECT SIZE

Yes, Crumbl is known for their giant cookies. They are so big, in fact, they list them as 3.5-6.5 servings in their stores. I don’t know about you, but I hate to share my cookies. And who eats 1/6 of a cookie anyway?? I like my own perfectly round, un-touched cookie so mini cookies are right up my alley.

That’s right, we are so in love with our MINI Crumbl size that we made this week’s Dirt Cake Cookies mini as well!

This Dirt Cake Cookies recipe makes 24 cookies because I recommend making them MUCH smaller than Crumbl would. Instead of a “shareable cookie”, this is a bite-sized cookie that you won’t feel so guilty eating. Three bites and it’s gone. Have two or three, no one is judging! I would assume Crumbl uses at least 1/4 of a cup of cookie dough for each cookie and I suggest just about 1 tablespoons in order to make them a more manageable size.

If you prefer GIANT cookies, make only 10 cookies with this recipe and they will be GIANT!! If you prefer smaller cookies, make 24 with the dough. So, you do you.

DIRT CAKE COOKIES INGREDIENTS

Butter – The butter for this recipe should be cold. Right out of the fridge cold.

Brown Sugar – Unlike many other cookie recipes, you are going to use much more brown sugar than granulated sugar. It works. Trust us.

Granulated Sugar

Egg

Cold Coffee – I used this coffee that you can grab at your local grocery store. Don’t skip this because it brings out the amazing chocolate flavor.

Dark Cocoa – You can get fancy and get a more expensive cocoa but I use the Hersheys Special Dark Cocoa and it tastes great.

Vanilla – Go for the real vanilla extract and NOT the imitation.

Baking Soda

Flour – All-purpose flour is all you need.

Oreo Cookie Crumbs – Crush the Oreos (without the filling) in a food processor

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CAKE COOKIES

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Use parchment paper or a silpat mat to line a baking sheet. 

2. Cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a stand mixer until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure all ingredients are blended.

3. Add in eggs, vanilla and cold coffee and beat until combined.

4. Add in flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Mix until all combined.

5. Scoop out 1 TBSP dough and roll into balls. (If you want HUGE cookies, scoop out 1/4 cup dough.) Roll each ball in the Oreo Cookie crumbs coating the entire dough ball. Place dough balls on prepared pan (12 cookies to a pan) and flatten with your hand to about 1/2 inch thick.

6. Bake for 7-9 minutes. Cool cookies cookie sheet for 10 minutes before removing to cooling rack.

7. While cookies are cooling, make the frosting.

DARK CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING INGREDIENTS

BUTTER – Softened salted or unsalted butter

VANILLA EXTRACT – Go for the real vanilla extract and NOT the imitation.

POWDERED SUGAR

DARK COCOA – I use the Hersheys Special Dark Cocoa and it tastes great.

DARK CHOCOLATE MELTED – Melt DARK chocolate chips in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time until fully melted.

HOW TO MAKE DARK CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING

In stand mixer, cream butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and cocoa for about 2-3 minutes until smooth.

Add in melted chocolate and mix for an additional 2-3 minutes until the frosting is light and fluffy.

Put the frosting in a piping bag with a star tip OR you can put the frosting in a gallon size Ziploc bag and cut off one corner of the bag. Use the frosting bag to pipe frosting in a spiral on top of the cooled cookies.