Food Friday: Mud Cake with Worms

Mud Cake with Worms

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
  1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• 1 package instant chocolate pudding
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup mini marshmallows
• 10 chocolate cookies (Oreo or other)
• gummy worms

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 325°. Grease and flour an 8-inch square baking pan.
2. Melt the butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool.
3. Beat the vanilla and sugar into the chocolate mixture. Whisk in eggs, one at a time.
4. In a small bowl, add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well.
5. Stir the flour mixture into the chocolate mixture. Add the chopped nuts and mix well.
6. Spoon into the baking pan and spread evenly. Bake for about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
7. While brownies are baking, prepare the instant chocolate pudding according to package directions, using the milk.
8. Once brownies are cool, cut them into squares and put one square into a dish – one dish per person. Add a generous dollop of chocolate pudding. Sprinkle with mini marshmallows (for rocks or gravel), crushed chocolate cookies (for dirt), and put 2 – 3 gummy worms on top.