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mini bucket with graham cracker teddy bears and an umbrella on top
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Sand Bucket Dessert

These Sand Bucket Desserts are the perfect summer dessert! Layers of white cake with blue sprinkles, blue colored cheesecake pudding and a topping of crushed cookies for sand. These are then decorated like a little beach scene and are so adorable! Serve in tiny buckets these will be a hit!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Chill Time1 hour
Total Time2 hours 5 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Sand Bucket Dessert
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 379kcal
Author: Alicia

Equipment

  • 10 10 ounce clear plastic buckets
  • 10 paper umbrellas

Ingredients

  • 15.25 ounces white cake mix water, oil and eggs the box calls for
  • 1 lemon optional
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons blue sprinkles
  • 6.8 ounces cheesecake instant pudding mix 2 boxes
  • 4 cups cold milk
  • blue food coloring
  • 1 ½ cups crushed vanilla wafers
  • teddy bear graham crackers
  • rainbow stripe candy

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a large bowl combine the cake mix and the water, oil and eggs the box calls for.
    15.25 ounces white cake mix
  • Add the juice of one lemon to the cake mix.
    1 lemon
  • Add the sprinkles to the cake mix.
    1 ½ Tablespoons blue sprinkles
  • Pour the cake batter into a prepared 9 x 13 baking dish and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool.
  • Slice chilled cake into bite-size squares.
  • Prepare the pudding.
    6.8 ounces cheesecake instant pudding mix
  • Combine the cheesecake pudding mix with the milk and whisk.
    4 cups cold milk
  • Add in the blue food coloring until you get your desired shade of blue.
    blue food coloring
  • Divide the cake squares and place in the bottom of each of the 10 buckets.
  • Next top each one with a spoon full of blue pudding.
  • Sprinkle the crushed vanilla wafers on top of the pudding so it looks like sand.
    1 ½ cups crushed vanilla wafers
  • Refrigerate for an hour.
  • Decorate the top of each one with an umbrella, 2 teddy bear graham crackers and a little beach blanket cut out of the rainbow stripe candy.
    teddy bear graham crackers, rainbow stripe candy

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Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 379kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 670mg | Potassium: 202mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 45g | Vitamin A: 160IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 218mg | Iron: 1mg