Survivor Birthday Party Poke Cake

Name: Survivor Birthday Party Poke Cake
Prep time: 60 min
Total time: 340 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 cake layers, cooled; 2 cups water; 2 pkg. cherry gelatin; 1 tub frozen whipped topping, thawed; 4 OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 1/3 cup); 1½ cups worm-shaped chewy fruit snacks

Does your kid dream of being challenged in the wilderness? This fun candy worm and cookie dirt covered cake is the best way to celebrate their birthday!

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Servings:

Makes 16 servings.

Ingredient list

2 baked 9-inch round white cake layers, cooled
2 cups boiling water
2 pkg. (3 oz. each) cherry gelatin
1 tub (8 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed
4 OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 1/3 cup)
1½ cups assorted bug- or worm-shaped chewy fruit snacks

Directions

Place cake layers, top-sides up, in 2 clean 9-inch round pans. Pierce cakes with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.

Add boiling water to gelatin mixes in small bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Pour over cake layers in pans. Refrigerate 3 hours.

Dip bottoms of cake pans in warm water 10 sec.; unmold. Fill and frost cake layers with whipped topping. Refrigerate 1 hour.

Decorate cake with cookie crumbs and fruit snacks as desired. Use small birthday cake sparklers for candles on the cake for torches.

Recipe Tips

Make Ahead
Cake layers can be baked weeks ahead and frozen. Thaw layers, then continue with recipe beginning with piercing the cake layers with fork.
Substitute
Prepare using your favorite flavor gelatin.