If you are needing an easy but delicious dessert for Easter, you will want to make this peeps Easter Garden Poke Cake. Super fun, colorful plus ...it's easy to make.

~Ingredients:

-Chocolate Cake:

1 3/4 Cups All Purpose Flour.

2 Cups Granulated Sugar.

3/4 Cup Cocoa Powder.

1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder.

1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Soda.

1 Teaspoon Salt.

1 Cup Whole Milk, room temperature.

2 Eggs, room temperature.

1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil.

2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract.

1 Cup Coffee, warm.

-Filling:

2 Boxes Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix.

4 Cups Whole Milk.

-Frosting:

1 Box Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix.

1 Cup Whole Milk.

16 Oreo, crushed.

8 oz Cool Whip, thawed.

-Topping:

16 Oreo, crushed.

15 Peeps Bunnies.

15 Orange Mike and Ikes.

Edible Easter Grass.*

~Directions:

-Making the Chocolate Cake:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 x 13 pan with foil and spray it with non stick baking spray . Set aside.

Step 2: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

Step 3: Whisk milk, oil, eggs, coffee and vanilla in a large bowl until well mixed and slightly frothy.

Step 4: Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk until just barely combined and smooth. Do not over mix!

Step 5: Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake for 25 - 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with a few moist crumbs.

Step 6: After you remove the cake from the oven, poke holes all over the cake using the end of a wooden spoon or something similar.

Step 7: Cool completely before frosting.

-Making the Filling:

Step 8: In a medium bowl, combine 2 boxes pudding mix and 4 cups of milk.

Step 9: Whisk well and pour evenly over the cake. Be sure to gently press pudding into the holes.

Step 10: Gently tap pan on counter to try and remove the air bubbles inside. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

-Making the Frosting:

Step 11: In large bowl, combine 1 box of pudding mix and 1 cup milk.

Step 12: Whisk until thickened.

Step 13: Add the Cool Whip and stir until well blended.

Step 14: Add in the crushed oreo and stir until well blended.

Step 15: Spread mixture evenly over the cake.

Step 16: Sprinkle 16 crushed Oreos on the top of the frosting.

Step 17: Add Peeps to the top of the cake.

Step 18: Cut the edible grass into thirty 3/4 inch pieces.

Step 19: With a toothpick, poke hole in end of each Mike and Ike and insert 2 pieces of grass.

Step 20: Stick each Mike and Ike into the cake beside a peep bunny.

Step 21: Cut into squares and serve.

Step 22: Eat and Enjoy!

~Recipe Notes:

*You can get edible Easter grass from Amazon. Alternatively you can use mint leaves, cut in half lengthwise.

Enjoy!

Please leave us a picture in the comments below if you make it or have any questions!

XoXo Hannah and Hailey :)