Sand Bucket Dessert

These Sand Bucket Dessert Cups are the cutest summer dessert that you will ever make. Layers of white cake, cheesecake pudding, and crushed vanilla wafer make a beach themed dessert that is as festive as it is fun.

Not only is this dessert festive and fun, but it’s also really easy to make. You’ll need just a couple of simple ingredients to make this show-stopping dessert, so gather these ingredients and get ready to show off this dessert at your summer parties and cookouts.

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• This recipe is perfect for summer cookouts and parties.
• It’s a unique and festive dessert that will wow your guests!
• Plus, it only takes a few simple ingredients and combines the flavors of white cake, cheesecake pudding, and crushed vanilla wafers.
• It’s easy to make, so you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time with your friends and family.

🛒Ingredients

For this recipe, you will need a few simple ingredients which are all easy to find at your local grocery store. So, you don’t have to worry about driving around town to different stores to find specialty ingredients. Once you see how pretty these turn out, they will be well worth the trip to the store.

• white cake
• Water, oil and eggs the box calls for
• Lemon
• blue sprinkles
• cheesecake instant pudding 
• cold milk
• Blue food coloring
• crushed vanilla wafers
• Teddy Grahams
• Rainbow stripe candy

See the recipe card below for quantities.

🔪 How to Make This Sand Bucket Dessert

Making this summer dessert is so simple. Just follow the step by step directions below and you will have a festive and beautiful dessert to share with your family and friends in no time at all.

Step 1: Preheat the oven and prepare a baking dish

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9×13 baking dish well with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 2: Mix the cake batter

In a large bowl combine the cake mix and the water, oil, and eggs the box calls for. Add the juice of one lemon to the cake mix. And, then add the sprinkles to the cake mix.

Step 3: Bake the cake

Pour the cake batter into a prepared 9×13 baking dish. And, then bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. 

Step 4: Slice and cool the cake

Slice into bite size squares. Set aside to cool.

Step 5: Make the pudding

Combine the cheesecake with the milk and whisk. Add in the blue food coloring until you get your desired shade of blue.

Step 6: Fill the buckets

Into your buckets divide the cake squares into each of the 10 buckets. Next top each one with the blue pudding. Top each one evenly with the vanilla wafer crumbs.

Step 7: Decorate the buckets

Decorate the top of each one with an umbrella, 2 teddy graham, and a little beach blanket cut out of the rainbow stripe candy. Refrigerate for an hour. Serve!

📝Variations

Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!

• Cake Mix: Try using different flavors of cake mix, such as strawberry or chocolate.
• Whipped Topping: Swap out the pudding for Cool Whip instead.
• Fruit: Add a layer of fresh fruit in between the cake and pudding layers.

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🥄 Equipment

Here’s a quick list of the equipment that you will need to make this easy summer dessert recipe. Gather these tools and get ready to enjoy this festive treat.

• mixing bowls
• 9×13 baking dish
• 8 ounce clear plastic buckets
• paper umbrellas

🥫 Storage

These dessert cups can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. I don’t recommend freezing them as the pudding layer can separate.

💭 Tips

Here are a few tips that you can use to ensure that this summer dessert recipe turns out perfectly for you every time that you make them.

• Bake the cake in a 9×13 baking dish. This will make it easier to slice into small squares.
• Use clear plastic buckets for the dessert cups. This will make them look like real sand buckets!
• If you can’t find crushed vanilla wafers at your local grocery store you can crush them yourself at home with a food processor or blender.
• If you don’t have a lemon on hand, you can use bottled lemon juice instead.

⁉️ FAQ

Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.

🍽 More Summer Dessert Recipes

Do you enjoy summer desserts, try these delicious recipes:

• Rainbow Popsicle Recipe
• Orange Creamsicle Lush
• Malibu Rum Cheesecake

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🧾Recipe Card

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