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Sand Bucket Dessert

This Sand Bucket Dessert is the perfect festive dessert to celebrate summer. Layers of cake, pudding, and graham crackers make up this treat.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Chill Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Servings 10 Buckets
Calories 365kcal

Equipment

  • mixing bowls
  • 9x13 baking dish
  • 8 ounce clear plastic buckets
  • paper umbrellas

Ingredients

  • 15.25 ounces white cakemix
  • Water oil and eggs the box calls for
  • 1 Lemon juiced
  • 1 ½ tablespoons blue sprinkles
  • 6.8 ounces cheesecake instant pudding two 3.4 ounce boxes
  • 4 cups cold milk
  • Blue food coloring
  • 1 ½ cups crushed vanilla wafers
  • Teddy grahams
  • 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.
  • Add the juice of one lemon to the cake mix.
  • Add the sprinkles to the cake mix.
  • Pour the cake batter into a prepared 9x13 baking dish.
  • Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Slice into bite size squares.
  • Set aside to cool.
  • Meanwhile prepare the pudding.
  • Combine the cheesecake with the milk and whisk.
  • Add in the blue food coloring until you get your desired shade of blue.
  • 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.
  • 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!

Notes

Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 365kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 1174mg | Potassium: 202mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 160IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 218mg | Iron: 1mg