This kitty litter cake recipe has been around for quite a few years. I made one 10 years ago when my daughter was in 5th grade and hosted a Halloween party. A few years ago after she graduated high school she asked me to make the cake again, only this time she was having a group of friends over for a bonfire. So if you want some gross Halloween party food, the kitty litter cake is always a hit! Only the bravest will actually try it, but those that do will giggle, laugh and then say “mmm!”.
Kitty Litter Cake Recipe
So for those of you who have never eaten or made a kitty litter cake it’s basically just cake mix, pudding, cookies and Tootsie Rolls. Let’s get started shall we?
If you need more ideas, check out all these awesome Halloween food ideas!
One of the main reasons this cake looks so real is due to the small amount of cookie crumbs that you will color with a little bit of green food coloring. This makes it look like the green chloraphyll in cat litter.
The cake itself is made up of two separate baked cake mixes, a chocolate and a white or yellow, crumbled up. Then there’s the entire package of vanilla sandwich cookies you’ll crush up too.
In a brand new kitty litter pan, you take the two cakes, half of the cookie crumbs, and then you’ll add a package of prepared pudding. Vanilla is the norm, but I used pistachio. Once it’s mixed up, you heat some Tootsie Rolls in the microwave to soften them and stretch them out to look like turds. Yum.
Then sprinkle the rest of the crumbs on top, then finish with the green crumbs. Add a few more turds and you’re done! have fun and Happy Halloween!
Here’s some more Halloween party ideas for you:
- Monster Brownies
- Creepy Hand Luminaries
- Glitter Jack O’Lantern Treat Bags
- Halloween Treat Cups
- Bleeding Place Cards
Some fun things to add to your Halloween party!
- Jell-O shot syringes (for the grown ups)
- Labels for your soda bottles (with labels like truth serum, zombie virus, spider venom and more!)
- 20-foot giant hanging spider
- Brain gelatin mold
- Blood splattered tablecloth
- Glowstick bracelets
- Mist maker (for creating that smokey, misty look!)
Kitty Litter Cake
This kitty litter cake recipe has been around for quite a few years. If you want some gross Halloween party food, the kitty litter cake is always a hit!
Ingredients
- 16.25 ounce chocolate cake mix
- 16.25 ounce yellow cake mix
- 5.1 ounce vanilla instant pudding mix or pistachio, one large box
- 25 ounce vanilla sandwich cookies
- Green food coloring
- 15 small Tootsie Rolls
- 1 new kitty litter pan
- 1 new Pooper Scooper
Instructions
- Prepare cake mixes and bake according to directions (any size pans but 13×9 is easiest). Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble. Crumble sandwich cookies in small batches in food processor, scraping often. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup cookie crumbs, add a few drops green food coloring and mix using fingers until an even green color.
- When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into the new litter box. Toss with half the remaining cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. Mix in just enough of the pudding to moisten it.
- You don’t want it soggy. Combine gently.
- Put three unwrapped Tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until soft and pliable. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt, curving slightly. Repeat with 3 more Tootsie rolls and bury in mixture. Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top.
- Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly over the top. (This is supposed to look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter.) Heat 3 Tootsie Rolls in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake; sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Spread remaining Tootsie Rolls over the top; take one and heat until pliable, hang it over the side of the kitty litter box, sprinkling it lightly with cookie crumbs. Serve with new popper scooper.
Recipe Video
Amanda Formaro
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Jessica Rasmussen says
Found this for a last minute Halloween party I was invited to, I can’t stop smiling, can’t wait to see there reaction! ??
Amanda Formaro says
I hope they loved it Jessica!
SJCarras says
LOL! I’m not sure I”D eat them, and I tend to like Tootsie Rolls (well, maybe not always the biggest ones which ARE segmented to look like, brown, sh–..ah, you know lol.
Christine says
OMG!!!! I love this idea! It is so creepy and disgusting that it is perfect for Halloween. I was looking for something to make for my daughters girl scout ? party and this is absolutely perfect. Thank you!!
Amanda Formaro says
Awesome!! Be sure stop back and let me know how it turns out! :)
Amy Grasso says
I made this and instead of Tootsie Rolls I used Little Debbie Brownies & Molded them to look like a Turd LOL ….I thought the Tootsie Rolls would be too Chewy….It came out Great!! I had a Friend that did this with Crumpled Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Dust Pan with a Lil Duster & a Poem that went with It. Real Cute, Very Creative!!
Amanda Formaro says
Haha great idea using the brownies!! Did they have the colored sprinkled candy on them still? LMAO
Eboni says
I love your creativity. But, I couldn’t eat it lol. I will be using this idea to make dirt for my Halloween graveyard though! TFS :)
Amanda Formaro says
Haha! I can actually say I tried it when my (now) 23 year old daughter was in 6th grade ;)
No one cares says
Another example of those who have no brains. Why on earth would anyone even come up with something like this? That’s awful to do to someone. Welcome to the dysfunctional world we live in.
Amanda Formaro says
Ha ha! Well it’s not for everyone, but it definitely puts the “trick” in trick or treat. ;)
Naomi Temple says
Actually demented brains! lol! I love people who come up with things I’d never think about. I’m doing this for Friday as this fits the theme of the gross or scary food item to bring.
Amanda Formaro says
Awesome, Naomi. This cake, as gross as it looks, is always a big hit flavor wise! Have fun :)
Shirl says
LOL, I saw this and immediately was grossed out and laughed. Awesome idea, Thanks. I’m making it an not saying a word, see everyone’s reaction.
Amanda Formaro says
Haha it’s always fun to see people’s reactions!
Valerie says
What size kitty litter pan did you use? All the ones I see are huge!
Amanda Formaro says
I just go to the dollar store and grab the regular sized one. Sorry I don’t have an exact size to give you!
Colleen Maguire says
What keeps the cake from falling through the litter scoop?
Amanda Formaro says
Hi Colleen :) Well much like real cat litter, it clumps together because of the moisture, so it won’t fall through! :)
E. says
This is a great cake for that gross out factor! A few yrs. ago I made one for a friend’s birthday (who has a lot of cats), and she loved it.
Pennie Hoffman says
I am so looking forward to making this!!!!! Of course the Love of My Life have a gag-reflex factor of .02, so it will be the perfect Halloween Prank!!!! THANK YOU!!!!! Keep These ideas Coming!
Amanda Formaro says
Ha ha! Hope you have fun with it Pennie, I know we always did!
Clarissa Montalbo says
Oh my goodness I sooooo am going to make this for my family for Halloween they are going to FLIP! HAHA I made a meat pie and I never cook for my family so they thought it was going to be disgusting and maybe burnt, but it came out perfect!! And so crisp, everyone ate it all and felt very ashamed because they were making fun of me when I was making it. So their going to definitely make some strange comments this time when I make this cat litter cake for them!!! Thanks so much for this recipe Amanda!
Tonja Hustin says
I made this MANY years ago for my daughter’s Girl Scout Holloween Party. None of the girls would touch it, including my daughter. I served the “litter” in a new litter pan and a new scooper. Finally, about 30 minutes before the party was over, one brave mother took a scoop. She asked for the recipe! I took none home. I used a spice cake mix and a white cake mix along with Tootsie Rolls and melted carmels. The carmels melted out into puddles. They looked like diarrhea.
Ginger says
Ohh love it we are going toale thos for our Girl Scouts as well! Hope thay like it!
alison says
Dont leave cake around cause cat could use it for real lol
EDWARD ROOSA says
I HAVE NEVER SEEN GREEN CAT LITTER BEFORE. I’VE SEEN WHITE, PAPER CAT LITTER, WHITE WITH BLUE SPECKES. HOPE UR HALLOWEEN PARTY IS THE CATS MEOW.
Amanda Formaro says
The green used to be in a lot of cat litters, it was speckled into the gray. Not so much anymore.
Ms MARY FAY DOYLE says
Hi Amanda, I am new here but I found your Kitty Litter Cake. It don’t necessarily have to be for Halloween. It could be for someone who loves cats (like my daughter), April Fools, joke for someone’s birthday. Oh there’s probably several different days you could use it on. But needless to say that is one pan the kitties don’t get because it goes in the cabinet with the other cake pans for the next time. :)
Laura says
I have actually seen online a much simpler way of making the kitty litter dessert. Simply make a batch of brownies (from a mix is fine), and use your hands after they cool to make the “poop” shapes. Then fill your box or pan with either chopped nuts or crushed cookies of the right color for the “litter.”
Amanda Formaro says
Yes, I’ve seen that one too. Wouldn’t be as good to eat though. Just cookie crumbs and brownies. The cake in this recipe has pudding, making it moist. But not a lot of people eat it anyway, so either way works haha!
Penny says
the Kitty Litter box cake is a great idea.the only thing I noticed is it looks like dry cake.not like a piece of cake that’s moist.is it dry and crumbly?
Amanda Formaro says
Hi Penny. No it’s not dry at all, it’s really moist in fact. The reason it looks dry is because the topping is cookie crumbs.
Barbarella a.k.a. The Mad Cat Lady says
Brilliant! I would love to serve that one up one day. Just imagine people´s feces, erm *faces*, I mean! LOL
MMH says
We used this for the “Creepy Cake” Contest at work (http://blog.firstaidmart.com/kitty-litter-cake/) and WON. Once you get over the look, it taste really great – moist, too (we added the leftover pudding as a layer in the middle drizzled over with melted dark chocolate, too)
Amanda Formaro says
Yummy! haha!
Doug says
I loved this cake but it seemed to really confuse my cats!!!!!!!! lolz
Amanda Formaro says
LOL Doug! :)
Barbarella a.k.a. The Mad Cat Lady says
Hmmm yeah, you wouldn´t want to find a *real* kitty turd in there!!! :O
Amanda Formaro says
I would hope not LOL
june says
I saw this once but you would have to use the word turds,got a laugh this morning I saw this and really didn’t feel like eating but good idea for kids show it to teens later.lol hilarious.love it
shirley hughes says
we had this at a halloween party, but nobody would eat it because it looked so real.
Sharon Burnside says
Thanks so-o-o-o much, been looking for this recipe for a long time! Can’t wait to try it out!!! :)
Amanda says
You’re welcome! It’s always a hit :)
Cajun Chef Ryan says
I believe this will gross out jsut about anyone who sees this cake!
Amanda says
I have made this for years. I made it last thanksgiving for my mom. It looks a bit gross but if you use a regular pan to serve it in its not as gross looking. I will be the 1st to say ITS REALLY GOOD.
Robyn says
OMG! This is soooo funny. of course I have cats and wouldn’t dare to eat it myself!
Raso says
Great recipe, I really must say. Happy halloween to you Amanda and rest of bloggers.
Cheers.
Karen B says
Sooooo grossly neat!!! When I made this, it was a “LITTLE” difficult to get anyone to eat it….Can’t imagine why; I used a brand new litter pan and scoop LOL
Sharon Field says
Absolutely THE grossest halloween cake i’ve ever seen… ugh!! Bet the teens and tweens love it!
Jay says
Oh gosh, I made a kitty litter cake when my now grown children were youngsters. The only difference being my litter cake had darker “litter” but all in all not much difference.
I doubt I could make one nowadays though. Seems the tummy get overly sensitive as one ages!
I can attest your litter cake looks just like the real thing. Which means, in my youngest grandson’s own words upon eyeing your photo, Ewww, gross! Why are you looking at a cat box? What? It’s a cake? No way!! Really? Sweeeeeet! That’s soooooo totally cool!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN AMANDA!! :-)
MaryBeth says
I have not made one of these since my kids were little…they are always so much fun!
Diane {Created by Diane} says
looks so weird, kept hearing about this idea but had no idea what it looked like. My kids would LOVE this!
Sue says
So realistic! I don’t know if I could eat it…maybe with my eyes closed:) HAPPY HALLOWEEN, Amanda!
Katrina says
Yeah, you really should clean out that cat litter box! ;)
Jersey Girl Cooks says
This is so funny!
Ann says
Perfectly gross! I don’t know if I could over-look it! Brilliant!
Avril says
Happy Halloween Amanda! A great cake for this holiday indeed….I bet you your daughter’s friends are going to absolutely LOVE this cake!
gail says
ewwww, the litter pan and the scooper make it totally gross!!!
lol
gail
Jessica says
lol that is so gross. Perfect for Halloween :P