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
- Witch Finger Cookies
- Ghost Brownies
- Halloween Candy Apples
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
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Print It Rate ItIngredients
- 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.
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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