Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 three-quart plastic sand bucket or 3 one-quart sand buckets with shovels
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
• 2 8-oz packages of cream cheese
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 12 ounces frozen whipped topping
• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 2 3.4-ounce packages of instant vanilla pudding (other flavors may be used)
• 1 20-ounce package vanilla wafers, crushed
• Beach bears, gummy worms, and/or gummy sharks for garnish, optional

Directions

1. Using soapy water, wash sand buckets and shovels, rinse them and dry them, then set them aside.

2. On a microwave safe dish, place butter. Place in microwave on defrost (30 percent power) for 1 minute. Put butter in large mixing bowl.

3. Repeat softening process with cream cheese and add to mixing bowl. (Note: you can also place butter, cream cheese, and whipped topping on counter for 1 hour to soften.)

4. Mix butter and cream cheese togetehr

5. Place powdered sugar in a sifter and sift powdered sugar into the butter-cream cheese mixture. Mix in the powdered sugar until it’s well blended.

6. Uncover frozen whipped topping and place in microwave on defrost (or 30 percent power) for 1-2 minutes.

7. In a medium-sized bowl, add milk.

8. Sprinkle pudding over milk and whisk or beat until thickened, about 1 minute.

9. Add pudding and whipped topping to the cream cheese mixture and mix until smooth using a wooden spool or electric mixer.

10. In a food processor, process vanilla wafers until they form an even crumb. Or place wafers in a plastic bag and roll them, using a rolling pin, until you have completely broken them up.

11. In the buckets, place a layer of crushed vanilla wafers, then a layer of cream cheese-pudding mixture. Keep layering until full (about 4 layers each) and end with a layer of crushed wafers.

12. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate several hours. Before serving, decorate with Beach Bears, gummy worms, or sharks if desired. Use shovel to serve.

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