A few years ago, my best friend had a wedding shower. I made this for the first time. It came out great, but since then, I've improved the recipe and made it a bunch of times for different events - parties, work events, etc. Each time, everyone asks for the recipe, which is awesome!
So here it is, in all its glory. Enjoy - and I highly recommend it for the holidays. Perfect for those sugar-rushes you need before the New Years' ball drops.
Chocolate Trifle AKA Death By Chocolate
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Large
Trifle Bowl (mine is 14 inches by 14 inches)
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2 batches
brownies, baked, cooled, and cut into 1 inch cubes (I use Ghirardelli
Double Chocolate Brownies with chocolate chips in the mix; I’ve also used the
Ghirardelli brownies with fudge added to the batter)
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½ cup
caramel (I use Smuckers caramel, found in the ice cream toppings section of
the store)
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Two
3.9-oz boxes of instant chocolate pudding mix (NOT cook-and-serve, must be
instant) (I use Jello brand chocolate or chocolate fudge)
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1 cup
cold water
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3 cups
heavy cream
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1
teaspoon sugar
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1 package
Oreos
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24 oz
regular Cool Whip, thawed in
fridge for a few hours
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Fruit,
nuts, or whatever additional garnish you like
With an electric mixer, blend chocolate pudding mix and
sugar with water til thoroughly mixed; then slowly add cream. Whip and blend until frothy, like chocolate
mousse. Should take several minutes.
In a food processor, or manually (crush in a Ziploc bag),
crush Oreos. Leave one aside for
garnish, and set aside some crushed Oreos for garnish as well if desired.
In the trifle bowl, layer 1/3 of each:
1 – Brownies
2 – Drizzle of Caramel
3 – Chocolate whipped cream/mousse made above
3 – Chocolate whipped cream/mousse made above
4 – Crushed Oreos
5 – Cool Whip
Repeat 2 times.
You may have leftover brownies :)
I normally use a batch and a half, saving the extra for family (or myself).
