For the chocolate enthusiast in all of us, this is a fantastic party dessert. Add swirls of canned whipped topping and shaved chocolate curls as desired to the top. Make sure that each serving contains a small amount of each layer. Enjoy!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 15 |
| Yield: | 15 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (19.8 ounce) package brownie mix
- 1 ¾ cups cold milk
- 2 (3.3 ounce) packages instant white chocolate pudding mix
- 4 teaspoons instant coffee granules
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- 2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 3 (1.4 ounce) bars chocolate covered toffee bars, chopped
Instructions
- Prepare brownies according to package directions. Bake and cool completely. Cut into 1 inch cubes.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together milk and pudding mix until mixture begins to thicken. Dissolve coffee granules in water and stir into pudding mixture. Fold in whipped topping.
- In a glass serving bowl, layer one-third of brownie cubes, one-third of pudding mixture and one-third of candy. Repeat layering until all ingredients are used. Chill 30 minutes in refrigerator before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 249 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 38 g |
| Cholesterol | 7 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 186 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This dessert is very rich but not very flavorful. I added an additional teaspoon of coffee granules but still the mocha flavor was unnoticeable. I will try again and double the coffee granules. I made my own whipped cream and brownies from scratch.
We love this trifle. I use it for catering, and is a huge hit!
I’ve been making this recipe for YEARS!! Always a hit, every time I make it!! You can use butterfinger pieces, chocolate chips or snickers pieces as a substitute and it’s always delicious!!
Based on my experience making this recipe yesterday, I believe the ingredient measurement for milk on this recipe is wrong. Ignore the ingredient for 1 3/4 cups cold milk and make the pudding using the amount of milk stated on the pudding box; otherwise, the pudding will be WAY TOO THICK for the trifle. 1 3/4 cup milk is 1/4 cup short for just one box of 1 oz of the pudding much less 3 boxes/ounces. Also, Jello’s 1 oz box and Godiva’s 3.9 oz pudding box both state that 2 cups of milk should be used. I found that Jello’s 2 cups of milk per one oz. of pudding mix was by far the better consistency for a trifle recipe, but the Godiva pudding mix had a much better flavor.
This recipe was a huge hit at our Friday night get together with friends! I always use really whipped cream instead of cool whip. I made this again for my granddaughters 5th birthday, added gummy worms to make it look like worms & dirt!
I loved this!! It was my first trifle ever and I made it for a party. I substituted heavy cream and whipped up one pint of it with 3 tablespoons of confectioners sugar to hold the peaks since it was going to be about 4 hours before i served it. That worked perfectly!! I folded this in with the pudding and i did what others did and substituted cheesecake for vanilla pudding. I also added a little more milk by sight so it wasn’t rigid but basically the consistency of cake batter. I used Devil’s food cake for my layers. I did have some left over.. I drizzled Kahlua over the Devil’s food cake layers but didn’t saturate it. You could barely taste it in the trifle.. i used 5 Skor bars and basically cut them with a knife while they were warm and soft. If there’s an easier way to crush Skor bars I’d like to know! 🙂 This will be my go-to trifle now that i have my first trifle bowl!
I loved this!! It was my first trifle ever and I made it for a party. I substituted heavy cream and whipped up one pint of it with 3 tablespoons of confectioners sugar to hold the peaks since it was going to be about 4 hours before i served it. That worked perfectly!! I folded this in with the pudding and i did what others did and substituted cheesecake for vanilla pudding. I also added a little more milk by sight so it wasn’t rigid but basically the consistency of cake batter. I used Devil’s food cake for my layers. I did have some left over.. I drizzled Kahlua over the Devil’s food cake layers but didn’t saturate it. You could barely taste it in the trifle.. i used 5 Skor bars and basically cut them with a knife while they were warm and soft. If there’s an easier way to crush Skor bars I’d like to know! 🙂 This will be my go-to trifle now that i have my first trifle bowl!
I got rave reviews about this. I used the Ghiradelli dark chocolate brownie and then give it a liberal sprinkling of Amaretto after I chopped it. I do think it needs more than 2 cups of whipped cream.
We love this. My grandson loves it, so I make it every year for his birthday & Christmas. It’s easy to half this recipe.
In a word, wow! We really enjoyed this dessert. I made a few little changes, due to ingredients I had on hand. I used a dark chocolate brownie mix because of all the reviews saying how intolerably sweet this was. For coffee flavoring, I used strong coffee made in a French press. The layers I used were whipped topping, brownies, frozen raspberries – again to cut the sweetness, miniature white chocolate KitKat bars and miniature peppermint patties, and the mocha pudding. I think next time I pack all the brownie layers a bit more densely packed
I was so excited to find this recipe with so many 5 star ratings so I decided to make it for a dinner party. I followed the recipe exactly only adding a shot of Kahlua to the pudding mixture as recommended by one of the reviewers. I have to say that I was terribly disappointed in the results. The pudding mixture was almost gummy and had a processed taste to it. That in combination with the very rich brownies and the even richer crumbled candy combined to make this dessert so rich that most of my guests could only eat a few bites. This one does not rate as a “keeper” in my recipe files.
I make this often, mostly because I get lots of requests for it. The only changes I made are that I add a 1 1/2 tsp of almond extract to the mousse and I sometimes drizzle a some caramel sauce on the top of my brownie layers if I have it handy. Oh, and I buy a Heath Bar Milk Chocolate and English Toffee peices – it’s easier than smashing candy bars.
I made this Trifle dessert for a dinner party and all of my guest thought it was to die for. I did substitute heavy whipping cream instead of Cool Whip. I also baked the brownies in a 9 by 13 pan instead of the 8 by 8 which decreased the cooking time a lot, but made more of the chewy texture for the brownie bite in the Trifle.
this is amazing
I won a baking contest at my office for national chocolate day! I did add more coffee than called for because I like a stronger taste. I made the brownies from scratch using the bakers unsweetened chocolate “one bowl” recipe – so easy and good! I also added dark chocolate chips to the brownies. So delicious and makes a nice presentation in a trifle bowl. Can’t wait to make – and eat – again! Thanks for the recipe!
Great dessert for any time of the year. The whole family loved it.
when I couldn’t find heath bars, I crumbled Ghirardelli white peppermint bark. My daughter in law finds it more festive around the holidays. A less expensive alternative is crushed peppermint.
Delicious! I used dark chocolate brownie mix and added 1 tsp. instant coffee to the brownie batter before baking. 🙂
Super easy! Made this for a friends birthday and everyone raved about it! I put 1/3 cup of Kalua on the brownies after baking.
I made it as written the first time. Second time I made my scratch brownies, added Kahlua and nuts and changed to homemade French Vanilla Pudding, so it was not so sweet. I also made my own whipped cream to which I added just a touch of it to keep it from separating. This was good as written but a bit too sweet for me without my changes. Thanks for a great idea!
I made this for a coworker’s birthday today . This is sooo rich…omg! It was a hit ?? the best part is how easy it was to make. As others have mentioned the white chocolate pudding was not available so I chose vanilla. I opted to make the brownies from scratch (see Brookes Best Brownies on this site…incredible! ). The rest is by the book…it’s a keeper for sure.