Extreme Chocolate Trifle

April 15, 2013 By

Extreme Chocolate Trifle

I’m on a major trifle kick right now.

I made one for Easter and ever since then, I’ve been obsessed.  So obsessed that if I ever open a bakery, I only want to sell trifles. The variations are endless, and the best part? It’s almost impossible to mess up.

Basically, a trifle is throwing a bunch of delicious desserts into one dessert and creating the best dessert ever.  Sounds scientific right?

Well, it’s not, which is great.  Plus, it’s a fantastic way to use “ruined” desserts. Did you burn your brownies? So what, throw them in a trifle.  Did you drop a cake? Who cares, make a trifle.  Did you have leftover frosting, brownies, cake, bread, etc. etc.? Perfect, put together a trifle.

Anyway, this chocolate trifle has been my favorite so far.  It’s such a crowd-pleaser and it’s so pretty, too.  Everyone devoured it when I made it.

Also, watch out! I made coconut pound cake this week, and we have leftovers, so be expecting a coconut pound cake recipe and a coconut pound cake trifle recipe in the near future.

triple chocolate trifle

ingredients in a chocolate trifle

how to make a trifle

This recipe is from AllRecipes.com.

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Extreme Chocolate Trifle
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Serves: 12
 

This chocolate trifle is fantastic for feeding a crowd. The beauty of this recipe is that you can either make everything from scratch or if you’re in a time crunch, you can use all box mixes.
Ingredients
  • 1 batch of brownies
  • 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 (12 oz) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Instructions
  1. Cut up brownies into 1 inch squares (or just crumble them into small pieces).
  2. Make pudding, according to box directions. Or make your own from scratch!
  3. In a trifle bowl or glass serving dish, place half of the brownies, half of the pudding mixture, half of the sweetened condensed milk, half of the chocolate chips, and half of the 12 ounce container of whipped topping. Repeat layers. Shave chocolate onto top layer for garnish. Refrigerate 8 hours before serving.

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Have you made a trifle before?  What’s your favorite variation?

 

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Cracker Candy Bars

February 27, 2013 By

ritz cracker candy bars

Let’s be honest today:

Honestly,

1) I had no idea what I was doing when I started making these.  (Clearly…see photo below.)

chicken scratch candy bar recipe

2) I’m not really sure how I translated this recipe from that piece of paper, so if you try to make this and fail, I wouldn’t be surprised. (Kidding…but seriously, see photo above.)

3) I made these 3 weeks ago and I’m just now posting them.

4) I was barely able to tear myself away from Jodi Picoult’s new book (The Storyteller) to write this post.

jodi picoult the storyteller and a cup of coffee

5) Speaking of The Storyteller, I tried to make boule today because I wanted to be like the main character in the book.

6) I was too anxious to let the dough rise overnight like the recipe said, and, as you can imagine, I failed miserably and the bread is as dense as… a rock?

baking disasters, rock hard boule bread

7) I still ate the bread.

8) These are the best “candy bars” ever.  They should sell them in stores.  (Feel free to contact me, Hershey’s.)

the best homemade candy bars ever

candy made with ritz crackers

sweetened condensed milk candy bars

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“Crack”er Candy Bars
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Ingredients
  • Crust:
  • 15 Ritz crackers, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • Filling:
  • ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • ½ cup chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • Topping:
  • 20 Ritz crackers, crushed
  • ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix together crushed Ritz’ and melted butter and press into an 8×8 inch pan.
  3. Bake for 5 minutes. Take out of the oven and pour ½ cup sweetened condensed milk over the crust.
  4. Let cool while you make the rest of the filling.
  5. Melt the peanut butter, chocolate chips, and butter together in a microwave safe bowl. It should take about 1 minute.
  6. Take out and stir in the vanilla. Pour the mixture over the crust/sweetened condensed milk.
  7. Sprinkle crushed crackers over filling.
  8. Drizzle ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk over filling.
  9. Bake for 13-15 minutes or until top turns golden.

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Nutella No-Bake Cookies

May 21, 2012 By

nutella no bake cookies

When I was a kid, I used to love when my mom would make no-bake cookies.  She rarely ever made them, so they were an awesome treat when she did.  Since she rarely made them, I thought they were some magical treat that was really hard to make.

I didn’t realize how easy they were to make until the first time I made them on my own.  Even though they still tasted great, it kind of ruined the “magical, really hard to make” feeling I had for them as a kid.

Which is why I had to switch them up to make them taste better.  Adding Nutella shouldn’t make that big of a difference, but it really did.  When you add Nutella, they kind of taste like fudge.  Fudgy oatmeal cookies that take 10 minutes to make… what gets better than that?  The magic was back for me after I made these!

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nutella no bake cookies on cookie sheet

What was your magical treat as a kid?

Nutella No-Bake Cookies
Adapted from: Food Network 

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup Nutella
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 3 cups oatmeal

Directions

  1. In a heavy saucepan bring to a boil, the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk.
  2. Let boil for 1 minute then add Nutella, vanilla and oatmeal.
  3. On a non-stick surface, drop mixture by the teaspoonfuls, until cooled and hardened.

nutella no bake cookie recipe

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