My first experience with this delicious Chocolate Toffee Trifle was at a church potluck way back when and it’s a crowd pleaser that I love to serve! One of the best things, besides the outstanding taste of course, is how simple it is to make! Let’s get baking!
I use a Devil’s Food Cake mix but your favorite chocolate flavor will work just fine! Skor candy bars are my favorite ones to use but they take a tad more effort to find where I live so I went with the Heath bars, which are still yummy! I bake the cake the day before and make the pudding so it’s quick to assemble right before dessert time.
I bought a trifle bowl
years ago and have found so many fun things to use it for besides this yummy dessert! It’s perfect for fresh fruit and salads, too! I cut the cake into 2″ squares and add a layer to thte bottom of the bowl, then spread a layer of the chocolate pudding mixture, a layer of toffee candy, then the Cool Whip. I repeat the layering twice or until the bowl is full. I like to top with extra chunks of candy…I’m dramatic like that.
I’ve doubled and tripled the recipe before and used a punch bowl
to feed a crowd, it’s always a good conversation piece. 😉
Chocolate Toffee Trifle
Ingredients
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix
- 1 lg. box of Instant Chocolate Pudding
- 2 16 oz tubs of Cool Whip
- 25 miniature size toffee candy bars or 5 full size ones
Instructions
- Bake cake in a 9x13 pan, according to package instructions, let cool & cut into 1" squares.
- Make instant pudding according to the directions, let sit in refrigerator for approx. 15 minutes and then fold 1 tub of cool whip in, return to fridge until you're ready to assemble.
- Chop candy into chunks beforehand, stick in fridge if it's humid or too warm so it won't clump together, until you're ready to use it.
Erica @ The Crumby Cupcake says
Trifles! Oh how I love them. So easy, but so delicious and fancy. 🙂 This one sounds great!
Sarah says
This looks incredible, and I would make this if i wasn’t promising myself to be healthy right now. DELISH
Katrina S. says
Oh boy!! I am a chocolate fanatic and this is definitely a must try this spring. I will be sharing this recipe and making it myself. The simplicity of prep is amazing, but it looks like it took a lot of effort.
Ricci says
Holy moly!! This looks AMAZING!! And pretty easy!! My two favorite things…LOL!
Artney (My Pretty Brown Blog) says
This looks amazing and easy to make! Yummm…Heath bar! This would be the perfect dessert to take to a party. I may need to make this for my next small group meeting!
Trish at Birdhouse Books says
Oh my! This looks so yummy. All those little Heath bars in the trifle … your food photography is great too!
aimee fauci says
You had me at Heath and chocolate. Oh my goodness, this is my favorite candy bar and this looks amazing.
Shirley Wood says
Yummy, yummy, yummy! There is some really good food and recipes shared at those church pot lucks! We had a breakfast buffet in Sunday school yesterday that could have been called Thanksgiving breakfast!
Your Chocolate Toffee Trifle looks scrumptious, pretty and tasty too, I’m sure. I hope you will come over and share with us at Merry Monday.
Madaline says
What a gorgeous dessert – I havent had a trifle in years but I remember having one when I was really little and being really mesmerized by the way it looked.