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Chocolate Mint Trifle

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This is a fun and easy St. Patrick’s Day treat. It literally came together in under an hour (most of the time was for cooling). Of course, I could see eating this tasty treat any time of year since I love chocolate and mint together. Okay, who doesn’t really!

I was totally inspired by my friend Dawn’s recipe. Her’s is way more colorful, but we used all natural dyes so that my daughter could enjoy the dish and keep with with green St. Patty’s Day theme. I also took it one step further than she did and made mint pudding…sounds weird until you try it all together…trust me, it works nicely! Use Ande’s Mints (I found pre-chopped ande’s baking chips) or chocolate chips if you need it completely dye free like we did.

I kept it pretty simple, but you could go all out and make everything from scratch.  Scratch brownies, scratch pudding, scratch whipped cream, etc…you get the idea. Or make it sure easy, premade brownie bites, premade pudding (though it would be more difficult to color and flavor). Get it?

It’s minty, It’s chocolaty, It’s green, It’s cool and creamy! It might be a PERFECT dessert.

Chocolate Mint Trifle

Chocolate Mint Trifle

Yield: 8 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Chill Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes

A chocolate mint trifle is an easy dessert for parties and St. Patrick's Day. You can make this trifle dessert using a boxed brownie mix or homemade brownies - it's your choice!

Ingredients

  • 1 brownie recipe (boxed or homemade, prepared according to directions and cooled
  • 1 box instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 2 cups milk*
  • 1/2 tsp mint (or peppermint) extract
  • green food coloring of choice
  • 1/2 cup Ande's mints or chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Cut prepared brownies into bite sized pieces.
  2. Combine vanilla pudding mix, milk (*amount according to package), and mint extract. Whisk well to combine or use a blender to gently mix. Add food coloring until desired color is reached. Store in refrigerator until pudding is set.
  3. If using whole Ande's mints, roughly chop them.
  4. In individual serving dishes or a large trifle dish layer pudding, brownie, mints/chips, pudding, whipped cream, and top with additional mints/chips.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 575
© Wendy O'Neal
Cuisine: American / Category: desserts

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Comments

  3. Shannon says

    March 17, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    These are so pretty, I love the look in the mason jar. I need to see what’s in the pantry, hoping I have the mixes for this!

    Thanks for linking up to Friday Food at Momtrends.com!

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  6. Diane Balch says

    March 16, 2012 at 9:59 am

    Oh my goodness, my little baker is going to love making this dessert. Thanks for linking up for “Foodie Friday” I look forward to your next week’s post.
    Happy St. Patrick’s Day

    Reply

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