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Mouth-Dropping Chocolate Toffee Trifle

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So, this Chocolate Toffee Trifle is one of those desserts that is so insanely easy but when you bring it in the room…mouths drop.

People think you went “all out” and “spent soooo much time” making this fancy schmancy trifle…but, you didn’t. Nope, after the cakes bake…it literally takes 10 minutes to put it together. Best of all, it’s so good and makes you feel super naughty. And, I KNOW you’re a bunch of bad, bad girls.

So, this Chocolate Toffee Trifle is one of those desserts that is so insanely easy but when you bring it in the room...mouths drop. www.orsoshesays.com #dessert #recipe #chocolate #trifle #toffee #chocolatetoffeetrifle

K, so get yerself some: Chocolate Cake Mix (and the ingredients to make it: eggs, butter, oil, whatever) Heavy Whipping Cream, Pure Vanilla Extract, Powdered Sugar, a jar of Hot Fudge sauce, a package of Heath English Toffee pieces (by the chocolate chips at the store).
Mix up the cake and pour it in two buttered/floured round cake pans. Bake as directed.
So, this Chocolate Toffee Trifle is one of those desserts that is so insanely easy but when you bring it in the room...mouths drop. www.orsoshesays.com #dessert #recipe #chocolate #trifle #toffee #chocolatetoffeetrifle

While your chocolate toffee trifle cake base is baking, whip up your whipping cream.

Don’t use the store-bought whip cream…doesn’t taste nearly as good and ya, ugh. To make your whipping cream, pour about 2 cups heavy cream into a bowl with 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla.  Whip on high with your mixer until thick and soft peaks form. Taste it. You want it to be sweet but not too much! If it’s too sweet it will be yuck with your super sweet dessert. Just make it mildly sweet.

So, this Chocolate Toffee Trifle is one of those desserts that is so insanely easy but when you bring it in the room...mouths drop. www.orsoshesays.com #dessert #recipe #chocolate #trifle #toffee #chocolatetoffeetrifle

When your chocolate toffee trifle cakes are done, let them cool and slice them in half (horizontally) so that you have FOUR circles of cake, carefully.  I actually can only fit about 3 of the circles in the trifle dish…so, the kids gobble the last one.

Now for the fun part. Get your trifle dish (these are seriously like $10 bucks or less at Wal-Mart) and start layering! You might have to trim down your first couple cake circles as the dish is slightly narrower at the bottom. Push the cake down in. Pour heated hot fudge sauce over the cake. Sprinkle with toffee bits and then top with a layer of whip cream. Start over until you reach the top.
So, this Chocolate Toffee Trifle is one of those desserts that is so insanely easy but when you bring it in the room...mouths drop. www.orsoshesays.com #dessert #recipe #chocolate #trifle #toffee #chocolatetoffeetrifle
Tip: Exaggerate your layers along the glass a little more so they show up as “layers” and not all muddled together. So…sprinkle extra toffee on the sides, smear up the whip cream and hot fudge on the glass a little to encourage the layered look.
So, this Chocolate Toffee Trifle is one of those desserts that is so insanely easy but when you bring it in the room...mouths drop. www.orsoshesays.com #dessert #recipe #chocolate #trifle #toffee #chocolatetoffeetrifle
So, this Chocolate Toffee Trifle is one of those desserts that is so insanely easy but when you bring it in the room...mouths drop. www.orsoshesays.com #dessert #recipe #chocolate #trifle #toffee #chocolatetoffeetrifle

Products used to make this chocolate toffee trifle:

7 speed hand mixer (I love this one!)

Chocolate Toffee Trifle

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Mouth-Dropping Chocolate Toffee Trifle

Ingredients

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix and necessary ingredients
  • Homemade whip cream heavy cream, powdered sugar, vanilla
  • 1 bag Heath English Toffee bits
  • 1 jar Hot Fudge Sauce

Instructions

  1. Bake your cake in two rounds.
  2. Slice them length wise so you have 4 circles.
  3. Place a circle (might have to trim down) in the bottom of a trifle dish.
  4. Make your homemade whip cream (whip heavy cream until soft peaks form, add handful or more (to taste) of powdered sugar, and a tsp. vanilla).
  5. Pour heated hot fudge sauce on cake layer.
  6. Sprinkle toffee on top of hot fudge.
  7. Add a layer of whip cream.
  8. Start over until you reach the top.
  9. Exaggerate your layers more on the sides so that they look more like "layers" (more toffee against glass, smear whip cream, and fudge against glass, etc.)

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So, this Chocolate Toffee Trifle is one of those desserts that is so insanely easy but when you bring it in the room...mouths drop. www.orsoshesays.com #dessert #recipe #chocolate #trifle #toffee #chocolatetoffeetrifle

Love this?  Try the Peppermint Trifle!
Nutter Butters add a great flavor to this no-churn ice cream. Enjoy one last summer hurrah with crumbled cookies layered between sheets of ice cream. #icecream #dessert #nutterbutters #cookies #summer #recipe #osss #orsoshesays #mormonblogger #mormon #ldsblogger #lds


Comments

  1. Yadira says

    I am for certain going to try this recipe, I love chocolate and it looks delicious. Thanks for your wonderful and easy recipes.

  3. boisebyufans says

    I’ve had a trible dish sitting in my pantry for six months and haven’t been sure what to make first. . .this is it! Thanks for the recipe. I’ll think I’ll surprise my husband tonight!!

  5. Christy says

    Beautiful! I’ve done something similar, but it never looks that pretty. If you pour on caramel ice cream topping before the hot fudge, it kicks it up another notch! Now I need to go find me some chocolate…

  9. Aubrey says

    We have also made it with homemade brownies. also with butterfingers, really the options are endless. A surprising one was using twinkies instead of a white cake with berries and such. Trifles are so fun.

  12. This Mama Rocks says

    ok I should not have stumbled upon this post! It looks way too good. I am going to share this post with my fellow bloggers, I hope you don’t mind me using your photo. I dont think I can explain it quite as well as the picture looks! Let me know and I will remove it.

  13. Wes and Dani says

    Well, this is SO going on my to-do list. Thanks a lot, and I don’t mean that in a nice way…now I will just be fat(ter). 😉

    Dani
    craftrookie.blogspot.com

  14. miriam.plass says

    made this for a church lingerlonger and everyone LOVED it!!! It was so good. I don’t even like Toffee, and I loved it! My husband said it was his new favorite, so I am making it again tonight for his birthday cake. Fun Fun!! Thanks for sharing!!!

  17. Karilee says

    This is basically how I do mine, but I’ve always used chocolate pudding not hot fudge. I’m intrigued! 🙂 I also cut up the chocolate cake into bite size chunks to make it easier to dish out. Yum… 🙂

  18. Peggy says

    I was wondering how much in advance you can make this and have the whipped cream hold up. I would like to use it as a church potluck dessert but wondered if it would hold over for several hours.

    • Mariel says

      It holds up really well, for me. The only time it hasn’t is if I’ve used Cool Whip or Jell-O pudding in the recipe. So, I only use homemade whipped cream. And, this recipe doesn’t call for pudding… I’ve just tried that before and didn’t love it. Also, after I prepare it, I usually keep it in the fridge for a couple hours or more. Seems like that helps it last longer when pulled out. But, really at a church potluck, this will be the first thing to go! I wouldn’t worry about it sitting around very long. 🙂

  20. Ilyssa Rubenstein says

    I used store bought brownies and needed two jars of hot fudge and two bags of the heath. the last time I made it with one jar it was not enough. looks delish!

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