Quick & Easy Chocolate Toffee Bit Trifle

Source: donuts2crumpets

A quick and easy Chocolate Trifle with layers of pound cake, chocolate and caramel syrup, chocolate chips, toffee bits, pudding and cream.

Servings:

Prep Time 30

5 from 11 votes

1 family size Sara Lee pound cake defrosted (found in the freezer section) or other pound cake
Chocolate Syrup (I use Hershey’s)
Caramel Syrup (Hershey’s or Great Value work perfect)
Mini chocolate chips
Heath milk chocolate toffee bits
2 small pkgs instant chocolate pudding mix prepared with milk according to directions
2 (8oz) tubs of original cool whip, defrosted

1 qt fresh heavy cream, whipped with 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla to soft peaks

Cut the pound cake in to 1 inch chunks. Layer half of it on the bottom of the trifle dish.
Drizzle chocolate and caramel syrup all over.
Sprinkle with a generous handful of mini chocolate chips and a generous handful of heath bits.
Whisk about 1/2 tub of your cool whip OR 1/4 of your prepared whipped cream in to the prepared chocolate pudding.
Spread about half of that mixture over the pound cake layer. (I often have a little left over.)
Spread a layer of whipped cream or cool whip over the pudding.
Repeat all layers!
You can garnish with grated chocolate shavings if desired and store covered with Saran wrap in the refrigerator till ready to serve.
When serving, use a huge spoon and dig all the way down to get some of everything in each serving!

I use a couple of shortcuts in this recipe:

I do sometimes make my own pound cake, but the Sara Lee frozen pound cake works perfectly in this and cuts the work substantially. If you want to make your own though, I like this pound cake recipe. You can also use fresh bakery pound cake, but those are a little smaller, so you will probably need about 1-1/2.
The other shortcut I often use, (depending on my mood), is Cool Whip. Two tubs of defrosted Cool Whip is the perfect amount of cream layers, but sometimes I go the extra mile and make my own cream by whisking a quart of heavy cream together with a little sugar and vanilla until it’s thick and delicious. Both work beautifully, so work with what you have.