(And I'm watching Julie and Julia. I want to make all the things on the movie too...like poached eggs. I've never made poached eggs. But Amy has, and I'm hanging out with Amy. I think Amy and I will be poaching eggs tomorrow.)
This dessert is sooo simple. Like really simple. I promise. Simple.
People we eat it and be instantaneously transported to heaven. And they will think you spent alot of time preparing it. Or maybe not. At least they will love it=)
So here it is.
(Sorry the pics are a little off. I baked this at a hunting lodge which had beautiful lighting in the day but horrible lighting at night. Guess when I took the pictures?)
I need to name it but everything I think of sounds lame.
You'll need the following ingredients to carry this out:
1. brownies from a box
Now you can totally make brownies from scratch, but that's the beauty of it...You don't have to! No one will know! I, K. Kunoff, do hereby give you, ______________, permission to make brownies from the box.
2. large box of chocolate instant pudding
3. large container of cool whip
4. at least 2 cups of fruit
I usually use thawed frozen fruit, specifically berries. If you use strawberries, cut 'em up some.
5. some sugar, about 2 T
If you are using frozen fruit, take it out of the freezer to thaw, about 2 cups. Set aside. Bake the brownies according to the box. Let them cool. Next, make the pudding according to the box as well. {See, I told you this would be simple!} Let it set. Then take a cup or so of the cool whip and mix it in with the pudding. You don't have to be precise.
Next, sprinkle a couple tablespoons of sugar on the berries and mix it up.
Here comes the fun part.
Get out a pretty, clear/see-through serving bowl. Or go simple and use a glass mixing bowl...it will look good either way. Set your brownies, pudding, cool whip, and fruit in front of you.
Cut the brownies up and place enough in the bowl to cover the bottom.
(This is a picture of the second layer of brownies.)
Then cover the brownies with a layer of cool whip. Next, cover the cool whip with the pudding.
Then layer it with some fruit. Repeat.
Now, dig in! Share it or eat it yourself!
And help me come up with a name for it! Be creative.
And make this right now. Literally, you are missing out every minute you do not make this.
I'm gonna make something from the movie right now....at the moment they are eating a chocolate torte......Mmmmmmm.
According to wikipedia, it IS a trifle!
A trifle is a dessert dish made from thick (or often solidified) custard, fruit, sponge cake, fruit juice or, more recently, gelatin, and whipped cream. These ingredients are usually arranged in layers with fruit and sponge on the bottom, and custard and cream on top.
So maybe it's a brownie trifle?
Yummy!! I might be trying this one- simple is my key!