Brownie Trifle Mishap

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving! Ours was very nice with our families. The corn casserole I made for the Curtis Family Thanksgiving was excellent as usual and the good news is that we had almost a whole pan left for leftovers! I was thrilled because I could eat it every day.

I also made a trifle dessert for my in-laws house....it turned out, well interesting. You see, my mom makes this killer brownie trifle dessert that is absolutely to die for and it is one of my favorite desserts behind chocolate sheet cake. I decided to make it for my in-laws for Thanksgiving. (Side note: When I got married, my mom put together a cook book for me with lots of recipes that our family and friends make including lots of my favorite things). So...the night before Thanksgiving, I whip out my cookbook of recipes that my mom had written out for me and turn to the "Brownie Trifle" Recipe. Basically, it is a layered dessert of brownie chunks, pudding, cool whip, and heath bits. I proceed to make the dessert and put it back in the fridge to keep chilled before we divulge the next day. I kind of thought it looked different and was a bit more yellow looking than my moms. I hadn't had it in a while so I figured it was okay.

The next day, I met my mom at my Aunt's house and she had also made the brownie trifle for that family celebration. I asked my mom "Gee, mine doesn't really look like that! It is a bit more yellow." Mom asks, "That's odd, how did you make it?" I proceeded to tell my mom exactly how I made it and with all the ingredients she had given me in the recipe and it was completely off!!! It was nothing like the recipe she MEANT to write down for me. So long story short, it was hilarious and the joke of the day. It still tasted okay but not as good as mom's. At least now we have 2 variations to it the dessert: Normal Brownie Trifle and Mom's Smoking Crack Brownie Trifle :)

Here are the 2 recipes, first is the REAL recipe.

1 pan of brownies
1 large box of chocolate pudding
1 8 oz cool whip
Heath bars - chopped

Break up the brownies into small chunks and layer the brownies, chocolate pudding, cool whip and heath bits. Chill and serve. It is a good idea to make this the night before as it tastes better the next day.

1 pan of brownies
2 1/2 cups milk
1 small box of vanilla pudding
1 small box of white chocolate pudding
1 8 oz cool whip
Heath bars - chopped

In a mixing bowl mix the milk and both pudding mixtures together for 2 minutes. Fold in the cool whip. Layer the brownies and pudding mixture, top with the health bits.