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Napoleon Trifle

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Napoleon Trifle

This recipe was born out of a Test Kitchen disaster and has become one of our best desserts! Our motto is "never give up!" and when our Napoleon pastry broke apart, we turned it into a luscious layered Napoleon Trifle. Shhh...no one has to know, and is it ever easy!

Serves: 10

Preparation Time: 10 min

Chilling Time: 2 hr

Cooking Time: 10 min

What You'll Need:
  • 1 (17-1/4-ounce) package frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 1 (4-serving) package instant vanilla pudding and pie filling
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 (12-ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed (see Tip)
  • 1/2 cup chocolate flavor syrup
What To Do:
  1. Unfold puff pastry and place each sheet on a baking sheet. Bake according to package directions, until golden. Allow pastry to cool.
     
  2. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk pudding mix and milk until thickened. Stir in half of the whipped topping until thoroughly mixed.
     
  3. Break cooled pastry into large pieces and place one-third of them in the bottom of a trifle dish or large glass bowl. Spoon half of the pudding mixture over that and drizzle with one-third of the chocolate syrup. Repeat the layers then top with the remaining pastry pieces, the remaining whipped topping, and the remaining chocolate syrup.
     
  4. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours before serving.

Trifles are such a crowd pleaser and go such a long way with a house full of guests. Another option is one of our all-time favorites, Death by Chocolate.

Tip

For really rich flavor and texture, whip 2 cups (1 pint) heavy cream and use that instead of the whipped topping.

OOH ITS SO GOOD!

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