I was on the hunt for an Irish dessert for my church pot luck and ended up with this deliciousness instead. Is it Irish? Not exactly. The original recipe calls for Bailey’s Irish cream which a) I couldn’t find anywhere in the grocery store and b) didn’t realize it was alcoholic. So I scrapped that and went for a good old fashioned mint trifle instead. I mean really? Who doesn’t love a trifle dessert? What I love is that this isn’t loaded with an overwhelming amount of mint. It’s just sprinkled throughout and adds the perfect touch.
This is the first of my trifle recipes that uses cake. I LOVE how light cake makes a trifle dessert. As much as I absolutely adore brownies, they are a little richer and heavier. The cake is so light and fluffy and really makes for this mint trifle to be the perfect end to a fantastic meal. If you haven’t seen my other trifles, they are worth a peek: Peanut Butter Trifle, Chocolate Brownie Trifle, Raspberry Brownie Trifle, and most recently my 5-Ingredient Pineapple Fluff Trifle!
Ingredients
- 1 9x13 Devil's Food cake, baked, cooled & cut in 1/2'' cubes
- 4 c. cold milk
- 2 3.9 oz. instant chocolate pudding mix
- 1 16 oz. Cool Whip whipped topping
- 5 oz. Andes Creme De Menthe Baking Chips
Instructions
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In a large bowl, whisk the milk and pudding mixes together for two minutes. Let stand until soft-set (at least two minutes).
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Place a third of the cake cubes in a 3-qt. glass bowl or trifle bowl. Top with a third of the pudding, whipped topping and sprinkle with baking chips; repeat layers twice.
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Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Recipe Notes
Adapted from Taste of Home
Can you see the very, very subtle tint of green to the whipped topping? It is very faint. Well, if you’ve been around for a little bit you know that I’m not a big fan of artificial food coloring. I’ve made this trifle twice. The first time I made it I was in a hurry and did use food coloring. Honestly, it killed me a little inside. Not that this dessert would be categorized as healthy, but there are certain things that I really feel strongly about avoiding. Food coloring is one of them. The second time around (pictured) I decided to research natural food coloring ideas. I present you cool whip that has been colored with: fresh spinach & collard green juice. I know – crazy right?! You can’t even tell whatsoever in the taste. I feel much better having discovered a better way to color the topping. Now I’m anxious to play around with other natural food colors!
If you like this trifle, you will LOVE these!
Peanut Butter Trifle // Tried and Tasty
Quick & Easy 5-Ingredient Pineapple Fluff Trifle // Tried and Tasty
Raspberry Brownie Trifle Recipe // Tried and Tasty
kim
I have to say that making a point about not using food coloring but using coolwhip? Have you read what is in that “poison”.. Think I will stick to whipping cream and all it’s natural goodness.. Coolwhip? can’t get past that one!
Betty Earle
WHERE DO I GET THE CHOCOLATE MINT CHIPS?
Yvonne
You can find them in your baking aisle with the other chocolate chips!
I could go for a serving of this easily! How yummy. Thanks for sharing on Weekend Bites
Yvonne
You’re welcome, thanks for coming over to check it out!
I wasn’t expecting the recipe to be so easy when I saw the pictures. I love desserts that are easy to make but look like they took hours to prepare. Thank you for linking this up at This Is How We Roll Thursdays.
Yvonne
I love those desserts too – make everyone think you slaved all day in the kitchen, when you really didn’t!
balmtomysoul
Mmm. Loks delicious! Thank you for sharing at Snickerdoodle Sunday! Love this. Pinned.
Yvonne
It is so delicious! Thanks for the Pinterest love!
It looks good and sounds easy. Plus, it had some green in it, so it can be Irish today. I’m sure your church group loved it!
Yvonne
So good, so easy!
Mmm! This looks and sounds sooo delicious. I love chocolate and mint plus whipped cream. Yum!
Yvonne
It is seriously SO good! I think Baby Berrett wants some ;)
You had me at Chocolate Mint :-) Looks delicious!!
Yvonne
Oh thank you! Such a great combo!
I love the devils food cake and whipped cream combo. We make a layered cake with the two (minus the mint) for birthdays!
Yvonne
So light and fluffy and YUMMY!!
Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later!
Looks delicious and simple! Plus I eat anything mint chocolate so…yum!
Yvonne
Very simple! I should have saved some and brought it over to you :)