Trifle Recipes

This simple, light dessert is great for picnics or barbecues. I made it for a cookout recently and it didn't last long. You can easily substitute different fruit based on what you have on hand.

Fast and easy, but very rich and delicious. Pretty in a clear glass trifle dish or individual parfait glasses.

Use 2-cup mason jars for these pretty make-ahead summertime desserts. Choose a dry or cream sherry, or replace with limoncello instead. This recipe can easily be doubled.

I cheat and use prepackaged angel food cake, but I absolutely, always, use fresh fruit and make the whipped cheesecake cream myself. I use a cream cheese whipped cream so that I stays looking nice when it has to sit around on a buffet for a few hours. Since the cream cheese gives it stability you can use WAY less sugar than traditional whipped cream calls for.

I make this while I'm cleaning the kitchen after dinner--layers of German chocolate cake, toffee candy, and whipped topping.

This trifle is a great twist on a banana split. A refreshing summertime treat and great crowd-pleaser!

This is a great party dessert for the chocolate lover in all of us. Optional: decorate top with canned whipped topping swirl and shaved chocolate curls. Make sure you get a little of each layer in every serving. Enjoy!

Chocolate chunk brownies layered between a mixture of chocolate pudding, cream cheese, and whipped topping.

This is a delicious and easy dessert to make, short in ingredients and time. This is also a no-bake dessert, which makes it a summertime favorite! Looks beautiful in a trifle bowl. Great as a birthday or holiday dessert. Depending on how many people you are serving it usually does not last more than 1 day in my house! This can also be easily modified with other fresh fruits, but strawberry is our favorite! Pound cake cake work in place of angel food. Enjoy!

A merging of a tasty British dessert with Fourth of July colors. A trifle is a traditional English summertime treat and makes a great addition to barbeques and picnics in the US as well. We make this every Fourth of July and Memorial Day, but it is tasty any time.

With strawberries, whipped cream, lemon pudding and angel food cake, this trifle is the perfect balance of rich and fruity.

A great romantic mix of two favorites - tiramisu and fruit trifle! Use any mix of fruit you like - Our family likes this combination, and we do use fresh fruit when in season.

This very rich desert is a great one for bringing to picnic events in a children's sand bucket, served with a small sand shovel. And don't let the name fool you - it tastes heavenly!

This creamy berry dessert is very easy to make and simply delicious.

Multiple layers of pound cake, fresh raspberries, and a lemon curd, vanilla pudding, and whipped topping mixture make this lemon-raspberry trifle a popular dessert at any table.

I won 3rd place in a cook-off with this very easy holiday recipe.

A fun twist on traditional carrot cake! Trifle is a great make-ahead dish because it tastes even better after it's been assembled for a while. Toasted pecans can also be added as a topping.

This is one of my favorite recipes handed down from my great aunt. It is simple to make and looks very pretty for the holidays or any type of shower - baby shower, wedding shower or even housewarming party. This recipe will serve several, but for the holidays when I know there will be more than 10 people, I double the recipe. Hope you enjoy!!

Another version of chocolate trifle recipe with coffee liqueur added to the brownies for a different rich flavor.

Creamy and oh so good. I make this amount for a group, but you could easily half the recipe. This trifle is best refrigerated several hours or overnight before serving.

Combining two of the holiday season's best flavors, this dessert is easy to make and a crowd pleaser! If you are feeling fancy, you can pipe your top layer of whipped cream on the trifle. Since I normally travel with this dessert and put a lid on it, I just spread a nice thick layer on top and then sprinkle with some chopped dried cranberries and crumbled gingerbread cookies.

I created this trifle when I had a ton of lemons left over from a party. I made my own lemon curd and then layered it with cream and ladyfingers soaked in homemade syrup - delicious. If you want to save time you can use store-bought lemon curd. You could also add a layer of fresh berries if you like.

Trifle is my favourite dessert and I have been making it for decades, probably not the same way twice! A good dessert to make when you are doing other things and can walk away and come back to it as you have time. Reserve a few pieces of each fruit for garnish.

This is something I put together on the fly. It tastes just like a peanut butter cup so if you love Reese's® you are going to love this dessert. You can even make this pretty low fat using sugar-free pudding and fat-free cool whip.