Halloween Trifle Recipe
This Halloween Trifle Recipe is such a fun and easy Halloween dessert. It is perfect for any Halloween party or celebration. Halloween is one of our favorite holidays, we love making spooky fun treats, and this one is always a crowd pleaser.
Why we love this recipe-
- We love a good dessert trifle, and this Halloween graveyard trifle is such a fun twist for a spooky time of year. It is one of our favorite Halloween desserts.
- Peeps makes it easy to decorate this fun dessert with their spooky ghosts. They’re so cute behind our homemade headstones.
- We are obsessed with how easy trifles are to put together. They look complicated but it couldn’t be easier to make this Halloween treat. Trifles always make for a fun and fancy-looking presentation, without all the extra work.
Halloween Trifle Ingredients:
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix, plus the ingredients from the back (water, oil, eggs)
- 2 (3.4 oz.) boxes of cheesecake instant pudding
- 3 cups of cold milk
- 8 ounces cool whip (or other whipped topping)
- 30 Oreo cookies
- Ghost peeps
- Mallowcreme Pumpkins
- Ghoul’s Mix M&M’s
- Milano cookies
- Black gel cookie icing
- Orange gel food coloring
Directions:
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray two round cake pans with non-stick spray. Set aside.
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, prepare the cake batter, and bake in the round pans, according to the box directions. Once finished, let the cake cool completely.
Step 3: Add the Oreo cookies to a food processor and blitz into a fine crumb. Set aside. Alternatively, you can add them to a large gallon sized storage bag and crush with a rolling pin.
Step 4: In a large bowl, whisk together pudding mixes and milk, until smooth. Add cool whip and mix until well combined. Add a generous amount of orange gel food coloring, and whisk until the color is fully incorporated.
Step 5: Remove the cakes from their pans and break into large chunks.
Step 6: Assemble your trifle. Place half of the cake pieces into the bottom of the trifle bowl in an even layer.
Step 7: Add 1/3 of the crushed Oreos on top of the layer of chocolate cake.
Step 8: Add 1/2 of the pudding mixture on top of the Oreo crumbs.
Step 9: Repeat the layers with the remaining half of the cake, another 1/3 of the Oreo crumbs, and the remaining pudding mixture. Add a final layer of the remaining Oreo crumbs for the graveyard dirt.
Step 10: Refrigerate the trifle until ready to serve. Before serving, lay out the Milano cookies- we used 3 on top of our trifle. Use the black gel cookie icing to write “RIP” on top of the cookies to make headstones.
Step 11: Decorate the top of the this Halloween Trifle recipe with Milano cookie headstones, ghost peeps, candy pumpkins, and M&M’s.
Substitutions & Tips:
Pudding– if you prefer, you can swap the orange colored cheesecake pudding for vanilla pudding, or skip the orange and use chocolate pudding instead.
Toppings– get creative with your spooky toppings- think gummy worms, candy eyeballs, and other fun Halloween candy.
Cake– use any chocolate cake you prefer- devil’s food, or chocolate fudge cake will both work perfectly.
Candy– up the candy factor by adding a layer of your favorite candy bars into the trifle.
Make these into individual trifles by using smaller trifle bowls, mason jars, or plastic cups.
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We love this easy and delicious treat. It is a fun recipe to make and everyone always loves a good trifle. This one is made with layers of chocolate cake, pudding, and Oreo crumbs for a delicious Trifle that is perfect for spooky season.
You might also like these other fun Halloween recipes-
These Halloween Donuts make a delicious breakfast idea, or Halloween party treat. Choose from spider web, frankenstein, or vampire donuts!
Our sweet and salty Halloween Chex Mix is perfect for spooky movie watching.
These Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies are a huge hit, and a great way to use up leftover candy.
For a fun classroom treat, make these Halloween Dirt Cups made with layered pudding and crushed Oreo cookies.
Halloween Trifle Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix, plus the ingredients from the back (water, oil, eggs)
- 2 (3.4 oz.) boxes of cheesecake instant pudding
- 3 cups of cold milk
- 8 ounces cool whip (or other whipped topping)
- 30 Oreo cookies
- Ghost peeps
- Mallowcreme Pumpkins
- Ghoul’s Mix M&M’s
- Milano cookies
- Black gel cookie icing
- Orange gel food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray two round cake pans with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, prepare the cake batter, and bake in the round pans, according to the box directions.
- Once finished, let the cake cool completely.
- Add the Oreo cookies to a food processor and blitz into a fine crumb. Set aside. Alternatively, you can add them to a large gallon sized storage bag and crush with a rolling pin.
- In a large bowl, whisk together pudding mixes and milk, until smooth. Add cool whip and mix until well combined. Add a generous amount of orange gel food coloring, and whisk until the color is fully incorporated.
- Remove the cakes from their pans and break into large chunks.
- Assemble your trifle. Place half of the cake pieces into the bottom of the trifle bowl in an even layer.
- Add 1/3 of the crushed Oreos on top of the layer of chocolate cake.
- Add 1/2 of the pudding mixture on top of the Oreo crumbs.
- Repeat the layers with the remaining half of the cake, another 1/3 of the Oreo crumbs, and the remaining pudding mixture.
- Add a final layer of the remaining Oreo crumbs for the graveyard dirt.
- Refrigerate the trifle until ready to serve.
- Before serving, lay out the Milano cookies- we used 3 on top of our trifle. Use the black gel cookie icing to write “RIP” on top of the cookies to make headstones.
- Decorate the top of the trifle with Milano cookie headstones, ghost peeps, candy pumpkins, and M&M’s.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 412
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.