I recently discovered on Momendeavours.com a recipe for exciting new take on the trifle.  A Brownie S’mores Trifle – it looked and sounded so amazing I just had to try it.  Christmas day seemed like a great opportunity.  My Mum-in-law (we were with the in-laws for Christmas) was happy for us to try out something new, because in previous years there always seemed to be heaps of the traditional trifle leftover and it usually ended up going to waste.

Oh so yummy!

 As seen on Momendeavors.com

The full recipe in available on Momendavors.com with great instructions and photos – but as it is an American based site these are my ‘available in New Zealand’ substitutions:

Brownie S’mores Trifle Ingre­di­ents:

• 1 box brownie mix (or your favourite from scratch recipe) – Personally, I’d go with a ‘from scratch recipe’ but the box mix works as well.
• 1 large box or 2 small of instant choco­late pud­ding (approx. 4 cups) – This is basically 2 of the standard sachets that are available in Kiwi supermarkets. 
• 1 sleeve of gra­ham crack­ers, bro­ken (about 9 crackers) –  I believe that the closest match we have is the Wheaten Digestive Biscuits.
• 1 tub of whipped topping – I used freshly whipped cream.  A 300ml bottle seemed to be enough.
• 1 small jar of Marsh­mal­low Crème – I couldn’t find this in the supermarkets at the time, so we made our own using a recipe from Chow.com (click here for the recipe), however I have since seen it in the spreads section at Pak ‘n’ Save.  Just as a side note, if you do decide to make your own Marsh­mal­low Crème using this recipe in NZ we call corn syrup, glucose syrup.
• 1 C mini marshmallows – These are readily available in most Kiwi supermarkets.
• optional: 1 Hershey’s Bar – Occasionally you’ll find these in the stores, otherwise chocolate buttons work too.

We greatly enjoyed our trifle on Christmas day this year and there were no leftovers that went to waste.  Thanks Momendeavors for this great recipe.  I hope to make it again soon.