Reese’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Trifle w/Peanut Butter Whipped Cream only looks hard to make! Brownie crumbles, homemade peanut butter whipped cream and creamy chocolate pudding layer with chopped peanut butter cups for an unforgettably easy and elegant dessert. For all the chocolate and peanut butter lovers!
The weather is just beautiful in New England today. After a week of clouds and rain, the sun is finally peeking through. I love springtime, seeing all the flower buds and blooms. Finally. We waited a long time around here for spring, and it’s always glorious when it finally does!
Spring is also a beautiful time for babies to arrive. Not that I’m hinting or anything. No babies expected around here. (Though we do have a nest with baby birds in our yard!)
Springtime is when three of my four baby boys arrived. It’s such a beautiful time of year to take a new baby out walking in the stroller… I loved doing that with each my babies.
So spring babies mean lots of spring birthdays in our house. My kids are funny about celebrating their birthdays. Nearly all of them prefer to celebrate with something besides birthday cake! They’ll say things like….
“Does it have to be cake?”
(Do you hear this at your house? As if cake is a form of torture… And it would be that I LOVE baking cakes lol.)
“No it does not have to be cake,” I reply with a sigh…
So they opt for a trifle or an ice cream pie or cake. One of my boys recently requested a trifle with coffee whipped cream, heath candy bits, hot fudge and brownies. (Eek!!! It was amazing.)
I think it’s the peanut butter whipped cream that makes this Peanut Butter Trifle so fabulous. I love peanut butter cheesecake and peanut butter mousse, so thought I’d give it a whirl. I didn’t actually sweeten the peanut butter whipped cream because everything else is so sweet. And I think the balance is just right, but tell me what you think.
So bake up a batch of your favorite brownies. As the brownies bake, whip the whipping cream and peanut butter together. Chop the peanut butter cups. Whip up the chocolate pudding. Make sure to cool the brownies completely. Then layer all the ingredients in a glass bowl or trifle dish.
Grab your spoon.
This Reese’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Trifle w/Peanut Butter Whipped Cream is an easy, elegant dessert for any special occasion. Enjoy!
Tips for making Reese’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Trifle w/Peanut Butter Whipped Cream:
- If you make this ahead of time, be sure to stabilize your whipped cream. That keeps the trifle from sliding down the sides of the trifle and settling a few inches lower.
- This dessert needs to stay refrigerated.
- Use smooth peanut butter in your peanut butter whipped cream.
- Make sure your brownies are completely cool before assembling.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Trifle Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 9 X 13 pan brownies baked and crumbled
- 3 cups heavy whipping cream
- 6 tablespoons creamy peanut butter not the natural kind
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 cups chocolate pudding
- 1 - 13 ounce package Reeses peanut butter cups chopped
Instructions
- In a chilled metal mixing bowl, beat 3 cups heavy whipping cream, vanilla extract and creamy peanut butter on low speed with hand mixer until combined.
- Then whip on high speed just until hard peaks form.
- Set aside peanut butter whipped cream.
- In glass or trifle bowl, layer all ingredients.
- Layer these ingredients in whatever order you like.
- Here's what I did.
- Place 1/3 of brownie crumbles in the bottom.
- Top with 1 1/3 cups chocolate pudding.
- Sprinkle on 1/3 of chopped peanut butter cups.
- Top with 1/2 the peanut butter whipped cream.
- Add another 1/3 of the brownie crumbles.
- Top with 1 1/3 cups chocolate pudding.
- Sprinkle on 1/3 of chopped peanut butter cups.
- Top with remaining brownie crumbles.
- Layer on remaining chocolate pudding.
- Spread remaining peanut butter whipped cream on top.
- Sprinkle with remaining chopped peanut butter cups.
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Kristen Chidsey says
Girl, you are speaking to me with chocolate and peanut butter. Love this!
Danae @ Recipe Runner says
Love this trifle! All those layers of chocolate and peanut butter and the peanut butter whipped cream sounds incredible!
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
Love how decadent this looks! It sounds so good!
Cynthia | What A Girl Eats says
Wow! This looks decadently delicious!
Shashi at RunninSrilankan says
OhMYGawsh!!!! Allie – this is GLORIOUS! My eye, my salivary glands are going berserk!
Your Jacob and Lil Shashi have a thing in common cos every year for the past 5 years or so I’ve been given the “Does it have to be cake?” line too every time her birthday comes around – I don’t get it as I adore cake – but, if I had to choose between cake or this – gah – I’d have to go with this too! Spectacular trifle my friend!
It’s still in the upper 80s here – HotLanta sure is living upto it’s nickname – but cooler temps are in the forecast for next week with lows in the 50s – brrrrr!!! Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and even more wonderful weekend! xoxo
Molly says
This was SOO good!! I think it was one of the best deserts I’ve had! Thank you for making it! And happy birthday to Jacob ?
Allie says
I’m so glad you loved it Molly!!! Me too!!! 🙂 XO
Aunt Pinkie says
This sounds incredibly yummy!
Allie says
Thank you Aunt Pinkie! XO
Denise Q. says
You got chocolate in my peanut butter! Allie, this looks amazing and I can’t wait to try it. What time should I be over, lol. I think I’ll be making this for our Very Murphy Christmas party this year.
Allie says
Oooo…I think it will be a big hit. There was a drop-in in Bham this past weekend and Laura brought it! Killer.
Aunt Margie says
I’m fainting with desire! Glamorous and good, what a combination! The winner is….
Allie says
Thank you Aunt Margie – when we were in Birmingham last week visiting Jonathan, one of my friends there made it for a drop-in they hosted for us. It was so good, and even better since I didn’t make it. You know how that goes. Food is always better when someone else makes it! xo
Catherine says
Dear Allie, what a show stopper! I love peanut butter and chocolate so this has my name all over it! Happy belated birthday to Jacob…I hope he had a wonderful day and I know he had a great birthday ‘cake’! xoxo, Catherine
Allie says
Thank you Catherine, I think Jacob had a super birthday! He had a big soccer game that they won handily, then the party at my brother’s house after, and then his birthday present was a plane ticket to go visit his brother in Birmingham. So he had a great 16th birthday all around! XO
Susie Mandel says
Oh my goodness gracious…and I’m trying to diet!! But if there’s anyone that deserves a fabulous treat like this it’s Jacob. Happy Birthday, Jacob!! What a wonderful young man he is. Wow, I will definitely have to make this when there are lots of people to eat it up. I can’t trust myself alone with this.
Allie says
I completely agree Susie – make this when there are lots of people around to eat it. It was so good though. Thanks for the birthday wishes for Jacob, you are sweet. He had a great birthday and a fun birthday present: a plane ticket to go see his brother!!!
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says
Oh. My. Gosh. This is a sinfully looking delightful dessert, Allie. Peanut butter and chocolate? What could be better than that? This glass is talking to me. Absolutely in love with the chocolate beauty. A very happy birthday to Jacob. I am sure he had an awesome and memorable birthday. Wish you a lovely weekend, my friend.:)
Allie says
Thank you Anu, Jacob had an awesome 16th birthday. I hope you had a great weekend too! xo
Adina says
One of the things that blogging really changed in my life is my relationship with chocolate. I NEVER used to like anything chocolatey and now I find myself using chocolate more and more in my kitchen and actually enjoying it. I am not sure that is sooo beneficial… 🙂 But when I see such desserts as this one, I can’t resist!
Allie says
Yep, I’m a sucker for chocolate through and through, Adina. I hope you are doing great and enjoying October, my friend!
Carina says
Wow, what an entrance this dessert would make at any party! Everyone must’ve loved it. Happy belated birthday to your son, Jacob! My son is also a September baby. 🙂 Have a fantastic weekend, Allie. Can’t believe it’s almost October! Xoxo
Allie says
I didn’t realize your son was a September baby too!!! It was hard being pregnant through a hot summer but September is a great birthday month!
Dinah | OfRecipes says
The glorious way you named this recipe didn’t even begin to prepare me for the mouth-wateringly amazing pictures! Happy belated birthday to Jacob!
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says
Wowza, now THIS is a dessert fit for a celebration!! I think the name, Chocolate Peanut Butter Trifle with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream says it all! Talk about delicious decadence!! Worth every single calorie, I’m sure! Hope your son had a beautiful birthday, but I’m sure with this amazing dessert he did exactly that! Cheers, friend! Xoxo
Sarah says
Oh wow talk about decadence! I’d be all over this trifle – I’m a sucker for anything involving chocolate and peanut butter together. Happy birthday to your son!
Debra Kozak says
Allie, I made this for a birthday party last night. It was YUMMY and I didn’t have ONE crumb left!!!
Allie says
Hey Debra – glad to hear it. We were in Birmingham for parents weekend at Samford this past weekend w/Jonathan. Some Bham friends had a drop-in for us and they made this dessert! Woo hoo!
Eva says
Ouah Allie! C’est la gourmandise à l’état pure! J’aimerais bien foncé ma petite cuillere dedans. So joyeux anniversaire to Jacob 🙂 xoxo
Michelle says
That is one decadent dessert! Just give me a spoon! Seriously, that would not last very long in my house!
srividhya gopalakrishnan says
yummm drooling here. what a sinful treat. love it.
Liz says
What a dreamy dessert!! I’d need to serve it to company so I wouldn’t eat it all myself!!
Jon Taylor says
Mmmm…I miss this dessert.
Hey, isn’t there a birthday party tomorrow?
😉
Adina says
Oh my, what a decadent looking dessert, my mouth is watering!
Shashi at SavorySpin says
GAWSH – I remember when you first posted this… I STILL want to lick the screen looking at it now! This is spectacular!