Reese Trifle

This Memorial Day weekend was just awesome. The weather felt like it was July which made lounging in the pool, not by the pool, a perfect way to spend the day. First on the agenda was to decorate the house. I love this time of year when I display the patriotic bunting on the front windows. While it's a simple change, it just feels good. I've said more than once that "my blood runneth orange . . . and red, white, and blue!"

Steve especially loved Memorial Day as one of his best friends, Barry Price, and his family unexpectedly came down to spend the day with us. His brother Larry and Debbie did, too. Buffy and Todd as well as Keely were home for the holiday weekend. The Burtnetts came over as well. In no time, we had a house full . . . our favorite way to spend a holiday.

On the menu, not surprisingly, were the requisite grilled hamburgers and hotdogs served with a variety of toppings. Side dishes included chips and salsa, macaroni salad, cucumber salad, and more grilled jalapeno poppers since we enjoyed them so much the day before! For dessert, we had watermelon, a cookie cake, and the most popular item on the menu:  Keely's Reese trifle.

Since it was rare that we didn't have anyone over with peanut allergies, this was a perfect choice. Unfortunately, I didn't take a close-up photo of it, but you'll see it above in the top right hand corner. This was the only thing on the table where we didn't have even one spoonful of leftovers!

This recipe is already in our family cookbook. However, Keely did make a slight modification. She used sugar-free pudding and sugar-free Cool Whip. I'm thinking that's along the same lines of having a Snicker's candy bar with a Diet Coke. Yes. Guilty. But, I guess every little bit helps!  :)

Reese Trifle

Ingredients:

• 1 box fudgy brownies
• 2 boxes chocolate pudding, prepared according to directions
• 2 tubs Cool Whip, thawed
• 6-8 Reese cup candy bars (or 12-16 individual cups) broken into small pieces

Directions:
Bake brownies according to directions on box. Place half in the bottom of a trifle bowl. Top with half of the pudding followed by half of the Cool Whip. Sprinkle with half of the Reese cups.

Repeat layers: brownies, pudding, Cool Whip, and the rest of the Reese cups.

Tip: The regular size Reese cups break up better than the fun size version.