Trifle of Gloom

Welp. This is it. Summer is over. Anddddd I am extremely depressed. I am in no way prepared to go back to being slumped in a desk for 7 hours in a freezing cold classroom. 5. DAYS. A. WEEK. School is just a politically correct term for "jail for children". Adults always say "is it really that bad?". Yes. It is THAT bad. Dumb boys, cruel girls, and teachers who have it in their head that they are somehow SO much better than you will ever be. The only tiny little ray of light I have is that it is my senior year. My other source of comfort, is this trifle. I needed something to help my gloomy mood, and to say fair well to this much too short summer. To start off I made my favorite brownies. Then I whipped up some cream and added half to some chocolate pudding and the other half to a peanut butter cream cheese mixture. Then the glorious layers started to take shape, with brownies on the bottom, then the peanut butter mousse, then oreos and chocolate covered pretzels and repeat. Truly truly delicious, and the ultimate comfort. I am definitely still depressed, but fuzzy socks and a bowl of this stuff are slowly helping.

Trifle of Gloom

• 1 batch of your favorite brownies, cut into little squares (or the brownie recipe used here)
• 3 cups heavy cream
• 2 tbsp. sugar
• 1 package chocolate pudding, prepared (it will ask for about 1 cup of milk)
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 8 oz whipped cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 cups powdered sugar, divided
• 1 cup chopped oreos
• 1 cup chopped chocolate covered pretzels

Instructions

1. Add your cream and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and whip until you have stiff peaks.
2. Add about 1/3 of your whipped cream to your prepared chocolate pudding.
3. Stir in 1 cup of powdered sugar to the pudding and then set aside.
4. In a medium bowl mix together the cream cheese, peanut butter, and powdered sugar.
5. Fold in another 1/3 of your whipped cream.
6. Grab your trifle bowl and assemble by placing brownie squared on the bottom, then the peanut butter mixture, oreos and pretzels, chocolate pudding, and repeat until you have used all your ingredients ending with the chocolate pudding. Then decorate the top with the left over whipped cream and any leftover oreos, pretzels, and brownies.