Death By Chocolate Trifle with Skor

This Death by Chocolate Trifle with Skor bars recipe is rich, decadent, and insanely good. Featuring layers of chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, Cool Whip or whipped topping, and crushed Skor bars. Despite its name, it is quite a heavenly dessert! Would make an impressive dessert for any party.

Today I am sharing one of my favourite dessert recipes. This Death by Chocolate Trifle recipe has been in my family since I was a child and every time my mom made it I would get so excited. It was a special treat in our house.

It sounds a bit daunting with all those layers but it is actually easy to make. The key is to prepare the ingredients beforehand for easy assembly.

If you choose to make the chocolate cake layer from scratch, use your favourite recipe or mine here. Although, I admit I like to use a chocolate cake mix for a quick and easy dessert. However, if I have time I will make my homemade chocolate cake because it is much tastier. Trifles are a great dessert to make for a crowd as they can serve a large group of people. This recipe serves about 10 large portions or 16 smaller portions.

You will need a trifle bowl for this recipe. However, you could also make this in a large regular bowl if you do not have a trifle. Clear glass is best so you can see the pretty layers. You could also make this into individual portions as well. You can find individual plastic cups at most dollar stores or here are some clear plastic dessert cups I found on Amazon.

This recipe uses crushed Skor bars, however, Skor bars are a Canadian chocolate bar so if you are from the States you can use Heath bars. And, I can’t say from anywhere else around the world but basically, you can use any bar that consists of toffee surrounded by a chocolate coating.

What is Death by Chocolate Made of?

The first step is to have all your ingredients prepped and ready to assemble. You will need:

• 2 baked and cooled 8-inch chocolate cake layers (boxed or homemade)
• Chocolate instant pudding mix (6 servings)
• 4 Skor bars crushed
• 2 containers of Cool Whip(1L each) or homemade whipped cream would also work

Assembly of Death by Chocolate Trifle with Skor

1. Crumble one of the chocolate cake layers and place it into the bottom of your trifle.
2. Place half of the prepared chocolate pudding on top of the chocolate cake and spread evenly.
3. Spread a layer of the cool whip.
4. Sprinkle crushed Skor bars on top.
5. Repeat the layers and you’re done!

Cover with saran wrap and place in the fridge until ready to eat.

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Death by Chocolate Trifle with Skor

This decadent layered dessert features chocolate cake, pudding, cool whip, and crushed Skor bars. Perfect for holidays and feeding a crowd.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate, chocolate trifle, death by chocolate, dessert, trifle

Prep Time 25 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 10 people

Calories 522 kcal

Author Taylor Harrison

Ingredients

• 2 round chocolate cake layers homemade or boxed already baked and cooled
• 1 box chocolate pudding mix 6 servings
• 2 containers cool whip 1L each
• 4 Skor bars crushed

Instructions

1. Prepare two round 8-inch chocolate cake layers and let cool completely. Make the chocolate pudding mix according to the package directions and chill. Crush the Skor bars- a rolling pin works great for this.

2. When ready to assemble the trifle crumble one chocolate cake layer into the bottom of a 4-5 quart trifle or large bowl. Top with half of the chocolate pudding, and spread 1 container of Cool Whip on top. Sprinkle half of the Skor bits on top and repeat all layers, using up the rest of the ingredients. Serve right away or cover the top in plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready.

Recipe Notes

The recipe makes 10-16 servings. May be refrigerated for up to 24 hours before serving. 

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Originally published on February 25th, 2020, Updated on October 18th, 2022.