How To Make Twix Trifles
Twix trifles are a sinful and delicious dessert that has layers of salted caramel mouse, candy bars, whipped cream, and hot fudge.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Trifle:
- 3pkgTwix bars,chopped into ¼-inch pieces
- chocolate fudge sauce,homemade or store bought
- whipped cream,homemade or store bought
For Salted Caramel Mousse:
- ⅓cupsugar
- 3tbspwater
- ⅓cupheavy cream
- 1tspvanilla extract
- ¼tspsea salt,or more, to taste
- 4ozPhiladelphia cream cheese
- 1cuppowdered sugar
Instructions
Salted Caramel Mousse:
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Briefly stir together granulated sugar and water in a small saucepan, then bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Continue cooking for about 6 to 7 minutes, without stirring, until mixture turns dark amber in color.
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Remove from heat and slowly add in cream (just start with a tablespoon or two), stirring with a wooden spoon until completely smooth.
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Stir in vanilla and salt. Set aside until it reaches room temperature, or refrigerate to speed up the process.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat cream Cheese on medium-high speed for 1 minute until very smooth. Add in the room-temperature caramel and powdered sugar, and beat on medium-low speed until combined.
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If the mousse is too thick, add in a tablespoon or two of heavy cream. Then increase speed to medium-high and beat for another 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Set aside.
Assemble:
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In a trifle bowl or small glass, add a layer of the chopped Twix bars. Then use a pastry bag (or a Ziplock bag with the corner tip cut out) to pipe in a layer of caramel mouse.
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Do the same with a layer of chocolate fudge sauce. Then repeat!
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Finish of with a layer of whipped cream, and top with the remaining Twix bars. Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 8 hours.
Nutrition
- Calories: 225.68kcal
- Fat: 11.07g
- Saturated Fat: 7.26g
- Trans Fat: 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.34g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.38g
- Carbohydrates: 30.45g
- Fiber: 0.19g
- Sugar: 27.28g
- Protein: 1.67g
- Cholesterol: 24.54mg
- Sodium: 125.82mg
- Calcium: 34.79mg
- Potassium: 54.41mg
- Iron: 0.20mg
- Vitamin A: 77.53µg
- Vitamin C: 0.15mg
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