Chocolate and Pistachio Trifle Dessert

This is easy and great for a picnic or BBQ.  If you use the 9 oz. plactic cups you can prepare these ahead of time and they make is much easier to serve.

The ingredients are simple: 

  • 1 box chocolate pudding 
  • 1 box pistachio pudding
  • pound cake (I used the frozen Sara Lee Pound Cake and by the time we arrived at the picnic it was thawed enough even though it was inside the cooler.)
  • 1 8 oz. tub whipped cream (I used cool whip)
  • your favorite toppings  (In this case I used chopped up pistachios and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.)

In a 9 oz. plastic cup, add a layer of pudding, then a couple pieces of pound cake, then whipped cream and repeat these layers one more time.  Sprinkle on your toppings. Refrigerate until you are ready to serve.  Enjoy! 

Two boxes of instant pudding and one tub of cool whip will make about 12 desserts.