Death By Chocolate Trifle! Finally!

I've been waiting months to make death by chocolate trifle. I needed a large gathering of people to make sure it would all get eaten, but it had to be outside of work because there's alcohol. I ended up serving it near the end of work. Whatever. No one minded having alcohol-laced dessert in the office while there was still work to be done.

After baking the brownies, I poked a LOT of holes so I could pour in the Kahlua.

This recipe didn't say how much Kahlua to use, so I looked at a few other recipes that use alcohol. Most of them used around 1/3 cup. I ended up using around 1 1/3 cups. After I used the first 1/3 cup, I felt like the brownies could hold more. I was right. I just kept pouring until the Kahlua started to leak out.

Then I cut the soaked brownies into very small squares while trying not to eat too much of it.

The recipe says to use Heath or Skor bar bits, but I don't want to kill any nut allergy folks. I decided to try out these nifty things instead. Obviously, the dairy free doesn't matter since I'll be using chocolate mousse and Cool Whip, but I might keep using these in the future. I know vegan cheese doesn't melt well, so I'm not sure how I feel about vegan chocolate, but I'll just have to wait and see.

I didn't feel like making chocolate mousse, so I just bought a couple packs for these. It turned out not to be enough. I should have gotten 4 packs. Next time I'll probably just make the mousse myself.

Fat free Cool Whip. This thing seems like it'll have plenty of calories and fat, so I thought it would be a good idea to try and cut down on that wherever possible.

First, a layer of brownie clumps on the bottom, and then a layer of chocolate mousse on top of that. Spreading the mousse was a lot harder than I anticipated. I really have no idea what I can do to make it easier. I'm open to suggestions.

Then layers of Cool Whip and chocolate chips. I considered using chocolate Cool Whip, but I thought that might be too much. I also considered making Kahlua-flavored Cool Whip, but I was afraid of over-beating it.

Keep layering.

I ran out of the chocolate mousse, but I found a few of these things in the fridge. They're strawberry flavored, so it made the trifle less chocolate chocolate chocolate.

Finished product. Everyone said they loved it, and that always makes me feel good. The next time I make trifle, it'll be one with fruit, and maybe pound cake or angel food cake. I just have to find people to eat it.