Spider Trifle for Halloween Recipe

2 Hours 25 Mins Spider Trifle for Halloween Recipe

2 hours 25 mins Serves 8-10

Ingredients:

• 1 box chocolate cake mix, plus ingredients called for on box
• 12 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 2 c. pumpkin puree
• 1/3 c. sour cream
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. pumpkin spice
• 6 c. Cool Whip, divided
• 1 package Oreos, crushed
• chocolate syrup
• Plastic spider, if desired

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350º and grease a 9"-x-13” pan.
2. Prepare chocolate cake mix according to package directions and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Set aside to cool. When cooled, crumble into bite sized pieces.
3. Meanwhile, make the pumpkin mousse. In a large bowl using a hand mixer, combine cream cheese and sugar, beat until smooth. Add pumpkin puree, sour cream, vanilla and pumpkin spice and beat again until smooth. Add 2 cups cool whip and fold into pumpkin mixture until fully combined.
4. Assemble the trifle: lay down a layer of chocolate cake on the bottom of your trifle dish. Top with a layer of pumpkin mixture, a layer of crushed Oreos, and a layer of Cool Whip. Repeat until the trifle is full, ending on cool whip.
5. Drizzle syrup in a spiral motion from the inside out on the top of the trifle. Using a toothpick, start in the center and drag outward to the edge of the trifle to make a spider’s web. Place spider in the center of the web and place the trifle in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, up to overnight. Serve.