I’m trying not to write about the heat, because really how boring and mundane. But dang it’s hot and if your basting in your own sweat, then the last thing you want to do is turn on an oven. So hey, thank goodness for easy elegance by way of a chocolate chip cookie trifle, kicked up with some silky smooth chocolate and peanut butter pudding.
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Trifles
I made these for Jenny’s virtual baby shower. She is expecting her third baby and a bunch of us bloggers are joining in the celebration coordinated by Marla. Now I’m assuming you have all been to both these lovely blog – great food and great pictures. I’m a regular reader of both blogs and have been fortunate to meet them both. They are as as sweet in person as they are on their blog.
I’m so relieved to have been able to come up with some thing that I think Jenny would enjoy. I know she is a huge peanut butter fan. But I was left with that—peanut butter, no further idea, no inspiration.
As of late with all that has been going on and the pressure of the book deadline, I’ve been lacking some creativity and busting out baked goods for the blog has been trying—as evident by the spotty postings the last few weeks. But then a happy occurence sent me right into a maniac state of inspiration. You know the kind of state that rushes ideas at you like a relentless ball machine.
While its great to have ideas flooding me, the only problem with it is staying focus. So to keep my brain in sync with my hands, I calmed myself with music while baking and photographing. Thank you happy occurence and The Cure (total flashback) for the inspiration behind this post. Lets just ignore that last line as being a little random. Okay? Awesome. Thanks for the pass.
Congratulations once more, Jenny! Here’s to wishing you and your family a joyful life time with another addition to your family.
Don’t forget to check out what these other bloggers brought to Jenny’s virtual baby shower:
Picky Palate Surprise Baby Shower Bloggers
Amanda: i am baker Special Cake for a “Picky Palate”
Amanda: Kevin and Amanda Cinnamon Blueberry Biscoff Breakfast Cookies
Angie: Bakerella Baby Faces
Averie: Averie CooksChocolate Banana and Biscoff Graham Bars
Bev: Bev Cooks Horseradish Deviled Eggs
Bridget: Bake at 350 Cute as a Button Cupcakes
Cheryl: TidyMom Salted Caramel Cupcakes
Gaby: Whats Gaby Cooking Blueberry Buttermilk Cake
Heather: Heather’s Dish Perfect Pancake Bites
Julie: The Little Kitchen Mixed Berry Mint Slushies
Kathy: Panini Happy Baby Oreo Ice Cream Pies
Kristan: Confessions of a Cookbook Queen Homemade Animal Crackers
Lauren: Lauren’s Latest Mini Chocolate Lava Cakes
Lori: Recipe Girl Oreo and Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Maria: Two Peas and Their Pod Cookies ‘n Cream Sheet Cake
Marion: Sweetopia Baby Shower Cookie Favors
Marla: Family Fresh Cooking Blueberry Mint Agua Fresca
Michelle: Brown Eyed Baker Shrimp Nacho Bites
Recipe Boy: Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Oreos
Robyn: Add a Pinch http://addapinch.com/cooking/2012/08/20/little-boy-blue-and-a-virtual-baby-shower-for-picky-palate/
Shaina: Food For My Family Ginger Plum Preserves
Shelly: Cookies and Cups Oreo Pop Baby Rattles
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Trifles
Ingredients
- 1 cup of chopped chooclate chip cookies (set aside for assembly)
Chocolate Pudding
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 3 cups cold whole milk
- 3/4 cups dark chocolate, chopped
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Peanut Butter Pudding
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 3 cups cold whole milk
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Chocolate Pudding
- Combine cornstarch, sugar, salt and milk in a blender or food processor and pulse until well blended. Alternatively, combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk vigorously. Transfer mixture to a heat proof bowl and place over (not on) simmering water for approximately 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pudding is ready when mixture coats the back of the spoon. Add chocolate or preferred flavor and stir to combine. Add vanilla and stir to combine.
Peanut Butter Pudding
- Combine cornstarch, sugar, salt and milk in a blender or food processor and pulse until well blended. Alternatively, combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk vigorously. Transfer mixture to a heat proof bowl and place over (not on) simmering water for approximately 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pudding is ready when mixture coats the back of the spoon. Add peanut butter or preferred flavor and stir to combine. Add vanilla and stir to combine.
Assembly
- Fill to pastry bags with one pudding in each fitted with a round tip.
- Pipe chocolate layer of pudding. Sprinkle chopped chocolate chip cookies on top. Pipe peanut butter pudding layer on top.
- Repeat step two untill trifle bowls or glasses are filled.
Notes
A few notes:
- For a step-by-step picture tutorial on how to make homemade pudding click here.
- Pudding is highly adaptable, so change out the chocolate portion to your flavor preference, i.e. peanut butter, Nutella, salted caramel, butterscotch, any fruit flavors by adding fruit puree, etc. Keep in mind you may have to adjust to the amount slightly for flavor and consistency.
- Don’t skimp the sieve portion. No matter how much you whisk a few cornstarch pellets will form and leave a lumpy texture if left unstrained.
- To store place plastic wrap directly on the surface to prevent a skin from forming-that is unless you like it, in which case just cover at the container’s edge and refrigerate.
- For chocolate chip cookie portion I used bakery cookies to save time.
OH wow! Wish this shower was real, and wish I was invited! 😉
I’m happy you got some inspiration! These look incredible. 🙂 And almost everyone loves chocolate and peanut butter so I’m sure Jenny would love these. And those glasses! They remind me of your mudslide brownie trifles. I still have to make those!
I love individual triffles! These look absolutely wonderful. What a sweet baby shower.
These look like the kind of dessert that could cause me to gain about 5 pounds….love peanut butter and chocolate!
I was stalking your blog to see these pictures after the teaser on twitter yesterday, and these do not disappoint! Gorgeous, as always!
These look great! I am pretty sure I could eat about 10 of them 🙂
I’m crazy enough to turn my oven on when it’s super hot but these are so perfect for summer days! Can’t wait for your book 😉
Oh. Wow. These look absolutely amazing 🙂
Love these, Naomi! I know they taste as fabulous as they look!
Naomi!!! Look how absolutely gorgeous these cookie trifles are! You are incredible my friend. Thanks for making my morning so sweet with all of your sweet posts today! Love you girls!! xoxo
What a fabulous contribution to a beautiful baby shower.
These are so pretty! And I can only imagine the difficulty in coming
up with new ideas with deadlines to reach. Love this.
These are great!! Perfect flavor combo and perfect for Jenny.
Perfect pregnant food period, actually!!
Gorgeous presentation! What a fun dessert for the shower!
Oh my, this looks AMAZING!
So, so SO excited for you book! I definitely understand how hard the whole process is… so you have my full sympathies girl! Beautiful dessert!
Chocolate & PB is the most awesome combo ever AND that you made these little shooters and heck, for this shower, we all need something to wash down all the other treats we’re eating…great idea, Naomi!
#1. Individual trifles layered with cookie?? Say whaaat!? Genius. #2. I totally feel you on the heat. We’ve had an unseasonably hot summer and no A/C. Luckily, we have a small house and overhead fans. It’s finalllyyy starting to cool off enough at night that the afternoons are pleasant in the house. Just don’t turn the oven on. #3. Cannot wait for your BOOK!!!
As usual, a drool-inducing recipe (sorry for the mental image), and gorgeous photography!
Yum! Love the presentation! PB and chocolate is one of my favourite combos!
Do you ever make anything that is not insanely gorgeous?!?
I so want to ask the same question as Bridget! 😀
These are so gorgeous…now, here’s one thing, I wish we could have actually done this baby shower in person!! Can we make that happen?
I can’t imagine her not being happy with these! They look delish 😀
wow yuM! i’ll take 2 please:)
These look so amazing, Naomi – I love that you filled the glasses to the very top! 🙂
These are absolutely stunning!
HOW SWEET (literally and figuratively!) What a wonderful baby shower treat to bring… I am a fan of peanut butter and chocolate as well!
ohhh these look heavenly! Wish I could just lick up every last drop of the pudding!
insanely gorgeous and delicious!! I can’t imagine you ever being stumped for ideas Naomi!!
Naomi, these trifles look amazing!! So glad we could help inspire your sweet creativity 🙂 Thanks so much for joining in on the fun for Jenny! You are always an inspiration to all of us. Best of luck completing your book 🙂
These are so perfectly beautiful, Naomi! I cannot wait to see your book – I KNOW it will be drop-dead gorgeous and completely inspiring.
woa looks so chocolaty and yummy!
Oh my goodness. These look delicious. Thanks for sharing.
I just wanted to stop by and let you know I sent you an email because I have reason to believe someone has stolen some blog content.
Although making a trifle consists of layering a lot of ingredients, this recipe looks super easy!! I am sure I will just gobble up each glass with no regret! Beautiful photography! And by the way – music soothes my crazy mind too, great way to relax, refocus and create!!!
Well, there’s no way anyone can go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter :^) These look awesome. (and cute!)
I am helpless against the chocolate and peanut butter combo.
These are wonderful! It’s probably a good thing it’s served in a little shot glass, or I might go to town on this one!
These look wonderful. I made a peanut btuter chocolate chip parfait recently but this looks even better!
That looks absolutely yum, Naomi!! A great baby shower treat 🙂
I absolutely love this! So original and just stunning to look at 😀
I have to agree summer and heat is all what people are talking and kind of getting boring but Man it is Hot!!!
These look perfect!!!..
Such a gorgeous treat for the virtual shower…
Congrats and loads of wishes to Jenny…
These are stunning. That is all.
Wow, so beautiful. And now I’m left with nothing but a major craving for these trifles so early in the morning! I’m featuring this post in today’s Food Fetish Friday (with a link-back and attribution). I hope you have no objections and thanks for the inspiration…
These look amazing! I always forget to pipe the layers so they look nice and neat from the outside…
Wow, these Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chip Cookie Trifles from Bakers Royale look heavenly! I can almost taste the silky smooth chocolate and peanut butter pudding layered with chopped chocolate chip cookies. And what a great idea to make them for a virtual baby shower – I’m sure Jenny must have loved them!
What a decadent and delightful treat for Jenny’s virtual baby shower! The combination of chocolate and peanut butter in a trifle is truly mouthwatering. I can imagine the flavors melting together perfectly. How did you come up with this creative idea during your “maniac state of inspiration”?
This recipe takes me back to those delightful afternoons. I can’t wait to try this version, especially with the chocolate chip cookie addition. Just curious, have you ever tried adding a layer of whipped cream to the trifle? I’m wondering how that would enhance the flavors. Thanks for sharing this delectable treat, and congratulations to Jenny on her new baby!
Your recipe is a delightful fusion of two of my favorite flavors: chocolate and peanut butter. The layers of chocolate chip cookies, creamy peanut butter mousse, and rich chocolate ganache sound like a heavenly combination. The presentation in those charming jars adds an extra touch of elegance to this indulgent dessert.