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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Desserts / Trifle Cupcakes Recipe

    Trifle Cupcakes Recipe

    BY: Courtney PUBLISHED: Apr 6, 2010 32 Comments UPDATED ON: Feb 7, 2019

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    A hard chocolate cupcake shell filled with moist chocolate cake, creamy chocolate mousse and topped with whip cream. The Perfect Trifle Cupcakes Recipe.
    A hard chocolate cupcake shell filled with moist chocolate cake, creamy chocolate mousse and topped with whip cream. The Perfect Trifle Cupcakes Recipe. 
    These trifle cupcakes are the best way to eat chocolate cake and mousse.  My sister in law actually requests this recipe often.  It’s truly a family favorite!  Yesterday we had a nice dinner over my in-laws for Easter. I had no clue what to make. I did know I had a thing of heavy cream to use up and didn’t want it to go to waste. What better than to make Chocolate Mousse and Whip cream, but how to make it come together?  I was sure everyone would want something sweet after dinner, then I had an idea. ” Oh I’ll make a trifle! Booo.. I don’t have a trifle dish.”  Then the light bulb went off!
    I’ll make chocolate dessert cups – PERFECT – 🙂
    trifle cupcakes recipe
    Line muffin pan with muffin cups.
    Melt chocolates separately over a double boiler. Once the chocolate is melted brush the chocolate inside the cups making sure to get the sides and bottom.
    Freeze for about 20 minutes, then you can peel the liner off.
    Easy peasy I promise 🙂
    When all the cups are separated I like to put the chocolate cups in a fresh muffin cup and place in the refrigerator.
    chocolate cupcake shellsc
    Now for the Trifle, or my take on a trifle 🙂
    Cake

    Bake a batch of chocolate cupcakes, cake,
    anything you don’t mind crumbling up!
    I made cupcakes so I’d have leftover to bring of those as well.
    I made chocolate, chocolate chip cupcakes 🙂
    While the cupcakes are baking start the “mousse”. I hate real mousse, but some like it.. For me the taste is too strong, so I made a “faux mousse” and then some Wilton Stabilized Whip Cream
    whipped cream peaks
    Assemble:
    white chocolate and dark chocolate chocolate shells
    Take the unfilled dessert cups out of the refrigerator. Fill a pipping bag (any tip) and pipe mousse into the cups.
    mousse in chocolate shell
    Take the cupcakes and chop ’em up! I didn’t use the tops.
    I wanted the softer texture of the cupcakes.
    cutting cake
    Take the pieces
    chocolate cake in chocolate candy cupcake
    Lightly crumble them into the cups.
    Cover with more mousse (I switched the tip)
    chocolate mousse in chocolate candy shell cupcakes
    Then do a little star with whip cream.  Aren’t these trifle cupcakes cute?  They INCREDIBLY delicious too!  It’s seriously the best foolproof Trifle Cupcakes Recipe!
    trifle cupcakes recipe

    Trifle Cupcakes

    DIY Chocolate Shell cupcakes filled with moist chocolate cake, creamy chocolate mousse and topped with whip cream. Perfect Trifle Cupcakes Recipe.
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 24
    Calories: 243kcal
    Author: Courtney

    Ingredients

    Chocolate Dessert Cups:

    • 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate
    • 12 oz white chocolate
    • 1 8 inch Chocolate Cake chopped

    Faux Mousse

    • 2 packs chocolate pudding mix
    • 2 cups Milk
    • 2 cups heavy cream
    • 1 cup whipped cream
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    Instructions

    • Dessert Cups: Line muffin pan with muffin cups.
    • Melt chocolates separately over a double boiler. Once the chocolate is melted brush the chocolate inside the cups making sure to get the sides and bottom.
    • Freeze for about 20 minutes, then you can peel the liner off.
    • Easy peasy I promise 🙂
    • When all the cups are separated I like to put the chocolate cups in a fresh muffin cup and place in the refrigerator.
    • Faux Mousse: Whip until pudding consistency and refrigerate.
    • On to the whip cream 🙂
    • Assemble: Refer to post / visual pictures for assembly.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 243kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 32mg | Potassium: 166mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 340IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 0.9mg

    The nutritional information is automatically calculated and can vary based ingredients and products used. If the nutrition numbers are important for you we recommend calculating them yourself.

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    Family, Food, and Photography are Courtney's passions and you'll see all of that on this blog. She is happily married to her husband Chris and together they have two amazing kiddos!

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    Comments

    1. JavaCupcake

      April 06, 2010 at 3:34 pm

      This is an awesome recipe! 🙂 I’m going to post it on my blog as a guest-post…. that’s if you don’t mind!! hehe

      YUMMMMMMY!

      Betsy

      Reply
    2. Jo

      April 09, 2010 at 12:29 am

      Oh my gosh .. can I say it again! OMG! These are so, so good and what a clever idea.

      Reply
    3. Lady V dZine

      April 09, 2010 at 8:19 pm

      I am so drooling now! Those look fantastic.
      Visiting from MomDot.
      Virginia

      Reply
    4. Patti T.

      April 11, 2010 at 12:50 am

      Looks really good, I especially love the white chocolate cups. Mmmmm.

      Reply
    5. Liv Wan

      April 12, 2010 at 3:03 am

      That looks fantastic and I bet it must taste as good as look. (drooling….)

      Reply
    6. Natalie

      April 22, 2010 at 5:13 pm

      this is such a great idea! i definitely would’ve quit halfway through frustrated with all of the steps 🙂

      Reply
    7. Amanda

      April 24, 2010 at 9:37 pm

      Gorgeous! Brilliant!! THis is genius!

      Reply
    8. Natalie

      June 01, 2010 at 5:21 pm

      these are seriously brilliant–i’ve never seen anything like them! I can’t wait to try sometime!!

      Reply
    9. YasmineO

      August 10, 2010 at 5:52 pm

      Those look so good!!! Funny, I just came across another post on how to make dessert cups.

      I think I’ll be doing something similar to this- but mine won’t look at good at yours!

      Reply
    10. Hey Jen

      July 15, 2011 at 3:26 pm

      Every time I come here I want to eat my screen.

      Reply
    11. Sharon

      August 02, 2011 at 1:18 am

      Those look so good!

      Keep up the good job of posting awesome food!

      Reply
    12. Sam

      September 15, 2011 at 1:43 pm

      They look delicious! Thanks for the recipe.

      Reply
    13. Dee

      September 17, 2011 at 1:04 pm

      OMG, those look so good.

      Reply
    14. Kathleen

      September 19, 2011 at 2:52 pm

      These look absolutely delicious! Amazing!

      Reply
    15. Tammy

      September 30, 2011 at 1:37 pm

      These look so delicious.

      Reply
    16. Megan

      October 05, 2011 at 5:48 pm

      These look so good!

      Reply
    17. Anne

      October 12, 2011 at 1:29 am

      These look delicious.

      Reply
    18. foodie @ Tasting Spot

      October 17, 2011 at 10:20 pm

      i really like your food pictures and want to invite you to try out tastingspot.com. it’s for anyone that just wants another place to submit photos and share it will other foodies. It’s still in beta version, but would love for you to start adding some photos and help get it going.

      Reply
    19. blueviolet

      October 21, 2011 at 1:34 am

      Completely and utterly fabulous!

      Reply
    20. London Accountant

      December 06, 2011 at 10:53 am

      All I can say is, wow.

      Reply
    21. Hil'Lesha

      December 09, 2011 at 2:35 am

      Love chocolate cupcakes!

      Reply
    22. SCMOMOF2BOYS

      December 23, 2011 at 8:39 pm

      This looks delicious!!

      Reply
    23. Anne - Mommy Has to Work

      December 26, 2011 at 9:15 pm

      Those look delicious!

      Reply
    24. Tammy

      December 28, 2011 at 2:02 pm

      Very creative and they look yummy.

      Reply
    25. Faith and Family Reviews

      December 28, 2011 at 2:50 pm

      Those look amazing Courtney!

      Reply
    26. Tamara @ Southern Yankee Mix

      December 30, 2011 at 5:13 am

      These look so delish and seem super impressive but really easy to make! I’m going to have to remember these for sure.

      Reply
    27. Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell

      January 04, 2012 at 5:40 pm

      Oh good heavens, those look amazing!

      Reply
    28. Double Duty Mommy

      January 04, 2012 at 4:16 pm

      so creative and yummy looking!!

      Reply
    29. Cheoy Lee

      January 05, 2012 at 4:03 pm

      They look amazing!

      Reply
    30. April Decheine

      January 10, 2012 at 4:36 pm

      Wow those look so good, great photos!

      Reply
    31. Sandy Chiang

      February 26, 2015 at 10:49 am

      wow thank you for sharing i’m like a totally chocolate lover and i’m definitely going to give this a try

      Reply
    32. Mark

      September 15, 2018 at 11:51 am

      Looking Delicious, what a creative idea.

      Reply

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