Wicked Zombie Trifle is the perfect dessert for Halloween parties! With layers of delicious flavors, customize the colors and have a spooktacular time!

This post and recipe were created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.

Wicked Zombie Trifle

Well, my friends, we’ve arrived at my final addition to #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I think we can all agree it has been one ghostly good time! I’ve had a really great time creating some slightly scary treats for our followers while finding some amazing creations from my fellow participants.

If you happened to miss my three prior posts for #HalloweenTreatsWeek, please do check out:

• Boogeyman Brew
• Ghostly Gooey Dip and
• The Crypt Keeper Cocktail

Also, be sure to scroll all the way down to the bottom to find a list of other participating bloggers in this event and links to their creations. 

 

 

I just love a trifle at a party! Why? Well, they feed a crowd, can be made ahead of time and are customizable. My Wicked Zombie Trifle has layers of crumbled Devil’s Food (how fitting, right?) cake, strawberry pie filling, and a mixture of vanilla pudding and Cool-Whip. YUM!

 

 

The fun zombie part came from gummy fruit-flavored zombie hands from Treat Street USA. They added just the right touch of spooky. I added two down in the actual trifle and two emerging from the back as if escaping from the ground below.

 

 

The green pudding layer came compliments of green food coloring from Adam’s Extract. It added just the right amount of ooey effect I was hoping for.

 

 

My kids thought this dessert was super fun and they aren’t crazy about creepy decor, it was just the right amount of “scary”. Add in a few Halloween decorations and you have yourself the perfect dessert addition for Halloween parties. Enjoy and Happy Halloween friends!!!

Some tips for making a Wicked Zombie Trifle:

• Use whatever flavor pie filling you’d like. Cherry or raspberry would be amazing too.
• No Devil’s Food cake mix? Use a brownie mix.
• Customize your pudding filling with other flavors, extracts or different colors.

 

Yield: 8-10 servings

Wicked Zombie Trifle

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Wicked Zombie Trifle is the perfect dessert for Halloween parties! With layers of delicious flavors, customize the colors and have a spooktacular time!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 Devil's Food cake mix, prepared and baked in 13X9 pan according to package directions, cubed
• 1 4 oz vanilla instant pudding, prepared according to package directions
• 3.4 oz Cool-Whip
• 1/8 t green food color
• 1 21 oz can strawberry pie filling
• OPTIONAL: gummy zombie decorations

Instructions

1. Combine prepared vanilla pudding and Cool-Whip, mix in green food color.
2. To assemble: Begin with a layer of cubed cake, top with 1/2 of pudding mixture and 1/2 of pie filling. Repeat layers, ending with crumbles of cake as top layer.
3. If using decor, place inside bowl 1/2 way through assembly and at the very end.

 

Check out the amazing #HalloweenTreatsWeek recipes from our bloggers today!

• Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix from Big Bear’s Wife
• Donut Monsters from Mrs. Happy Homemaker
• Brownie Bottom Candy Explosion Cheesecake from I am a Honey Bee
• Sugar Cookie Coffins from Love and Confections
• Reeses Halloween Cookie Bars from A Blender Mom
• Candy Corn Cupcakes from Daily Dish Recipes
• Paranormal Parfaits from Eat Move Make
• Easy Day of the Dead Cake from Pint Sized Baker
• Buttercream Bat Wing Cupcakes from Kudos Kitchen
• Vanishing Candy Corn Cocktails from The Baking Fairy
• Wicked Zombie Trifle from Who Needs A Cape?
• Monster Party Halloween Cupcakes from Lady Behind The Curtain
• Candy Corn Moonshine Truffles from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Ghost Cupcakes from Mildly Meandering
• Graveyard Brownies from The Redhead Baker
• Day of the Dead Black Buttercream Cake from House of Nash Eats
• Halloween Chocolate Sugar Cookies from Savory Experiments
• Easy Caramel Apples from Katie’s Cucina
• Bag of Bones Scary Snacks from For the Love of Food