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Chocolate-Banana Trifle

By Carroll Pellegrinelli, About.com

Even with all of the low fat items in this trifle, it still has lots of flavor.

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Cook Time: 00 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup evaporated fat free milk
  • 3 T. unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 T. cornstarch
  • 1/4 C. Kahlua (coffee flavored liqueur)
  • 2 cups sliced bananas, divided
  • 2 T. lemon juice
  • 16 ounce angel food cake, cut into 1 inch cubes
  • 2 (1.4 ounce) English Toffee candy bars, chopped (such as Heath or Skor bars)
  • 3 C. skim milk
  • 3 (3.4 ounce) pkgs. vanilla instant pudding mix (not sugar free)
  • 12 ounce container reduced calorie whipped topping, thawed and divided

Preparation:

Combine sugar, evaporated milk, cocoa and cornstarch in saucepan. Bring to a boil. Cook until sugar is dissolved and mixture is thick (about 3 minutes) stirring frequently. Remove from heat; stir in Kahlua and cool. Combine slices bananas with lemon juice and set aside. Combine chocolate mixture and cake in a large bowl; stir in chopped candy bars, reserving 1 T. for topping and set aside. Beat 3 cups milk and pudding mix at medium speed until well blended. Stir in cake mixture. Cover; chill 15 minutes. Spoon half of cake mixture into trifle dish or bowl. Arrange 1 cup of bananas evenly over cake mixture; top with half of whipped topping. Repeat layers; ending with whipped topping. Sprinkle with reserved 1 tab. chopped candy bars. Chill on hour.
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