Chocolate Trifle Dessert Plus More Ideas for your Home

Here it is...One of the easiest elegant desserts
I know how to make! You can too!

Impress your guests with this "Chocolate Trifle
Dessert" We had it at our annual Christmas Party
& people were coming back for 2nds & 3rds...Yahoo!!...
I love it when people are eating, laughing, having a
great time...making wonderful memories...
(it was our 20th yr.) We have the best friends!!!
We feel so blessed....

It looks the best in a Trifle Bowl such as this
because you can see the layers better. You can get
the bowl @ Target, Walmart (places like that)

It's a really easy/fast recipe...so I wanted to
share it with all of you...Merry Christmas!

Recipe
1 pkg. Brownie mix
1 6oz. pkg. Chocolate Instant Pudding (Sugar Free)
(it's what I had on hand)
1 6oz. pkg. Vanilla Instant Pudding (Sugar Free)
(again it's what I had on hand)
3 Baby Ruth candy bars (sliced)
3 Heath candy bars (broken in pieces)
1 12oz. Cool Whip & 1 8oz. Cool Whip (or 2 8oz.)

Make brownies according to pkg. direction (set aside)

Make Chocolate Instant Pudding according to pkg.
(pour 1/2 into bottom of Trifle bowl to make
bottom layer)

Break up (in your hands) cooled brownies & put
1/2 on top of Chocolate pudding

Top that with 10oz. of Cool Whip
Put the rest of the Chocolate Pudding on top
of Cool Whip layer

Put (crushed or broken pieces of Heath bar) for
next layer (It won't cover all...that's OK)

Make Vanilla Instant Pudding (according to
pkg.) & put all of it in bowl as the next layer

Next...put (sliced) Baby Ruth Candy bars as the
next layer...Put the rest of the crumbled brownies
on top of that.....

Finish with the rest of the Cool Whip & put a
Christmas Flower on top & refrigerate for 3hrs.

ENJOY!!!!!!!!

In the photo below is the easiest way to dress

up kitchen stools for the holidays....Just measure

across the top of the stool add a few inches to the

circle (or you could cut a square) & tie with ribbons!

This is our heart cross-stitch hutch..

I love it...I found a Red Kettle a long

time ago & love to pair it w/the

Red Christmas Swan...

This is a toy soldier (out of wood) I

made for Santa's Gift Shoppe Boutique

last year....Also below "And the

Stockings were hung" w/4 stockings
was @ Santa's Gift Shoppe, too last year!

And last.....is an idea on giving an

EASY/CUTE Gift Box along with

the gift inside!!!

These were what we gave to our Party

Guests last Friday...I love to dress

gifts up with a BIG Ribbon & BOW...

I got these cute gift boxes @ Oriental

Trading Co.....Santa's & Snowmen!!!!

Their so cute all together....I did a close up

so you could see the great detail in the faces...

Well....Hope you got some NEW IDEAS that

will brighten up your Christmas Holidays!!!!

Christmas Ideas For Your Home

Merry Christmas!!! Only 10 days
& 4 hrs til Christmas Day 2009!
This is our Family Room fireplace,
lighted garland, wreath & stockings.
Does it make you feel Warm & Cozy?

I hope you've been enjoying the wonder
of the season...especially family &
friends...I have..We had a great time
at the boutique...Saw old friends &
made new ones!!!

As soon as santasgiftshoppe was over
we had to tear down & rearrange for our
annual Christmas Party (our 20th this yr)
So it's been a hectic few weeks...

I thought I'd give you a look at some of
the vignettes (in our home) in hopes to
inspire you as to some simple things that
you can do to bring a big impact into your
own home.

This is a favorite wall of mine..The Gingerbread

wall..

This is a lighted garland strung over the China

cabinet that is filled with A Christmas Dish
Collection. Some special Christmas items are atop

the China cabinet.

This home "Believes" I love that saying..

and ours does!!!

More Gingerbread men..

They are a favorite of mine, too!!

Above is an idea that is so simple...To change the

"look" of your Kitchen into a "Christmas Kitchen"

just make or buy RED curtains & instantly you have

changed the atmosphere to "Christmasy."

And last on the tour today is the bath.

Why shouldn't it look "Christmasy"

too??? All we did is put a poinsettia plant,

a Christmas Tree & a quilt wall hanging...

Plus on the wall (you can"t see) is our

"Elf Clock" easy to make out of card

stock...Their fun & cute!!

COME BACK SOON!! The RECIPE for

"The Chocolate Tower" Christmas

Dessert....will be on the blog!! You'll

really want to try this one!!