Chocolate-Peanut Butter Trifle

If you like peanut butter and chocolate, this layered trifle is right up your alley! With its layers of gooey chocolate pudding, moist chocolate cake and homemade peanut butter sauce, it will totally satisfy any craving for sweets! Plus, it's actually really easy!

1 package chocolate cake mix
1 package (10 ounces) peanut butter chips
4-1/4 cups cold milk, divided
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 packages (5.9 ounces each) instant chocolate pudding mix
1 carton (12 ounce size) cool whip, thawed
4 Nestle Crunch candy bars (approx. 1.55 ounces each), crumbled

Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour the batter into a greased 9x13 pan and bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until toothipick inserted near center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake on a wire rack.
In a heavy saucepan, combine the peanut butter chips, 1/4 cup milk and cream. Cook and stir over low heat until chips are melted. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Cool to room temperature. Place the remaining milk in a mixing bowl; beat in pudding mixes on low speed for 2 minutes.
To assemble: crumble half of the cake into a 4 quart trifle bowl or large bowl. layer with half of the peanut butter sauce, half the pudding, half the whipped topping and half of the candy bars. Repeat layers. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving.

Yield: 12-15 servings

Source: Quick Cooking Magazine