need good low cal trifle recipe dessert pref chocolate

i want to make a chocolate brownie truffle dessert for the fourth of july. it says to make a betty crocker or other brownie mix, let it cool, then cut it up and layer it in a trifle bowl with cool whip, and chocolate pudding and sweetened condensed milk, add toffee bits to it.

I am thinking i will just have a small amount , but i am trying to cut the cals what are some ways. ? or does anyone have a recipe for a chocolate trifle

You can do a very pretty chocolate trifle using angel food cake and fat free, sugar free instant chocolate fudge pudding, and cool whip free.  Layer it with chocolate chips, toffee bits and some strawberries.

If you have your heart set on those browines (it'sounds so goooood!), you could try making the brownie mix using applesauce instead of the oil to cut down the calories.

Like claire said, use applesauce. The boxes usually have a recipe for low fat brownies on them, using applesauce and stuff. I was just looking at a mix today, and the low fat recipe comes out to 130 calories a serving instead of 180. I think the mix I was looking at was Betty Crocker.

Good luck, it sounds wonderful.

Sounds like the american version of trifle is different from what we have here in NZ.  You might want to give ours a try though!

Ours generally has sponge cake, cut into cubes, (guess you could use your brownies though), put in jelly (before it sets) which you can get very low cal, and you can add fruit, then once its set, you topped with cold custard, which you can get low cal, low fat versions of.  Don't know about in the US though, but hey if NZ has it surely the US does.  I guess you could always substitute the custard for the chocolate pudding.  My mum used to make it this way too.