Valentine’s Day Trifle
INGREDIENTS:
- Brownie pieces (see Gluten Free Brownie Recipe or Black Bean Brownies
- Fresh cut strawberries
- Frozen organic raspberries
- Simply Delish chocolate pudding
- Cha’s organic canned coconut whipped cream
- Shaved white or dark chocolate
- Optional: chocolate sauce

Chocolate Sauce
- 4 tbsp of coconut oil
- 3 tbsp of coconut sugar or sweetener of your choice
- 3 tbsp of cocoa powder.
CHOCOLATE SAUCE INSTRUCTIONS:
- Heat up a pan of water and melt the cacao butter in a pan above it.
- Then mix together the rest of the ingredients until combined.
TRIFLE INSTRUCTIONS:
- Follow directions on the Simply Delish pudding and whip till you reach the preferred texture
- Whip up Cha’s organic canned coconut whipped cream
- Choose your preferred size of serving glass and begin to layer!
- Start with pressing down brownie pieces at the bottom of the jar, then continue to add fruit and layer in chocolate pudding and chocolate sauce, leaving the whipped cream for the very top.
- Drop a berry or two and shave your favourite chocolate on top. It’s ready!

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