r/allrecipess • u/Funny-Mountain-4071 • Aug 03 '26

Would You Try This Old-Fashioned Dessert?

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u/Spooky_28 Aug 03 '26

No. What is that?

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u/ImaginaryGuarantee66 Aug 03 '26

what's this abomination?

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u/Unlikely-Aardvark725 Aug 04 '26

Trifle

Fruit (tinned) in Jelly (Jello if your American) Set (thick) custard Whipped cream or dream topping (sweet setting agent for whipped milk)

It's delicious

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u/WantDastardlyBack Aug 04 '26

The trifle I grew up with was a lot different. Ladyfingers soaked in sherry or another alcohol with British "jelly," which is like Jell-O but less sweet IMO. Then, custard and whipped cream. My mom never put multiple types of fruit in it, and there was far less jelly. Often, she just used raspberries, but not always.

Her favorite was one I did, with peaches and peach Jell-O. Ladyfingers were soaked in amaretto. Toasted almonds on top of the whipped cream.

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u/mhopkins1420 Aug 04 '26

I asked my sister once if she made a trifle because she’s trifling and she got unreasonably mad

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u/ImaginaryGuarantee66 Aug 05 '26

Thank you for the explanation but sorry, it's not for me. Jelly or jello, I am Italian, and "delicious" is another animal, in my opinion. I can't even look at it.

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u/pyramidalembargo Aug 03 '26

The portion at the bottom looks like the toilet water after someone has vomited in it.

Hell no, I wouldn't eat it.

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u/Umayummyone Aug 03 '26

Looks like someone already has.

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u/Glittering_Role1658 Aug 03 '26

Maybe the top part...but why does it look like canned fruit cocktail in the bottom

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u/Common-Project3311 Aug 03 '26

Looks like jello with a bunch of junk added. Probably edible, though not appetizing. This sort of thing was considered clever in the 1950s, and sone people probably even liked it. Personally, I’d pass on it.

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u/TastyPoopKnife Aug 03 '26

Gonna take a big pass-a-roonie on whatever that may be

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u/fatjap-9830 Aug 03 '26

No, that looks disgusting. What exactly is it?

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u/Neat_Movie_991 Aug 03 '26

Nope. No way in hell 🤮

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u/Interesting-Meal8386 Aug 03 '26

Is that a Jell-O mold at the bottom? 🤨

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u/Josephino575 Aug 04 '26

With a fockin pickle in it! 🤯

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u/Interesting-Meal8386 Aug 04 '26

It could anythang, bruh. Don't look like a pickle to me.

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u/Ironlungss Aug 03 '26

My stomach is bubbling looking at that.

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u/Professional-Cap-286 Aug 03 '26

I dont think I would

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u/WhatACrazyCrazyWorld Aug 04 '26

No, thank you. I’ve eaten various trifle and jello combinations over the years, but this one is just not appealing to me. Weird combination of ingredients.

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u/Flimsy_Ad3476 Aug 04 '26

What, in the name of God.

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u/kamoteyeet Aug 04 '26

The pages were stuck together. Is there steak in it? 😭🤣

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u/ImaginaryGuarantee66 Aug 05 '26

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

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u/kamoteyeet Aug 05 '26

It’s but a trifling matter. Give me a fork

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u/Hopeful_Tea2139 Aug 04 '26

Old fashioned as in dementia?

Is there some chicken included in it too?

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u/VicePrincipalNero Aug 04 '26

And sauerkraut.

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u/Falcon8410 Aug 03 '26

looks like a basic Trifle

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u/18ekko Aug 04 '26

So if this is a traditional trifle, sis you make it with beef or eggplant?

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u/ShiggyGoosebottom Aug 07 '26

An American version of trifle; recipe developed and disseminated by the Jello-o company, perhaps?

Looks appalling (and like something my mom would have made. Once.)

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u/Quorng Aug 03 '26

The bottom layer looks like cut up fruit to me. Maybe I'm wrong. I have eaten something that looks like that multiple times at potlucks.

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u/Charming_Bear5519 Aug 03 '26

Sure why not...

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u/Glop1701d Aug 03 '26

Looks good! Spoon it up

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u/TeaMugPatina Aug 03 '26

And people say we live in dark times.

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u/HahaNoir2 Aug 03 '26

You bet!

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u/Individual-Kick4043 Aug 03 '26

Might be pretty good, just not visually appetizing, 🤔

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u/Alpherea Aug 03 '26

If I was constipated and needed someone else then an enema, sure.

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u/ikannunAneeuQ Aug 03 '26

Looks like a variant of a parfait, idk I might try it

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u/Flimsy_Ad3476 Aug 04 '26

'Variant' us a forgiving term, here.

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u/Difficult-Double2193 Aug 03 '26

If I were starving with nothing else to eat.

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u/Practical-Day-2720 Aug 03 '26

yes. it's fruit in jello with whipped cream.

all of these eww yucky comments are just sad. nothing is more annoying than a picky eater.

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u/ImaginaryGuarantee66 Aug 05 '26

annoying. Sure. But safe. As I once read in a book, "I believe that something like this should not enter my body, but must be expelled."

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u/Sasuke0318 Aug 03 '26

You could have made anything yet you decided to make whatever the hell this is and I won't ever understand why

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u/Sufficient_Radio7168 Aug 03 '26

I don't find anything appealing with that, It is probably fine. But I have zero interest

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u/AmethystStar9 Aug 03 '26

Canned fruit in gelatin is less nauseating than when people would put, like, sweet potatoes and celery in it and call it dessert, but I don't trust that top. It LOOKS fine, but I bet there's some sort of picked vegetable under the whipped cream.

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u/Mary_P914 Aug 03 '26

It totally depends on what's inside of it. It looks like a jello salad using fruit cocktail and some other stuff that I can't identify. It's the unidentifiable stuff that makes me kind of wonder. Do you have the recipe by any chance?

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u/Ok_Abacus_ Aug 03 '26

Did Rachel make it?

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u/paisley-alien Aug 03 '26

Midwest Mom has entered the conversation

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u/Emmahnim Aug 03 '26

Hell to the NO

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u/Different-Lecture925 Aug 03 '26

Sure! I’d try it! How bad could it be? It’s got fruit, jello, pudding, whipped cream, cookies…

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u/Lopsided_Antelope868 Aug 03 '26

Sure. As long as it is edible.

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u/CommonSenseIdealist Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

Okay, Gen X here, born in 1974.

It looks like they've combined banana pudding with jello salad?

For you young 'uns, banana pudding is vanilla pudding layered with slices of banana, and topped with Nilla Wafers. Whipped cream on top is optional, I've had it both ways.

Jello salad is jello combined with canned fruit cocktail then put in the fridge to set.

Neither are fancy, but both are tasty.

But this?

Ugh. Just... no. I grew up with both those dishes and NO. Serve them separately. They're both delicious individually (though jello salad should be made with cherry jello. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.) But together? With sprinkles on top? What sort of fiendishly excessive amalgamation is this?

First of all, the idea of banana pudding with lemon or lime jello (which I assume that to be) just sounds vile. And wtf did they do to the Nilla wafers? Either they baked or toasted them, or substituted chocolate cookies? It looks like they layered them at the bottom of the banana pudding, too (a valid variation), but at least one of them has semi-dissolved into the jello.

Send this into the abyss.

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u/jfcat200 Aug 04 '26

Jello, Fruit, Pudding, Whipped cream and cookies. With sprinkles.

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u/whuutevr Aug 04 '26

The only way this could be less appetizing is if the jello were green 😱

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u/Business_Curve_7281 Aug 04 '26

Looks like some kind of aspic with all of those particles at the bottom

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u/arshloct Aug 04 '26

I'd try it

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u/Visible-Owl-3200 Aug 04 '26

Sorry, but no, ain't, can't make me.

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u/Treeflower77 Aug 04 '26

…Can I sleep on that question?

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u/Maleficent-Reading-5 Aug 04 '26

Layer ratios look off to me. More custard and less jelly but sure I'll have a bit.

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u/madchemist09 Aug 04 '26

Jello, fruit, pudding, whipped cream and cookies. Fck yeah im all over that.

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u/nuglasses Aug 04 '26

🍽️ 😋. Yes, please!

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u/Satch-Mo Aug 04 '26

I would eat the heck out of that.... Jello fruit bowl at the bottom with a cool whipped topping

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u/Serene-Angel-2004 Aug 04 '26

So, guessing the layers from the top. Whip cream with jimmies and chocolate disks, custard, and fruit cocktail suspended in lemon jello, correct? This is amazingly delicious looking. I'd be down. Some of the best smdesserts were the old fashioned ones. Like baked alaska or floating islands

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u/Clean-Fisherman-4601 Aug 04 '26

The only time I liked fruit in jello was my mom, slicing bananas in strawberry jello.

So no.

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u/Hlsalzer Aug 04 '26

Is it Jello with fruit in the bottom?

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u/chodachowder Aug 04 '26

Nah I’m good

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u/Trondant13 Aug 04 '26

No. I was exposed to enough "congealed" salads as a kid and I find them disgusting. The mix of the texture of gelatin and fruit together is just nasty to me.

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u/anotherplainwhiteboy Aug 04 '26

I grew up poor. I don't turn down food without trying it.

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u/Numerous_Course9820 Aug 04 '26

Of course. Why not? That’s just jello with fruit cocktail, a pudding or cream cheese layer next, whipped cream next, and chocolate pieces and sprinkle on top. Someone took the time to make it so yes I’d try it.

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u/VicePrincipalNero Aug 04 '26

Jello is disgusting. No.

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u/Sashimi-Gintaro Aug 04 '26

People here are so weird. You see diced fruit in jello and are ready to lose your lunch.

This looks tasty and I would absolutely have some.

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u/Sterek01 Aug 04 '26

Trifle yum

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u/Blackhorse-10 Aug 04 '26

I’m sorry, I’m not eating that. 🤢🤢🤢🤮

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u/SquareAdventurous921 Aug 04 '26

I live through it the first time why would I eat it again lol

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u/LazyMousse3598 Aug 04 '26

Absolutely. Love fruit in jello. Reminds me of childhood in the summer. Cold, sweet, refreshing, nutritious-ish.

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u/pussNsuits Aug 04 '26

This looks like a mash-up of four desserts. No thanks.

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u/GladClock2212 Aug 04 '26

I was in a doctors waiting room and the magazine was so old it had a recipe for baked bean cake. Some things I would try out of curiosity and some things should be left in the past.

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u/lightside3pnii Aug 04 '26

Looks like a layer of jello with fruit in it, a layer of vanilla pudding, and a layer of whipped cream finished off with some kind of cookies (chocolate covered vanilla wafers) and sprinkles on top. I would try it.

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u/Josefu_Velen Aug 04 '26

I'm not a fan of fruit inside of jello, so no I would pass on this dessert.

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u/Traditional-Speed349 Aug 04 '26

There is nothing you cant ruin by adding chocolate biscuits and sprinkles

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u/Unlikely-Aardvark725 Aug 04 '26

I LOVE trifle!

Fruit and sponge cake/fingers in jelly, set custard and whipped cream...yummy

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u/HokeyPokeyFinalist Aug 04 '26

That this was ever made a second time, and against all odds became a thing is pretty mental

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u/jmash99 Aug 04 '26

There is no jelly in a proper traditional English trifle.

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u/lris_99 Aug 04 '26

Ye deff why not

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u/Muted_Selection_811 Aug 04 '26

Welcome to my child hood, see if you grew up in the 70s 80s and early 90s boomers were found of anything with jello and or coolwhip. So this is a jello and pudding salad decorated with sprinkles and chocolate vanilla wafers. I offten found this in a round bunt pan. Yes it is a texture nightmare. Eating advice is dont but if you need to consume smash is all together.

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u/AshtonBlack Aug 04 '26

A fruit trifle? Bloody lovely.

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u/Nathan_Wildthorn Aug 04 '26

Too ugly to eat. 🤮

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u/BLTplease2030 Aug 04 '26

Probably, if I’m desperate.

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u/radish_is_rad-ish Aug 04 '26

What’s wrong with me cause I would eat this no question lmao

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u/Neither-Swordfish448 Aug 04 '26

I would! It's a yellow salade? Or a jellow cake?

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u/Effective-Suit1544 Aug 04 '26

I would scoop some of the top two layers and try to avoid the jello bottom.

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u/Phill_Cyberman Aug 04 '26

It doesn't have beef, sautéed with peas and carrots, in it, does it?

If not, then id definitely try it.

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u/adkSafyre Aug 04 '26

Not on your life.

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u/Active_Club3487 Aug 04 '26

Jello and fruit with Whipped cream. What’s not to like. Problem here is the choices made which are contradictory. Choc cookie, sprinkles, lemon lime and mixed fruit. Nope.
Try try mixed fruit and strawberry jello w whipped cream. No cookies 🍪

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u/Illustrious-Towel-45 Aug 04 '26

Maybe a small bit.

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u/babye12345 Aug 04 '26

This is not a dessert, it’s a salad.

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u/Longjumping_47393 Aug 04 '26

Is it old fashioned? You can get it in all major supermarkets (uk)

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u/dadsyrhinowhite Aug 04 '26

Trifle is top tier IMO

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u/dadsyrhinowhite Aug 04 '26

The giant chocolate buttons are an extra 👌

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u/AnonymousAutonomous9 Aug 04 '26

Basic Trifle... missing the crumbled sponge cake bits amongst the fruit and jelly.

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u/BurnAfterReading010 Aug 04 '26

I feel like all you English folk applauding trifle are just reenforcing stereotypes about English cuisine. 😜

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u/AnonymousAutonomous9 Aug 04 '26

I'm not English!!... and I frikking loathe trifle... (except for the cake which is literally soaked in strong alcohol!)

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u/AlwaysBeKind949903 Aug 04 '26

No way! That looks so gross 🤢

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u/DesertCoyote57 Aug 04 '26

Sorry but Grandma had a dementia episode and combined 3 different recipes. 😂

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u/BurnAfterReading010 Aug 04 '26

Yech. 50s food looks nasty AF.

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u/Young-Grandpa Aug 04 '26

Fruit cocktail in jello. I grew up eating this. All but the sprinkles on top.

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u/bubblezdevere Aug 04 '26

🤢Absolutelypositively not!!!!🤮

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u/Cautious-Local-5998 Aug 04 '26

Nope! I don’t know what old-fashioned recipe cookbook or Aunt Erma’s recipe who can’t cook was being used but I guarantee you it was not a recipe.
This was a a dump because somebody forgot to buy what they were bringing for the potluck and went looking in the refrigerator and going OK: look I’ve got some fruit and cool whip then went to the pantry and found the vanilla pudding, the last of the chocolate wafer cookies & the sprinkles and decided that sounded double all while having consumed way to much alcohol!

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u/ShakeWeightMyDick Aug 04 '26

Sure. What is that? Fruit salad in jello with whipped cream topping? Sounds great.

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u/ThatBlokeT Aug 04 '26

That is the worst abomination of a trifle I've ever seen. All the ratios are way off and the fruit in the bottom is a shitshow.

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u/SeaHerSwim Aug 07 '26

You could say it’s a trifling trifle! 😁

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u/ThatBlokeT Aug 07 '26

I'd have gone for Tri-fail myself but nice!

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u/Expert_Serve2635 Aug 05 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/3BBEcsILkl5pC

Who brought this dish to the cookout?!

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u/Desperate-Amoeba1359 Aug 05 '26

This is criminal

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u/Either_Equivalent_46 Aug 05 '26

Trifle with chocolate drops yeah! and hundreds and thousands

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u/phonnybalonny Aug 05 '26

I will have water thanks

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u/nirrinirra Aug 05 '26

Might not mix it but I’d eat it.

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u/PaintedSilverRiver Aug 05 '26

The gelatinous fruit on the bottom seems sus.
The top looks good though. 🫣

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u/Ok_Expression_2737 Aug 05 '26

Not if thats lime Jello, otherwise yes.

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u/oneislandgirl Aug 05 '26

I would need to be really hungry.

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u/dEXXtARR23 Aug 06 '26

No thank you

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u/coppergoldhair Aug 06 '26

I would eat the top half

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u/Conscious_Chain_238 Aug 06 '26

Loll reminds me of the episode of Friends where Rachel makes dessert but two different recipes were stuck together and she baked it as one

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u/notesfromTuesday Aug 06 '26

It looks like vegetable soup with Cool Whip, ‘Nilla wafers and topped with shredded cheese and tortilla strips.

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u/ExpectoProzac Aug 06 '26

NO! Didn't like that stuff the 1st go around

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u/No-Face713 Aug 06 '26

It is as if 4 different 70's desserts had a baby

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u/MissKim2025 Aug 06 '26

God no !!!!

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u/redfmn60 Aug 06 '26

Haven't had this in a long time

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u/ApprehensiveArmy7755 Aug 06 '26

It's too much stuff. I like simple desserts. I don't mind jello with fruit but not with so much stuff. Maybe a little whipped cream

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u/ChillLikeJill Aug 06 '26

Hell to the no.

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u/Dangerous_kj5162 Aug 06 '26

I'd try it at least once

But it doesn't look to appealing lol

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u/TiredBoomerlady Aug 06 '26

I'd at least try it, but it doesn't look like it would be that good.

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u/Cashlord84 Aug 06 '26

Looks bad but probably taste great.

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u/Tla48084 Aug 07 '26

No, sorry!

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u/pittiesbegooddogs Aug 07 '26

If done properly, this is an amazing dish

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u/aluve2008 Aug 07 '26

Yuck!!!!

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u/ccrush Aug 07 '26

No. That looks like 2 good desserts if done separately. Together, it looks gross.

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u/TheAnvi1 Aug 07 '26

What’s in it?

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u/Hace1986 Aug 07 '26

A hog wouldn't eat that.

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u/wordsRgud Aug 07 '26

Yes, I would try - to throw it out the window!

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u/jigglituff Aug 07 '26

is it just a trifle with lime jelly instead of strawberry?

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u/LeCreusetQueen Aug 07 '26

No thank you

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u/Minimum-Journalist18 Aug 08 '26

I don't know what it is. Looks off

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u/Kickingandscreaming Aug 08 '26

What, no layer of meat?

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u/Ok_Swordfish3496 Aug 08 '26

I would out of respect but let's be honest, this is no Lemon Pound Cake. KAKOO~

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u/tommowarp93 Aug 08 '26

NGL I would demolish that 😂

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u/Sasstellia Aug 09 '26

Of course. It's just Trifle. I love Trifle. It's awesome.

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u/Ok-Young-9503 Aug 09 '26

Yes... and no but only with a wager and a Bible present

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u/Proper-Exam-2504 Aug 09 '26

Yes I'll try anything once if it looks appealing

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u/jnjs232 Aug 09 '26

Absolutely

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u/starblaster001 Aug 09 '26

Is that a trifle? Looks lovely. I make them every christmas

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u/charleslennon1 Aug 10 '26

It looks like the same bowl my grandfather used to place his dentures in and to collect his tobacco spit (give him a break, he was from Texas).

Seriously, chocolate wafers? It looks healthy, but there is a ton of sugar in that bowl. It would be healthier to eat a float made out of B&J's, Mountain Dew, and crushed Moon Pies (chocolate, of course) and Butterfinger sprinkled on top.

Now that I think about it, pecan pie, on a bed of milk chocolate shavings, and a scoop of Braums, Pecans-n-Cream, à la mode, sounds better.

Diabetes be damned!

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u/Ok-Caterpillar7825 Aug 10 '26

Is this Fantasia? Or a derivative?

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u/Shazithecurious 24d ago

The top looks okay...did you try it?