Vanilla Pudding Trifle with Fresh Raspberries
Layer fresh raspberries with creamy vanilla pudding and vanilla wafer cookies to make a colorful spin on a nostalgic trifle dessert! Deliciously sweet, tart, and juicy! This vanilla pudding trifle with fresh raspberries is a perfect dessert for day-ahead prep. Just chill it in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Prep Time:
25 minutes plus chilling time
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Serves:
8 – 10
Perfect for:
Classics
Potluck Standouts
Ingredients
- 3/4 Cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
- 1/2 Cup cornstarch
- 6 Cups half-and-half
- 1/2 Cup (1 stick) salted butter, cut into cubes
- 3 Tablespoons vanilla extract, divided
- 2 Packages (6 ounces each) Driscoll’s Raspberries, divided
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 Cup heavy cream
- 1 box vanilla wafer cookies
Directions
- PLACE 3/4 cup sugar into a medium saucepan.
- ADD 1/2 cup cornstarch.
- STIR until thoroughly combined.
- POUR IN 6 cups half-and-half.
- COOK over medium heat while STIRRING constantly until mixture comes to a boil.
- DECREASE heat to low and continue to COOK and STIR constantly until mixture thickens.
- ADD 1/2 cup (1 stick) cubed salted butter and ADD 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
- STIR to combine.
- ALLOW pudding mixture to cool to room temperature.
- PLACE 1 package (6 ounces) raspberries into a medium bowl.
- ADD juice of 1 lemon and ADD remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
- STIR and MASH with a fork or potato masher until raspberries are pureed.
- PRESS raspberry mixture through a fine mesh sieve and DISCARD liquid.
- STIR raspberry puree solids into to pudding mixture.
- SET ASIDE pudding mixture.
- POUR 1 cup heavy cream into a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer.
- ADD 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- WHIP until soft peaks form.
- FOLD whipped cream mixture into pudding mixture.
- SPOON about 1/3 cup pudding mixture into a large serving bowl or trifle dish and SPREAD evenly.
- ARRANGE a single layer of vanilla wafer cookies over pudding mixture.
- ARRANGE more vanilla wafer cookies on their sides against side of trifle dish.
- RESERVE several raspberries for garnish from 1 package (6 ounces) raspberries.
- PLACE a few raspberries between cookies.
- SPOON half of remaining pudding mixture into dish and SPREAD evenly.
- ARRANGE a single layer of vanilla wafer cookies over pudding mixture.
- ARRANGE more vanilla wafer cookies on their sides against side of trifle dish.
- PLACE a few raspberries between cookies.
- SPOON remaining pudding mixture into dish.
- CREATE a third layer of vanilla wafer cookies and raspberries.
- SPOON whipped cream mixture over dessert.
- CRUSH several vanilla wafer cookies and SPRINKLE over dessert.
- GARNISH with reserved raspberries.
- SERVE immediately or CHILL in refrigerator until ready to serve.
