Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle Recipe

Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2010 by Mary June

Not impressed, the pumpkin was too unbaked tasting and overall just not sweet enough. Receipe too much for my trifle bowl, ended up tossing most of it-really a waste with all the ingredients.

Reviewed on Dec. 18, 2010 by ladybugterri

I added 2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice to the pudding and pumpkin mixture. It was a huge success with my family...next year I'll make 2 of them!

Reviewed on Dec. 01, 2010 by Maryellen Walsh

What a hit at thanksgiving! I'm not a baker and this was the best. Outstanding!!!!

Reviewed on Nov. 29, 2010 by pollytaylor

I would make this again, because it went over well at a dessert party I held recently. But, I would cut back on the sweetness. It really was way too sweet, even if it had been the only dessert served, which it wasn't.

Reviewed on Nov. 29, 2010 by aembrey

My mom made this for Thanksgiving dinner. It looked spectacular! It was kind of bland, though. We were trying to figure out how to "spice" it up. We were thinking about the butterscotch pudding and adding pumpkin pie spice. Maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon over the top. Hopefully, it will come out better next time.

Reviewed on Nov. 28, 2010 by LivvyLou

This is our new holiday favorite! We made it gluten-free and it was beyond delicious! So easy to make and it is a total kid-pleaser!

Reviewed on Nov. 28, 2010 by rnlockett

Beautiful and delicious. The whole family loved it!

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2010 by Maryjo55

It was an easy, delicious and beautiful dessert. Got many compliments on it and shared the recipe too. Thank you so much.

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2010 by momsters

Took this to a tailgate the week before Thanksgiving and several wanted the recipe to use at Thanksgiving.

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2010 by beckyminton

Beautiful to look at, but there are many, many more tasty pumpkin recipes out there.

Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2010 by MissAnnThrope

I'm also putting the cart before the horse, as I'm in the process of making this for tomorrow. I'm making a dairy free version as two of the children at dinner tomorrow are deathly allergic to dairy. So I made my own gingerbread, I just made pudding with almond milk instead of whole milk and I am the most worried about the soy based topping. Which is in a can. I may have to omit the middle layer, or do something like substitute fruit.

I am going to spice up the pudding layer a bit, depending on what I think of the taste when it's all put together. Although, the pudding, which is cooling now, has more flavor made with the almond milk than say a package of cook and serve pudding and was no more difficult to make.

Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2010 by tumpt

I am an instructor for developmentally disabled adults. Once a month we plan and prepare a lunch for our class. Today we fixed this pumpkin gingerbread trifle for our dessert. They loved it! It was easy to make, looked beautiful and wasn't over the top sweet.

Reviewed on Nov. 05, 2010 by Mich98

This recipe has been a hit at potlucks and family dinners and a lot of people have asked for the recipe. I did make some modifications to the recipe: I added cinnamon to the pumpkin/pudding mixture for more flavor, Duncan Hines' Spice Cake Mix was used in place of the gingerbread, and real whipped cream (stabilized with gelatin) was used in place of Cool Whip.

Reviewed on Oct. 30, 2010 by jacelyne

I have the cart in front of the horse on this recipe. I am going to make this recipe, but upon review of the comments, I am going to adjust it prior to making it.

I think using marshmallow fluff blended with the whipped topping will add a bit more of a 'fall' spin on the recipe and I will be stepping up the spices. When I make pumpkin pies, I almost double the pie spices, total yum!

Reviewed on Oct. 27, 2010 by Bcooks

If I made this recipe again, I think I would add pumpkin pie spice or something like that to the pumpkin/pudding mix. Overall, I thought the recipe was okay. Not my favorite trifle recipe.

Reviewed on Oct. 15, 2010 by laurasylvester

I make this at least 1 time ever fall - it's delicious - and if you are watching your fat content, you can adjust the recipe accordingly.

Reviewed on Mar. 31, 2010 by jena610louise

I also made this with the pumpkin pie mix and everybody LOVED it! It has become a new fall favorite in our house.

Reviewed on Jan. 18, 2010 by Sandra Langford

I used the canned pumpkin pie mix and on both layers of coolwhip I sprinkled cinnamon and nutmeg to give it more of a seasonal taste. My Bunco ladies and the family loved it and now I am reprinting recipes for others.

Sandra

Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2009 by jcrisco

Maybe it was just too much of a couple of good things. It didn't suit any of our guests for Thanksgiving. We have really enjoyed all of the other recipes we have tried. Keep them coming. This was just not one for us.

Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2009 by JennyMelynntoh

This is a good recipe if you are looking for something easy, but I think I will try another recipe next time I want to make a pumpkin trifle.

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2009 by alittle79

Wonderful. I was a little nervous to make this because of the "bland" comments, so I threw in some nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and a teaspoon each of vanilla and rum extracts. So delicious; the pumpkin/gingerbread combo is exquisite!

Reviewed on Nov. 25, 2009 by mmartelle

This was VERY bland tasting. I read the previous review about being bland, so I added some cinnamon and nutmeg... still bland. There are other pumpkin trifle recipes that use butterscotch pudding and add spices. I will try one of those next time. It's pretty, but not many people ate it.

Reviewed on Nov. 19, 2009 by kellams

This is very bland...not much flavor. It is very pretty to look at though. Out of a party of 30 people there were only 2 scoops taken...word must have passed quickly.

Reviewed on Nov. 16, 2009 by forbeadssake

I have made this several years for Thanksgiving. The first time I made it, I took it to work. At the end of the day I went looking for my bowl and found 2 supervisors in one office with spoons trying to get the last little bit.

Reviewed on Dec. 31, 2008 by jobstears33

I used the canned pumpkin pie mix instead of plain pumpkin, and everyone thought this dessert was fabulous!

Mary Chauvin, Chackbay, Louisiana