Parfait cravings...

Cruising recipes on Pinterest can be dangerous indeed! I've drooled over many chocolate trifle concoctions in the evening while I avoid making eye contact with the mounds of laundry waiting to be folded and put away. The other night I was really craving chocolate and my darling husband offered to go to the store. I had been thinking about a chocolate parfait for days and so I knew just what I wanted him to get. I'm all about doing things the easy way... and did I mention I LOVE mason jars? Well here is what I threw together from store bought items:

INGREDIENTS*:
Brownie Bites
Chocolate Pudding
Cool Whip
Chocolate Sauce

PROCESS:
1)  Take a mason jelly jar, or wine glass if you want to be fancy, and drop a brownie bite into the bottom (I find it works best if it is upside down so that the skinnier bottom part is face up.)
2)  Drizzle chocolate sauce over the brownie bite so that it fills in the gaps between the brownie and your mason jar.
3)  Spoon a giant dollop of pudding on top and smooth to the edges.
4)  Next spoon a giant dollop of cool whip on top and smooth to the edges.
5) repeat steps 1 through 4.  You should be at the top of your jelly jar.

You can eat it right away, but it is SO much better if you can wait and let it sit in the fridge overnight. It gives the brownie a chane to soak up some of the chocolate sauce and for everything to get chill. You can make them a few days in advance so they would make a really simple and cute dessert to bring to a dinner party or picnic. After all, everybody loves parfait!

*If you are looking to make this lower calorie you could use the fat free sugar free pudding, fat free sugar free cool whip, and Nabisco "famous chocolate wafer" cookies. Layer the jar the same way.