Peanut Butter Cup Trifle

So this was my first ever trifle. I found an inexpensive trifle dish at WalMart a month or so ago and had been waiting for company to come into town so I could make this dessert and have people to help me eat it! This dessert is really rich and filling! The recipe has you add peanut butter to the pudding but I bet it would be great (and less peanut-buttery) to just use plain vanilla pudding. But either way - it is good!

Peanut Butter Cup Trifle

9x13 pan of brownies, cut into 1 inch pieces
5.1 oz instant vanilla pudding
3 cups milk
½ cup creamy peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
8 oz container thawed whipped topping (Cool Whip), divided
20 peanut butter cups, crumbled (buy in a 10-pack. Not the bite-sized)
6-8 peanut butter cups to garnish.

Combine pudding and milk. Beat for 2 minutes. Add peanut butter and vanilla, beat until smooth. Gently fold in 2 cups cool whip.

Layer in trifle dish ½ the brownies, ½ the crumbled peanut butter cups, ½ the pudding mixture. Repeat. Top with cool whip and peanut butter cups. Chill until serving.