Chocolate Chip Cookie Carmel Trifle

I am all about a trifle. They look pretty, are super easy, and serve a ton of people. I made this one for my Women's Bible Study group on Tuesday and have been asked the recipe by several, so here it is.

Ingredients:
- 3 boxes of instant vanilla pudding
- 6 cups of milk
- 1 bag of chocolate chip cookies
- 1 jar of ice cream carmel topping
- 1 large tub of cool whip

Directions:
- Mix pudding mix with milk, let sit to firm up a little.

Trifles are awesome in that you just take your ingredients and layer them, and it doesn't really matter in what order and what amount as long as you use everything and finish with cool whip. (Pudding tends to get a little crusty if you leave that as your top layer!)

So...
- Layer: crumbled cookies, carmel drizzle, pudding, cool whip-- Repeat.
- I usually try to get three layers just so it looks pretty, but it doesn't matter.
- It's best if it sits a few hours before serving. (And leftovers are always YUMMY!)

Tips from a Kitchen of Reality:
- I use a large trifle bowl, so to fill it I need 3 pkgs of pudding, you may only need 2. If so, cut your milk to only 4 cups.
- I usually don't use the entire jar of carmel, use however much you want.
- I often use sugar free pudding and fat free cool whip, I pretend that this adjustment makes it a healthy dessert.
- This dessert is really awesome if you use crumbled brownie pieces instead of chocolate chip cookies, but that requires you to make brownies too. So in a rush, I do cookies.