Thanksgiving dessert

Thanksgiving is a great foodie holiday.  A day to give thanks with an abundance of food in front of you.  While my family is very traditional and really none of the food choices have changed since I was a kid (turkey, stuffing, bread, a vegetable, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie), I was given the opportunity to make a different chocolate dessert every year.  Last year it was Ina's chocolate chip cookie ice box cake and this year it was death by chocolate.  Literally, this dessert is called "death by chocolate" and it was a recipe by a wonderful pastry chef, Anne Thornton.  It is a trifle layered with homemade dark chocolate chip brownies, homemade chocolate pudding, toffee pieces (not homemade- Heath bars are just fine), and homemade vanilla whipped cream.  In a word, mmmmmm. 

The picture may be a little dark, but you get the idea of what it looks like. 

This is view of the top- I think I had more toffee pieces on there, but my brother in law ate them.

Of course I have to get a picture of myself with the dessert before it was gone.  I think I could have eaten half of it by myself.  However, when I make it again, I think I'll use chocolate chip cookies in place of the brownies.  I think it was almost too chocolaty (yes, there's such a thing). 
If you want the recipe (it's too long for me to type out), go to www.foodnetwork.com and type in "death by chocolate".  A recipe by Anne Thornton will pop up and print it out.  Oh yeah, homemade chocolate pudding is so much better than the packaged kind and really easy to make! 
Also, this recipe has 3 parts- brownies, pudding, and whipped cream.  You can make the brownies and pudding ahead of time and keep them sealed in the frig and just whip the cream the day you want to serve and layer the dessert.  For example, I made the brownies Tuesday, the pudding Wednesday, and the whipped cream Thursday.  I layered it a few hours before serving and it was perfect.