Aldi Strawberry Trifle Review

Summertime and Christmas thoughts turn to a quick trifle and so today was a good day to grab an Aldi Strawberry Trifle as I fancied something sweet and cheery.  Personally, I prefer richer trifles, with layers of cake in them, which is why I usually make my own, but every now and then it just seems like a good idea to grab a supermarket trifle and tuck in.

Costing under £1.50, these serve four people, so that’s four portions all for me 🙂  The whole trifle weighs 600 grams and is suitable for vegetarians.  The pack says it serves 4x150g portions.

The base is, as expected, a strawberry trifle with some strawberries in it.  On top of that is a layer of sponge, then the statutory layer of custard, then the fluffy white real whipped cream topping.  With cheap supermarket trifles that’s all you get – there are no sprinkles on top, no curls of chocolate, no fripperies.  At least with a Birds trifle, a staple in our house when I was growing up, you’d have a little packet of sprinkles!  But, it is what it is, a cheap trifle that you don’t have to wait for several hours to set and chill.

The packet describes the trifle as: “Juicy strawberries in jelly layered with sponge and custard topped with fresh British cream” – so it is real cream.   Yes, Fresh British Cream!  Maybe not a statement you’d expect, but it’s not faux cream.

The trifle is made up of: 32% jelly, 30% custard, 21% sweetened whipped cream and 13% strawberries.  The rest must be sponge, at 4%.

Calories in a Trifle & Nutrition

A quarter of the trifle is 234 calories, so the calories in a whole trifle are 936.  The whole trifle also contains 48 grams of fat, 84 grams of sugar and 1.32 grams of salt.  Nobody thought that reading a trifle calories and nutrition panel would ever end well though did they!

Trifle Review:

This was a pleasant enough trifle for what it was – a cheap supermarket own brand trifle.  I didn’t really notice the sponge layer though as it was very thin.  While I’d certainly buy one of these again on convenience/price point, it was lacking, for me, in the sponge quantity, so I’d not rush out to buy one.

If you’ve got people coming over and feel you’re a little light in desserts on a buffet table or tea table, it’s well worth buying one of these just to fill a slot, everybody likes to see a trifle on offer.

Trifle Tips:

1. You can always add your own sprinkles or grated white chocolate to the top.
2. Treat the carton carefully and keep it – this is a great size for when you make your own trifle, or even a layered salad!  I’ll always keep 1-2 dishes of most sizes to re-use, having a cull of excess dishes every couple of years as they do accumulate when you keep them “because they’re hand”