Trifle is NOT trifle unless it has jelly, I don't care if its "common" or not.

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Watching Marry Berry, she's made trifle with juice, sherry, custard and cream, no jelly. The cake soaked in jelly is literally the best bit!!!
Normally I like to be a bit fancy in the kitchen for special occasions but this is a hill I'm prepared to die on.
What other things are a must have for you but are considered a bit "common"

Mary Berry (I watched it, too) put trifle sponges sandwiched together with strawberry jam in her trifle, too. It didn't appeal to me, but then I think a trifle SHOULD HAVE JELLY IN IT.

I confess that as a child in the 80’s/90’s I’ve been known to eat squirty cream directly from the can, you’ve all done it! 😂 . I can’t have the stuff in the house now as not sure I could stop myself. Therefore I’m in no position to comment on anyone else’ Christmas meals preferences so wobble away🧁

I can’t stand trifle, but I would be horrified to encounter a trifle without jelly.

I don’t mind no-jelly trifles or fancy trifles with non-standard ingredients….but NOT at Christmas. Has to have jelly at Christmas.

Blancmange in trifle? That's a new one on me. My entire family make trifle with jelly, so I do too.

Have to say looks like it's jelly for the win! I assumed it was a given, I was told otherwise I knew the good people ofMN would (mostly) have my back. I now fancy chip butties, after eights and squirty cream 🍧

No jelly. Not necessary and makes the texture weird. Sponges, fruit, juice and Sherry, custard, cream.

I'm pro-jelly of course but curious as to the depth of jelly.
I like just enough raspberry jelly to surround the sherry soaked sponge fingers and hold the layer of raspberries.
Do you prefer a clear jelly layer?

Ordinary trifle has jelly on it.
Sherry trifle does not have jelly on it as the sherry would make it harder to set the jelly.

Same here, never heard of blancmange in trifle before.

I know the thread is light-hearted, ha ha, etc.

But what does it matter? Why don’t you make your trifle with jelly and leave those who prefer an unjellied trifle to make theirs without it?

My trifle won't have any jelly in it this year as I've been unable to source a vegetarian brand.

Definately not jelly!!

The tiny single-dose trifles you can buy in the supermarket have jelly. That suggests some sort of consensus. And my granny put jelly in a trifle and smothered the top in hundreds and thousands. (I don't have a strong personal view on the matter, trifle's not my favourite pudding but I don't mind it with or without jelly.)

You'll hate me op, i dislike trifles (the soggy sponge and all the gloopy custard and bits in it all together, in soggy wet layers with no crunch. It has always baffled me how many people adore it, dh included.
Anyway I do digree... for me chips without ketchup is so wrong.

digress*

I make several trifles at Christmas! 1 with jelly, sponge, cream and custard; 1 with all the above plus fruit; 1 with all the above minus sponge and finally one with everything with a big slug of sherry!

@Dulcetto it’s hot choc season in this house and there may have been a few spray cream to mouth incidents.

Do snowballs count? (the drink).

Same. And has to be 'plastic' white bread. Terribly common and absolutely delicious.

Holland and Barrett sell veggie jelly! It's good!

I wasn’t aware jelly in trifle was considered common.

Trifle with jelly is working class trifle. Trifle without jelly is posh trifle.

There’s no jelly in my family’s traditional Christ as trifle but it is almost entirely made out of packets and tins so would definitely still be considered common!

I feel like a posh old-fashioned trifle with plenty of booze in it doesn't need the jelly so much - the proper set custard brings some of the wibble. But it's a different beast from a trifle with jelly and I like them both equally. There need be no competition.

Ferrero Rocher are definitely "common" but they are delicious so I see nothing to defend.

I was surprised Mary Berry used tin pears, none of my family like them. I saw Jamie Oliver using them on his programme too recently. Always those crunchy hard bits in them where they've not got the pips out!