Cobb Salad Trifle is the perfect dish to make for your summer BBQ. This salad combines lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, eggs, bacon, and blue cheese that is completely customizable to your liking. Out of all the trifle bowls I have made, this may be one of my favorites.

Cobb Salad Trifle

Cobb salad is one of our favorite dishes during the summer. It is easy to make and does not require me to turn on the oven and making the house hot. The other day we were headed to a BBQ and I wanted to elevate my Cobb Salad to the next level by making it look pretty, so I decided to create this fun Layered Cobb Salad in a Trifle Bowl.

You will wow your friends and family with how gorgeous this dish looks as you layer all your favorite cobb salad ingredients into a trifle dish for the perfect presentation.

For more trifle creations try these other fun dishes like layered taco salad or layered fruit salad.

How to make Cobb Salad in a Trifle Dish

Mix the ingredients for the dressing.

Layer ingredients in the trifle bowl in this order: lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, boiled eggs, dressing, bacon, blue cheese, and green onions.

Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Tips Tricks and FAQs

Be sure you do not add the dressing until you are ready to serve. Adding it ahead of time will cause the lettuce to wilt.
Feel free to add any ingredients! Toss in some beets or even some red peppers if you’d like.
This dressing is fantastic, but you can swap it out for another dressing that you love.
If you are short on time, grab a rotisserie chicken from the store and use that.
If you want to swap out the blue cheese substitute it for shredded cheddar cheese.

Storage

You can easily make this dish several hours ahead of time (excluding adding the dressing) and cover and store it in the fridge. Once you add the dressing, I do not recommend storing the salad as it will be wilted and soggy.

Make-Ahead

To save time you can easily make your hard-boiled eggs and bacon a day ahead of time and store them in the fridge until you are ready to assemble.

Cobb Salad Trifle

Cobb Salad Trifle is the perfect dish to make for your summer BBQ. This salad combines lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, eggs, bacon, and blue cheese that is completely customizable to your liking.

Ingredients

1 head romaine lettuce, shredded
3 cups chopped, cooked chicken breast
3 roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
3 boiled eggs, peeled and diced
6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
¾ cup blue cheese, crumbled
3 green onions, sliced
For the dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream
2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried dill
1 teaspoon dried chives
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
¼ cup milk

Instructions

Mix the ingredients for the dressing.
Layer ingredients in the trifle bowl in this order: lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, boiled eggs, dressing, bacon, blue cheese, and green onions.
Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 859Total Fat: 68gSaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 46gCholesterol: 306mgSodium: 1343mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 1gSugar: 4gProtein: 51g