(Makes 20 squares)
It’s easy to underestimate these simple chocolate treats but they never disappoint! It has a silky cacao texture with a crunchy biscuit bite. The ideal treat to fill those glass jars for a special occasion.
INGREDIENTS
250g butter
400g icing sugar
30g cacao
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 tsp coffee, dissolved
1 egg
1 packet of Marie biscuits, crushed
METHOD
1. Prepare a glass dish (15cm x 20cm) with non-stick spray and set aside.
2. In a large pot, add the butter, icing sugar, cacao, and salt. Melt this mixture on the stovetop, over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved (Tip 1).
3. In a small jug, dissolve the coffee in a bit of hot water and add the vanilla and egg. Whisk until well combined.
4. In a separate bowl, crush the Marie biscuits into coarse pieces.
5. Remove the cacao mixture from the heat and slowly whisk the egg mixture in, while continuously stirring (Tip 2).
6. Stir the crushed biscuits into the cacao mixture and pour the batter into the prepared pan. Evenly spread the mixture out.
7. Allow to cool down and cut into squares.
TIPS
1. Continue with the other steps while you wait for the mixture to melt, while stirring occasionally.
2. If the egg curdles when adding the liquid to the cacao mixture, then the cacao mixture is still too hot. You can either wait for the cacao mixture to cool down more or add some of the hot cacao mixture into the cold egg mixture to temper the egg and then pour the liquid into the big pot.