No Bake Chocolate Biscuit Squares
| January 28, 2012 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under Appetizers & Snacks, Appetizers/Snacks, Cookies, Biscuits, Event Entries, Quick and Easy Recipes |
Today I made no bake chocolate biscuit squares. I adapted Joy of Baking recipe and these squares are perfect to munch on anytime of the day. I made this in the evening and by the time the squares were set, it was dark and had to take the pictures in my kitchen. The picture is not so great.
The preparation of the squares is very easy but the only time consuming part of the preparation is chopping the nuts and biscuits. Digestive biscuits & nuts are mixed with melted chocolate and butter, and then refrigerated to set. The recipe called for 4 oz. or 8 tbsp. of butter but I used only 3 oz or 6 tbsp. I took the the below picture the next day in natural light.
Adapted: Joy of Baking
Total Time: 20 – 30 minutes
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4 oz. Semi-Sweet or Bitter Chocolate (I used 3 oz. semisweet & 1 oz. bitter chocolate.)
- 3 oz. Butter
- 4 oz. / 115 grams Digestive Biscuits (I used Nabisco Social Tea Time Biscuits)
- 6 oz. / 175 grams / 1 ¼ cups Walnuts + Pecans + Almonds
Preparation:
- Roast the nuts in a pan until lightly toasted. Cool the nuts and chop them. Chopping walnuts & pecans was easy but it was difficult to chop almonds. I coarsely powdered them in the grinder.
Chopped nuts & biscuits
- Break biscuits into ½ “pieces.
- Chop chocolate and butter.
Chopped Chocolate
- Melt butter & chopped chocolate in a double boiler. That is, boil water in a sauce pan and simmer it. Take chocolate and butter into a mixing bowl and place it on the saucepan and melt chocolate & butter.
- Once the butter & chocolate is melted, remove form the double boiler, add biscuits and nuts, and mix well.
- Grease an 8 x 8 pan or a pie dish (I used a pie dish) with some butter. Pour the chocolate mixture in it and refrigerate for 2-3 hours or until the mixture is firm and set.
- Cut into required size squares, store in an air tight box in the refrigerator.
Suggestions:
- I could cut the biscuits even smaller pieces than I did.
- I would use semisweet chocolate only. Since sweeteners are not used in this recipe, using bitter chocolate might make the squares a little bitter.
Recipes posted this day in 2011: Cabbage Cucumber Salad with Mustard Yogurt Dressing
Recipes posted this month: in 2009, in 2010 & in 2011.
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Event Entries: Sending these cookies to Srivalli’s Chocolate Mela and to Srav’s Cooking Concepts # 6: Chocolate Fest.
wow!such an easy one …the result looks like you had to toil real hard to get to it!!
wow…this is such a easy one…and kidddos will love it…I would give u 5*****…:))
Wow!!that sounds so interesting and easy to make,looks tempting..
yummy dish. looks perfect
Wow this squares looks super yummy,divine and definitely addictive.
soo interesting and love it that its no bake
yummy one Usha and glad to run the BM with you too
What a lovely looking nutty square. Joy of baking recipes are fool proof.
Prefect Usha..loving this chocolate series and so many options for me to make..:)
Nice biscuit, I keep bookmarking these as it is no baking, but
no idea when i will make them.
Delicious and inviting squares…
Easy recipe and looks so delicious
VEry easy one ..
this sounds very interesting usha..i too want to try this.
Sounds interesting. Nice one.
Easy and interesting one!
Those look tempting and delicious!
Love the fact that this requires no baking
perfectly done and looks so tempting !! Thanks for linking to the event !!
Ongoing event CC-Chocolate Fest
Usha, Christmas ki ivi oka friend vallu icharu.. but Square laaga cut cheyaledu..just individual mix laaga pack chesi icharu..looks kind of like a trial mix
I liked ur Biscuit squares too. Will definetely try them.
Nice recipe Usha, will try them