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
Event Entries: Sending these cookies to Srivalli’s Chocolate Mela and to Srav’s Cooking Concepts # 6: Chocolate Fest.
harini-jaya says
wow!such an easy one …the result looks like you had to toil real hard to get to it!!
vaishali sabnani says
wow…this is such a easy one…and kidddos will love it…I would give u 5*****…:))
Nalini says
Wow!!that sounds so interesting and easy to make,looks tempting..
sayantani says
yummy dish. looks perfect
Priya says
Wow this squares looks super yummy,divine and definitely addictive.
Kalyani says
soo interesting and love it that its no bake 🙂
yummy one Usha and glad to run the BM with you too 🙂
Cool Lassie says
What a lovely looking nutty square. Joy of baking recipes are fool proof.
Srivalli says
Prefect Usha..loving this chocolate series and so many options for me to make..:)
Hema says
Nice biscuit, I keep bookmarking these as it is no baking, but 🙁 no idea when i will make them.
Gayathri Kumar says
Delicious and inviting squares…
rekha says
Easy recipe and looks so delicious
Kamalika says
VEry easy one ..
harini says
this sounds very interesting usha..i too want to try this.
Anu says
Sounds interesting. Nice one.
Suma Gandlur says
Easy and interesting one!
Smitha says
Those look tempting and delicious!
Divya Vikram says
Love the fact that this requires no baking 🙂
Sravani says
perfectly done and looks so tempting !! Thanks for linking to the event !!
Ongoing event CC-Chocolate Fest
Sravanthi says
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.
ramya says
Nice recipe Usha, will try them