Coconut Chocolate Tiffin
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If you want someone who loves chocolate to fall in love with you then this is the dessert to “die for” – I gave these out at an event and they went within the hour… Need I say more?
Author: Edward Daniel
Recipe type: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Vegan, Vegetarian
Serves: 16
Ingredients
- For biscuit
- 400g “00” Italian zero doppio flour
- 200g vegetable shortening
- ½tsp salt
- For chocolate covering
- 100g vegetable shortening
- 100g coconut oil
- 75g sugar
- 4tbs golden syrup
- 50g cocoa
- 50g desiccated coconut
- 50g raisins
- Olive oil for baking tray
- 250g fine dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to gas mark 180 degrees Celsius.
- Make the biscuit mixture by combining the flour with vegetable shortening and salt in a large mixing bowl. Use your hands to create a rough crumbly texture. Do not worry about having lumpy bits as this adds texture to the tiffin. Place on a large baking tray and cook in the oven for about 20 minutes. Set aside.
- Make the chocolate covering melt the vegetable shortening and coconut oil in a pan. Add the sugar, golden syrup, cocoa and desiccated to mixture. Continuing stirring until the golden syrup have melted. Switch off the heat.
- Add the raisins and biscuits to the mixture. Lightly combine, ensuring that the biscuits do not break.
- Take a large baking tray. Lightly brush with olive oil and place baking paper.
- Using a spatula, drip the chocolate tiffin into the baking tray. Leave to set aside.
- Melt the chocolate in a glass bowl over hot water. Drizzle over the tiffin. Leave to one side for about a couple of hours.
- Gently remove the baking paper with the tiffin and cut the tiffin into slices.
- Place the tiffin in the fridge to set.
- Serve cold.
Notes
Nutritional Analysis
Good points
• No cholesterol
• Low in sodium
Bad points
• High in saturated fat
Good points
• No cholesterol
• Low in sodium
Bad points
• High in saturated fat
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 86g Calories: 489 Fat: 36.8g Saturated fat: 18.4g Carbohydrates: 38.1g Sugar: 10.2g Sodium: 92mg Fiber: 4.2g Protein: 5.0g Cholesterol: 0
