Peppermint Slice

Time: 20 min + 2 hrs wait

Serves: 16

Base Ingredients

225g digestive

115g unsalted butter

30ml unsweetened cocoa powder (possibly optional?)

15ml white sugar

360g icing sugar (its a lot!)

28g unstaled butter

15ml peppermint extract

30ml hot water

300g milk and/or dark chocolate

15ml neutral oil such as vegetable or macadamic oil (could do with a little less?)

Using marge wipe on baking pan/tin and line with baking paper.
Base - Crush/blend digestives.
Blend in cocoa powder, sugar and butter - best to do by hand?
Put mixture into baking pan and press down hard to make a base. Refrigerate for ~30min (try skipping this?).
Peppermint Filling - Mix icing sugar, soft butter, hot water in a bowl. Ensure a thick paste is created and spread over the base. Chill for ~30min (try skip this step?).
Chocolate Topping - Melt choc and oil together in microwave for 30 second burts till barely melted. Spread over peppermint filling. Chill for ~30min.

Tags: Dessert