Peppermint Slice
Easy, no fail, and no bake slice
Servings: 20 pieces
Ingredients
Base
- 250 grams Plain Biscuits
- 125 grams Butter
- ½ tin Condensed milk (380 gram can)
- 2 tablespoon Good Quality Cocoa
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
Peppermint Filling
- 2 cups Sifted Icing Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Melted Butter
- 2 teaspoon Milk
- 2 tsp Peppermint essence
- Boiling Water As much is needed to create a smooth consistency
Chocolate Icing
- 2 cups Icing Sugar
- 4 tablespoon Melted Butter
- 2 tablespoon Cocoa
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- Boiling Water As much is needed to create a smooth consistency
Instructions
Base
- Blitz 250 grams of wine biscuits in a food processor.
- Melt all the wet ingredients together.
- Combine the biscuit and wet mixture until every biscuit crumb has been covered in the chocolately mixture.
- Tip into the lined dish and using a wet hand, press down to make an even surface.
- Place in the fridge to set while you make the peppermint filling
Peppermint Icing
- Mix together all of the ingredients.
- Use small amounts of boiling water at a time to create a smooth thick mixture.
- Use a palette knife to smoothly move the filling to the corners and create an even filling all over the base.
- Place back in the fridge while you make the chocolate icing.
Chocolate Icing
- Follow the same steps as you did for the peppermint filling.
Cutting the slice
- Once the slice is set - use a hot knife to cut the slice.(run the knife under hot tap water and dry with a clean tea towel before slicing each slice
- Cut how many slices as you like. I usually cut a 5x4 array.
- Store in an air tight container in a cool place or in the fridge