Wodges of date with biscuit covered in a layer of chocolate. Teh good.
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Ingredients
- 2oz / 50g butter (approx cost: £0.10, 50p for 250g in Lidl)
- 4oz / 100g digestive biscuits (approx cost: £0.12, 58p for 500g in Somerfield, maybe cheaper in Lidl)
- 9oz / 250g dates (£0.89 in Lidl)
- 4oz / 100g chocolate (approx cost: £0.30)
Total Cost: £1.41
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Notes
Apparantly you can get special pre-chopped cooking dates with the stones removed, I just used one of those little trays that they sell in lidl.
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Method
- Remove all of the stones from the dates and chop them into small chunks.
- Gently heat the butter in a saucepan, when it melts chuck in the chopped dates.
- Meanwhile smash your digestive biscuits into crumbs.
- When the dates have gone all squidgy add the biscuit crumbs.
- Stir thoroughly until all the butter is soaked and the mixture is all a sticky ball
- Empty the mixture into a tray, the shallower the better, you want it around 1/2" thick so pick the right tray.
- Press the mixture down hard into the tray otherwise it'll break up when you try to remove it. Use the back of a tablespoon to glide over the squidged date squares to even it out.
- Once you've smoothed it flat and squidged it down hard put it in the fridge to cool until it's firm when prezzed.
- Melt the chocolate in a pyrex bowl floating in a pan of hot water.
- Pour the melted chocolate onto the cold date mixture and spread it good.
- Put if back in the fridge for a while
- When the chocolate is set chop it up into 1 1/2" squares and eat.
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Result
Deliciously fatty snack. If you find that they don't last long try doubling or tripling the quantity of each ingredient, just remember to use a bigger tray too.