Delicious Chocolate Hedgehog Slice
Need a fast, easy snack that skips the baking part? You can’t beat a classic hedgehog slice made with rich cocoa – especially when it’s enhanced with AdVital’s fortification powder.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 40 minutes mins
Course Sweets
Cuisine General
Servings 10
Energy 1540kJ
Ingredients
- 250 g roughly crushed Arnott's® Marie biscuits, or, for a gluten free slice, use 400 g roughly crushed Arnott's® Rice Cookies.
- 3 tbsp desiccated coconut, 20g
- 3 tbsp cocoa, 30 g
- 4 scoops AdVital Powder, 100 g
- 170 g butter
- 3/4 cup castor sugar, 150 g
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence or extract
- 1 egg, 59 g, beaten
Instructions
- Line a 20cm x 30cm slice tray or shallow dish with baking paper.
- Roughly crush the biscuits in a bowl until there is a mixture of fine and chunky crumbs.
- Add the coconut, cocoa, and AdVital Powder.
- Add the coconut, cocoa, and AdVital Powder.
- Add the coconut, cocoa, and AdVital Powder.
- Press the resulting mixture evenly into a lined tin and refrigerate it for45 minutes (or until firm).
- Once the mixture has set, cut it into 20 portions and serve it up.
Notes
Hints and Tips:
- Before you slice the mixture, dust it with icing sugar to serve, or ice it with chocolate icing and dust it with desiccated coconut.
- Serve the slices with ice cream or a berry compote. For extra decadence, grate chocolate over the top.
- Crumble the slice and sprinkle it over ice cream or sorbet, or use it as a cheesecake or pie base.
- Add a ½ cup of chopped walnuts in at step 3.
- If a low FODMAP diet is being followed, use the Monash University FODMAP Diet App to find suitable low FODMAP ingredient alternatives.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Delicious Chocolate Hedgehog Slice
Serving Size
78.5 g
Amount per Serving
Energy
1540
kJ
19
%
Calories
368
% Daily Value*
Protein
9.3
g
19
%
Fat
19.7
g
30
%
Saturated Fat
12.5
g
78
%
Carbohydrates
37.8
g
13
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
21.3
g
24
%
Starch
16.5
g
Sodium
213
mg
9
%
Potassium
174
mg
5
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 8000 kJ diet.
Keyword Desserts, Fortified Recipe, Sweet, Vegetarian
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