No Bake Chocolate Peppermint Slice

In keeping with the Green challenge from one of my online cooking challenges and to celebrate St Patrick’s Day today (not that we do but any excuse to eat something green), I decided to do a no bake Chocolate Peppermint Slice yesterday. The bikkie barrell was full of broken bits and pieces of biscuits that the kids weren’t going to eat so they got used up for the base. Half way through making the peppermint filling, I reached for my full bottle of peppermint essence which I knew was where it should be, but it wasn’t! Arrrghhh! So off to the shops I go. Lucky they’re close to me.

No Bake Chocolate Peppermint Slice

Base:
250gm plain biscuits
125gm butter, melted
1/2 cup coconut
2 tbs cocoa

Peppermint filling:
1.1/2 cups icing sugar
125gm butter, softened
1.1/2 tsp peppermint essence
couple drops of green food colouring

Chocolate topping:
200gm chocolate, melted
2 tbs butter, melted

Break biscuits into crumbs using either a food processor or placing in a plastic bag and beating with a rolling pin.

Add cocoa, coconut and melted butter. Press into slice pan and refrigerate.

Beat icing sugar and butter until smooth. Add peppermint essence and green food colouring. Spread over refrigerated biscuit base and return to refrigerator.

Coles have their own homebrand Peppermint Chocolate which, they claim, is Belgian chocolate and for less than $2 for 200gm, it’s really quite nice. It is milk chocolate too, unlike most peppermint chocolate being dark and it is filled with tiny green crispy chunks of peppermint. Bit like a Peppermint Crisp. Melt chocolate and butter and smooth over refrigerated base and peppermint filling. Return to refrigerator until chocolate has set. Store in refrigerator.