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August 2, 2016 By Janice Pattie 14 Comments

No-Bake Chocolate Tiffin

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Chocolate Tiffin is a no-bake biscuit cake, the kind of sweet treat that sells well at fairs and bake sales.  An essential ingredient for Chocolate Tiffin is digestive biscuits to give texture and crunch to the tiffin base.  This version is very rich and best cut into small squares of chocolatey goodness.

There are many tiffin recipes, this one contains hazelnuts and dried figs. I love dried figs, but if they are not to your taste then any dried fruit would add a delicious sweet chewy texture, choose your own favourite.  You could also easily replace the hazelnuts with almonds or pecans or even peanuts.  

Chocolate Tiffin - no bake chocolate biscuit cake

I use a thick layer of white chocolate on the top of the tiffin and additional hazelnuts to decorate the top.  

It is totally delicious, but very rich. We kept it in the fridge and have managed to restrain ourselves to make it last about 10 days!

No bake chocolate biscuit cake - Tiffin

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I’m entering this McVities Chocolate Tiffin for Treat Petite, the linky for individual treats.  These little bites are certainly a treat.  This Linky is run by Cakeyboi and The Baking Explorer and hosted this month by Cakeyboi.

It’s Afternoon Tea week at Lavender and Lovage and this is the theme for Tea Time Treats, a tea time linky run by Karen at Lavender and Lovage and her two new co-hosts  Travels for Taste and Jo’s Kitchen.   Cut carefully into squares and popped into petit four cases

lavenderandlovage_teatime

And, of course, this is ideal for We Should Cocoa the chocolatey Linky run by Choclette at Tin & Thyme it’s ‘Anything Goes for the Holidays’.

Treat yourself to Chocolate Tiffin - a tray of no bake chocolate biscuit cake

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This no bake chocolate tiffin is a real treat

No-Bake Chocolate Tiffin

Janice Pattie
A rich and luscious no-bake chocolate biscuit/cookie cake, ideal for picnics and bake sales.
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Prep Time 40 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course Baking, Dessert
Cuisine British
Servings 12
Calories 530 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 250 g dark chocolate minimum 70% cocoa solids
  • 200 g unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp golden syrup
  • 200 g roasted shelled hazelnuts
  • 200 g Digestive biscuits, roughly chopped
  • 150 g figs chopped
  • 200 g white chocolate

Instructions
 

  • Grease and line a 20cm square tin
  • Melt the dark chocolate, golden syrup and butter in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring until well combined.
  • Fold in 150g of the hazelnuts, digestives and figs.
  • Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and press down firmly to remove any air bubbles, put in the fridge and leave to set for about 30 minutes
  • Melt the white chocolate in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water.
  • Pour it over the chilled tiffin and spread evenly with a spatula or back of a spoon.
  • Sprinkle over the remaining 50 g of chopped hazelnuts.
  • Return to the fridge to set before cutting in to small pieces to serve.

Notes

The figs can be replaced with other dried fruits, dried cherries would be a great choice.
Instead of chopping the figs, cut them with scissors, it is much easier.
In the USA, you can replace the  Digestives with Graham Crackers.

Nutrition

Calories: 530kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 6gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 101mgPotassium: 365mgFiber: 5gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 447IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 80mgIron: 4mg
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Comments

  1. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says

    August 2, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    I actually had tiffin for the first time today, but from a cafe and it wasn’t that good. My husband assured me that it should be better, so I am going to try making it myself.

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      August 3, 2016 at 1:57 pm

      Always better homemade, quality chocolate and butter makes all the difference

      Reply
  2. Jemma Andrew-Adiamah says

    August 3, 2016 at 8:53 am

    What a lovely thing to make and to have with an afternoon cup of tea. Really love how simple it is to make too. 🙂

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      August 3, 2016 at 1:56 pm

      Yes, easy to make and far too easy to eat!

      Reply
  3. Sus // roughmeasures.com says

    August 3, 2016 at 8:56 am

    Tiffins were my favourite growing up, we would get them from the local deli as a Friday treat. I love the addition of white chocolate on here!

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      August 3, 2016 at 1:56 pm

      Definitely brings back those childhood memories!

      Reply
  4. Karen says

    August 3, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    Tiffin is one of my favourite sweet treats and I’m loving your version here Janice – thanks for adding it to Tea Time Treats! Karen

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      August 4, 2016 at 9:46 pm

      Thanks Karen, it’s always a winner!

      Reply
  5. Helen @ family-friends-food.com says

    August 9, 2016 at 3:10 pm

    Haven’t made tiffin for ages – thanks for the reminder! This looks amazing. I’m loving everything with hazelnuts in it at the moment. Yum.

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    • Janice Pattie says

      August 9, 2016 at 8:55 pm

      Thanks Helen, the hazelnuts add a lovely crunch and you can’t really go wrong with tiffin.

      Reply
  6. Kat (The Baking Explorer) says

    August 26, 2016 at 10:39 pm

    This tiffin looks delicious, I love your addition of white chocolate and hazelnuts on top. Thanks for linking up with #TreatPetite

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    • Janice Pattie says

      August 27, 2016 at 8:43 pm

      Thanks Kat, we enjoyed it.

      Reply
  7. Stuart Vettese says

    August 28, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    I love ALL the flavours going on in your chocolate tiffin Janice. I think the figs would give an extra tasty sweet touch. Thanks for taking part in Treat Petite x

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    • Janice Pattie says

      August 28, 2016 at 7:27 pm

      Delighted to take part, Stuart. The figs were surprisingly delicious, but I love all dried fruit.

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