chocolate ducats

Chocolate Ducats

Chocolate ducats can be used as a snack or a dessert.  It is very easy to make it but needs 12 hours of refrigeration time. So you can start making it a day ahead. With the given amount you will get 30-35 ducats.

 

Ingredients

• Marie or nice bisuits-300g
• Semi-sweet chocolate-80g
• Butter (softened)-100g
• Granulated sugar-1 cup
• Egg-1
• Unsweetened cocoa powder-1/2 cup
• Cold milk- about 3tbsp.
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Method

• Crush cookies taken in a plastic bag using a rolling pin into chopped nut size pieces.
• Melt chocolate by double boiling it.
• Beat butter and sugar until creamy and add the egg and mix well.
• Add melted cocoa, cocoa powder, cookie crumbs and enough milk (just enough to make it to a firm dough).
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Take out and shape it into a roll (about 5cm in diameter).
• Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for another 12 hours.
• Remove the cling film and cut it into a centimeter thick slices, decorate the ducats and serve.