Chocolate Hedgehog

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 2/3 cups plain sweet biscuits, crushed
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 2/3 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder, sifted
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• chocolate frosting
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon glucose syrup
• 6 teaspoons butter
• 1 tablespoon water

Recipe

• 1 grease a 19 cm x 28 cm x 2 cm baking tray.
• 2 put crushed biscuits in a bowl.
• 3 melt the butter with the sugar, coconut and cocoa in a saucepan on low heat.
• 4 bring to the boil and boil for about 2 minutes.
• 5 allow the mixture to cool.
• 6 the mixture may look separated but ignore this.
• 7 whisk in the eggs, this improves the mixture again.
• 8 pour this mixture over the crushed biscuits and stir until it is evenly combined.
• 9 pour into the tray and let cool.
• 10 spread over frosting and sprinkle nuts, hundreds and thousands or chocolate chips.
• 11 cut into squares.
• 12 chocolate frosting put cocoa powder, icing sugar, syrup and butter in a bowl and mix together.
• 13 add the water, a little at a time and beat all the time.
• 14 beat for about 15 minutes on high speed until it is light and fluffy.
• 15 if it looks curdled just add a little more icing sugar.