Chocolate Hedgehog Slice Recipes

Steps:

• For the slice :.
• Line a baking tin with baking paper.
• Melt butter and sugar in a small saucepan over a low heat, add cocoa and mix well.
• Remove from heat and add beaten egg.
• Place all other ingredients into a bowl. Add melted mixture and stir well.
• Press into pan and chill until set.
• Spread with the icing.
• For the icing:.
• Sift icing sugar and cocoa together and add water.
• Mix to a smooth consistency, adding more water if needed.
• Sprinkle with some extra coconut if you like.
• Chill until set and then cut into squares.

Steps:

• Break up biscuits into bits. Not crumbed, just pieces no larger the size of a quarter.
• In large pan melt the butter, then add the sugar, sultanas and cocoa. Heat and keep mixing until hot but not boiling.
• Take off the heat.
• Mixing very quickly, add the beaten eggs in small amounts incorporating each lot before adding the next.
• Fold in broken biscuits.
• Press mixture into a foil lined tray (30x25cm).
• Refrigerate to set for a couple of hours.
• To make the icing / frosting:.
• Mix the icing sugar, 4 T cocoa and 2 T melted butter with enough milk to give a spreadable consistency.
• Beat until smooth.
• Spread over the hedgehog and leave until it has set.
• I store this slice in the refrigerator.