CHOCOLATE COOKIE SALAMI
A nostalgic no-bake chocolate dessert made with crushed cookies, cocoa, butter, nuts, and a splash of vodka
This old-fashioned chocolate cookie salami is a simple no-bake dessert made by folding crushed cookies and nuts into a rich cocoa-butter mixture, then shaping it into a log and chilling until firm enough to slice.
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INGREDIENTS
Base
- 300 gplain tea biscuits or simple cookies, crushed
- 200 gbutter
- 1 cupsugar
- 1 largeegg
- 1 tbspunsweetened cocoa powder
Add-ins
- chopped nuts, to taste
- 1 tbspvodka
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1
Crush the cookies into small pieces or coarse crumbs and chop the nuts
- 2
In a saucepan, combine the butter, sugar, egg, and cocoa powder
- 3
Heat gently, stirring constantly, until the mixture comes to a boil; remove from the heat and let it cool slightly
- 4
Stir the crushed cookies, chopped nuts, and vodka into the chocolate mixture until evenly combined
- 5
Shape the mixture into a compact log resembling a salami and wrap it tightly in parchment paper or plastic wrap
- 6
Refrigerate until completely firm, then slice and serve chilled
NOTES
Translated and adapted from a handwritten family recipe dated January 1978. The original recipe gives 300 g cookies, 200 g butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tbsp cocoa, nuts without a specified quantity, and 1 tbsp vodka. Because the amount of nuts was not specified, add them to taste.
NUTRITION FACTS
PER SERVING (10 SERVINGS)
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.