Death by Fridge Bars

An easy treat to throw together that is fool proof and is naughtily divine every time.

Any dried fruits, nuts/seeds and cookies/biscuits that you have on hand are put to delightful use in these chocolate bars.

I don’t follow the recipe very closely because I like to use up the odds and sods but here is the original to work from:

 

5 1/2 oz butter (not marge or anything soft masquerading as butter)
1 1/2 tbsp golden syrup or honey
9 oz digestive biscuits, roughly broken (or ginger snaps etc.)
2 oz hazelnuts (or other nut that you prefer)
2 oz glacé cherries ( I omit these because I’m not a big fan)
2 oz sultanas/raisins (or any dried fruit
5 1/2 oz good quality plain chocolate (70% cocoa plus is where it’s at)

 

Place the butter, syrup and chocolate in a saucepan and melt very gently over low heat
Remove from heat and stir in the remaining ingredients
Spoon into a lightly oiled 7″ square tin, level the surface and chill in the fridge to set
Cut into small squares and store in the fridge (it gets melty quickly outside the fridge)

They say they keep for 2+ weeks but I can’t actually attest to that…
I sprinkled some pistachios over half of these for prettiness’s sake. You can even make them into little truffle type things with molds or cutters which makes them fancier by default but remember, once they’re set in the fridge, the handling time at room temperature is not long at all.