Gingernut Hedgehog

May 23-24, 2015

Last weekend nosotros joined inwards on a large political party for a picayune girl's birthday. Much of the nutrient was expertly catered past times the Las Vegan crew, too about other invitee prepared a cake decorated alongside fairies too fondant mushrooms. I brought along a tray of hedgehog slice, a fairly mutual process from my ain childhood.

I don't accept a identify unit of measurement recipe, but I knew Vegan About Town posted i that I could depict from too adjust to suit my pantry. The whole hedgehog bargain was actually but a plot to piece of employment upwards ii packets of LEDA gingernuts, too it served to smooth off about walnuts, cashews too dried cherries too. Best of all, it's an oven-free melt'n'mix method easily accomplished inwards twenty minutes.

The field has a non bad fudgy texture too a much darker chocolate base of operations than the non-vegan versions I've known before. On reflection, it was belike also rich too bittersweet for the kids. In fact the picayune tackers barely took an involvement inwards the savoury pick or the birthday cake i time the candles were off either - they seemed to accept eyes exclusively for the bowl of Skittles! That but left us greedy grown-ups to graze on political party pies, stuffed potatoes too pastry pinwheels all afternoon.

Gingernut hedgehog
(adapted from a recipe at Vegan About Town)

300g gingernuts
3/4 loving cup walnuts
3/4 loving cup raw cashews
3/4 loving cup dried cherries
300g margarine
300g nighttime chocolate
iii tablespoons cocoa
3/4 loving cup raw sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
120g tub apple tree puree
2 teaspoons maple syrup

Line a large baking tray alongside paper.

Crush the gingernuts lightly, too thus that they're a mix of large chunks too powdery crumbs, too identify them inwards a large mixing bowl. Roughly chop the nuts too add together them to the bowl. Stir inwards the dried cherries.

In a medium-sized saucepan over depression heat, melt the margarine. Add the chocolate too stir occasionally every bit it melts, ensuring that it doesn't burn. When the chocolate is completely melted, whisk inwards the cocoa, sugar, vanilla, apple tree puree too maple syrup. 

Take the saucepan off the oestrus too pour the chocolate mixture into the bowl; stir it all together alongside a wooden spoon until good combined. Pour the field mixture into the baking tray too spread it out every bit evenly every bit y'all can. Refrigerate the field for at to the lowest degree a few hours earlier slicing too serving.