Chocolate mint thaler

Rolf Seiffe/FoodCentrale by ddp images

Ingredients for approx. 70 pieces:

120 g chocolate mint bars (e.g. After Eight)
125 g soft butter
125 g sugar
1 pinch of salt
1 egg (M)
200 g flour
1 tsp baking powder
200 g dark chocolate coating
1 handful of green sugar pearls

Preparation:

1. Melt 70 g chocolate mint bars over a hot water bath, stir, then leave to cool. Mix butter with sugar, pinch of salt, egg. Sift the flour and baking powder over the butter, add the chocolate-mint mixture and whisk well. Cover the dough and chill for approx. 30 minutes.

2. Shape the dough with your hands into balls (diameter 1-2 cm), place them a little apart on baking trays lined with baking paper and bake in the oven at 180°C for approx. 10 minutes, then leave to cool.

3. Melt the chocolate coating with the remaining chocolate mint bars (50 g) over a hot water bath. Dip approx. 2/3 of the bars into the melted chocolate, allow to drip off briefly, sprinkle with green sugar pearls, place on baking paper and leave to dry for at least 180 minutes.

Preparation time approx. 70 minutes

Nutritional values per piece approx.:

Calories: 54
Joule: 225
Protein: 0,7 g
Fat: 2,9 g
Carbohydrates: 6 g

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