Mint Aero Traybake
Amazingly, my little blog is now over a year old! Belated Birthday Greetings to the blog and a huge thank you to everyone out there who has liked, read, commented and (most importantly) baked this past year. To celebrate, here’s another classic traybake – the No-Bake Mint Aero Traybake!
Living in the US means that we often miss things from home. Family and friends – obviously – but also food. Maybe it’s just because of living where we do near Boston or maybe there are UK and Irish imported goods everywhere in the US, but we can get hold of many of the (mostly snack) items that, every now and again, we want to eat.
(If you’re interested, that’s Cadbury’s Golden Crisp for me, Fruit Pastilles and Twiglets for Mr Traybakes and Little Miss Traybakes is happy with just about anything, although she is partial to Dolly Mixtures and Tayto Onion Rings!)
And then there is the Aero bar. Not only can I get these in my make-a-special-trip-for-it convenience store, where I get Tayto crisps and wheaten bread flour, but I can also get them in my local US supermarket in the ‘International’ food aisle. Which means that making this Mint Aero Traybake is very easy (although perhaps a little more expensive than it would be back home).
And this is yet another easy traybake. No baking involved. Just some melting and crushing and chopping and mixing. I topped mine with white chocolate for a contrast with the base, but milk or dark chocolate would work just as well here, if that’s what you prefer.
The resulting traybake is minty and sweet and has a soft base with just a little crunch from the larger biscuit chunks.
And if you want to see how I make this, you can watch the video on my YouTube channel here.
No-Bake Mint Aero Traybake
Ingredients
- 4 mint Aero bars (mine were 36g each)
- 7 oz or 200g condensed milk (half of a regular can)
- 4 oz or 110g butter
- 4 tbsp drinking chocolate or cocoa powder
- 8 oz or 225g Digestives/Graham Crackers, crushed
- 8 oz or 225g white chocolate, to cover
Instructions
- Line a 20cm/8inch square tin with baking parchment.
- Place the butter, drinking chocolate, condensed milk and 1 of the Aero bars in a a small saucepan and melt over a gentle heat. Leave to cool a little, so it doesn’t melt the chocolate at the next stage.
- Crush the biscuits, trying to leave a few larger lumps for texture. Chop 2 of the Aero bars into small pieces.
- Pour the cooled buttery, chocolatey mixture over the biscuits and chopped Aero and mix well. Press into your traybake tin and set aside or refrigerate until set.
- Melt the white chocolate in a small bowl over a pan of simmering water and then spread over the base. Top with the final, chopped, Aero bar.
- Leave to set, cut into squares, and enjoy!
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20 Comments
Laura@ Baking in Pyjamas
These look really good, anything chocolate and mint I fine hard to resist.
CJ
I agree completely!
Sheena Cooper
Made this today, Absolutely delicious. So easy to put together. First Class
CJ
Glad you liked it. I haven’t made this one in a while, I might have to soon!
Ruby
Sometimes find it hard to cut out tray bakes,any tips?
Thanks
CJ
I always line my tin, which makes them easy to remove to start with. Then I use a very sharp, long knife. Sometimes, especially if it’s a chocolate topped traybake, I’ll warm the knife first by running it under boiling water, dry it, and then cut through the traybakes. And if they’ve been in the fridge, I try to let them come to room temperature before cutting. Hope that helps! Mine frequently don’t look as ‘perfect’ as I’d like them to!
Lauren Weir
Can you freeze these traybakes?
CJ
Yes! These freeze nicely.
Annette Kenney
Super easy to make and tastes delicious.
Jess
I’ve made the aero ones which look brilliant (yet to taste!) but have half a tin of condensed milk left. To save waste, could I make this using alternative choc (e.g. crunchie)?
CJ
I’ve never tried it with Crunchie, but that should work and would be delicious! I also have a few other ‘half a tin’ of condensed milk recipes on the blog eg the Marshmallow Fudge Traybake.
Nic
Hi,
Do you have a link to your other recipes that use a half tin of condensed milk?
Thank you. I made the mint and it was yum!
N
CJ
Yes! Quite a lot use half a tin (I’m convinced you used to be able to buy a tin that size). Some suggestions are
– Coconut Delights https://traybakesandmore.com/no-bake-coconut-delights/, Raspberry Ruffles https://traybakesandmore.com/raspberry-ruffle-bars/, Chocolate Coconut Bars https://traybakesandmore.com/chocolate-coconut-bars/, Marshmallow Fudge Traybake https://traybakesandmore.com/marshmallow-fudge-traybake/
I might have to create a category for half a tin of condensed milk recipes!
Nicki
Yes that would be fab!
Nicki
What size of tin do you use?
Thank you 🙂
CJ
I use an 8 inch/20cm square tin. Line it with baking parchment and the traybakes lift right out for easy slicing. Thanks!
Vicky
Thinking of orange aero ?
CJ
I’ve never tried it with orange but I can’t think why that wouldn’t work and be delicious.
Jo
Made these and the whole family loved them! So delicious.
I did stack them though and the base stuck just a little to top of another, do you think you could put a biscuit base or layer of melted chocolate on the bottom? Just to seal?
CJ
Glad you liked them! You could put some chocolate on the bottom – I haven’t tried doing that – and it might help. And more chocolate is always a bonus!