Chocolate Peppermint Squares
A cocoa powder and desiccated coconut base, topped with peppermint buttercream and melted chocolate.
Ingredients
Base
- 4 oz or 110g butter softened
- 2 oz or 55g sugar
- 4 oz or 110g plain flour (all purpose flour)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 oz or 55g desiccated coconut
Topping
- 4 oz or 110g butter
- 8 oz or 225g icing sugar (powdered sugar)
- 2 drops peppermint extract
- green food colouring
- 8 oz or 225g chocolate melted
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375F/190C (conventional oven) and line an 8inch/20cm square tin with baking parchment.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add the coconut, flour, baking powder and cocoa powder and mix well.
- Spread over the base of the tin and bake for 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
- Once the base has cooled, cream the butter, icing sugar, peppermint extract and food coloring and spread gently over the base.
- Top with melted chocolate and place in the fridge to firm up. Once set, cut into squares.