Chocolate Praline Squares Recipe

Chocolate Praline Squares Recipe

100 g/4 oz butter or margarine

30 ml/2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

15 ml/1 tbsp golden (light corn) syrup

15 ml/1 tbsp drinking chocolate powder
225 g/8 oz digestive biscuits (Graham crackers), crushed
200 g/7 oz plain (semi-sweet) chocolate
100g/4 oz/1 cup chopped mixed nuts

Method:

Melt the butter or margarine, sugar, syrup and drinking chocolate in a pan. Bring to the boil, then boil for 40 seconds. Remove from the heat and stir in the biscuits and nuts. Press into a greased 28 x 18 cm/11 x 7 in cake tin (pan). Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of gently simmering water. Spread over the biscuits and leave to cool, then chill for 2 hours before cutting into squares.