Pimp That Snack
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by Mick Lang 10 photos Rated 85% 234 votes when voting closed

Well Here we are I thought I would have ago at my own Pimp not so much a
Viscount more of a King count.

4x Chocolate bars 49p ea (£1.96)
Butter 53p
Plain flour 27p
icing sugar 94p
Mint essence 72p
Pack of viscounts 79p
Total £5.21

Self-raising flour, icing sugar, butter, chocolate bars, mint essence and a pack of Viscounts

First up get all the Ingredents together, Note to self use Plain Flour not
Self Raising (Doh!!!) Right, now you need to make the Biscuity Base, this is a simple Shortbread
Base (Mmmmm Shortbread).

Large circle of pale rolled dough on a plastic chopping board

This is Rolled out to a Round and put on a Pizza Tray, Bung it in the oven
for about 1/2 hour, time for some pimping tunes.

Baked round biscuit base, pricked all over, sitting in its tin on the hob

Now for the Mint Fondant (Mmmmm Fondant), This is a Pound of Icing sugar
(Sweet) a bit of Water and of course Mint Essence (Mintyliceous). This needs
to be Mixed together into a Paste.

White bowl of pale whipped mint filling ready to spread

Mint filling swirled thickly over the biscuit base inside the round tin

Biscuit base out of oven, now melt the chocolate – you know the drill –
in a bowl over a bit of heat and melt or you could cheat and use the
Microwave.

Melted milk chocolate dripping from a wooden spoon back into the glass bowl

Spread this on the Bottom and Chill (Both the Biscuit and you).
Take it out Flip it over and spread the Mint Fondant on the middle, Now
spread More melted Choc on top, Chill again.

Melted chocolate spread glossy over the mint layer in the tin

The set chocolate top, matt and swirled, still in its tin on the worktop

Normal Viscount about 1/2" Kingcount Roughly 12" Pimptastic bring on the
next pimp

The giant chocolate round on a board with one ordinary Viscount beside it for scale

Once Nicely chilled take it out, admire your work, cut in half, then eat. Oh
also take a few Photos and get it on Pimp That Snack. (KingcountLiseous)

Cut section showing biscuit base, thick white mint and chocolate top, two normal Viscounts alongside

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