Pimp That Snack
Language: English

Mega Animal Biscuits

by Heather Mahy 10 photos Rated 90% 135 votes when voting closed

About this build

Cocoa biscuit dough is shaped into a lion, elephant, monkey and hippo, then baked and coated on one side with chocolate.

Archive summary updated

Read the original account and photographs ↓
A giant animal biscuit stood upright on a table, an original-size one propped in front

What the original account establishes

These notes distinguish the recorded result from quantities or settings the contributor did not specify. Follow each source link to the original passage.

  • Main ingredients: fat, sugar, flour and chocolate, about £7, with no quantities. Fat and sugar were blended, then flour, a bit of cocoa, vanilla, a couple of eggs and glucose syrup for extra sweetness were added and mixed to a tough dough. It was shaped into a lion, an elephant, a monkey and a hippo, using spoons, forks and other kitchen implements for the details, and baked until browned, with no setting or time given. The flat sides were smothered in chocolate, given a criss-cross pattern with a cooling rack, and set in the fridge or freezer. The stated ratio is 1:250, and the makers reckon one biscuit holds a whole day’s calories. Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 · Source 4 · Source 5 · Source 6 · Source 7 · Source 8 · Source 9 · Source 10
Notes from the contributor

Selected passages from the original account. Quantities may describe shopping, tests or the final build; follow the linked passage for its full context.

Main ingredients, fat, sugar, flour and chocolate, who could go wrong? Approximate cost £7.

Read in context →

Archive guides · Explore projects

The original account

How to make giant animal biscuits:

Main ingredients, fat, sugar, flour and chocolate, who could go wrong? Approximate cost £7.

Flour, sugar, eggs, white chocolate bars and a bag of Cadbury Animals on the granite worktop

Blend fat and sugar.

Add flour, a bit of cocoa, vanilla and a couple of eggs (we also added glucose syrup for extra sugary yumminess).

Blocks of butter and sugar creamed with an electric hand whisk, original animal biscuits on a plate behind

Flour tipped from the bag onto the creamed mixture, wooden spoon standing in the bowl

Mix up to make a tough dough.

Two hands holding up a ball of cocoa biscuit dough above a large stockpot

Shape it to look like your animal of preference. We chose lion (pictured), elephant, monkey and hippo. Implements such as spoons, forks and anything you can find in the kitchen are useful at this point for the details.

Giant animal-shaped dough cut out on a baking tray, a tiny original biscuit beside it

Bake in the oven until browned. Remove from tray to cool. Smother with generous amount of chocolate on flat side.

Melted chocolate spread over one baked giant animal biscuit while a second cools plain beside it

We used a cooling wrack to create the criss cross pattern on the back.

Two chocolate-covered giant biscuits, one under a wire rack that has printed a grid in the chocolate

Leave to dry, or if you are impatient and hungry like us then pop them in to the fridge or freezer to get the chocolate to set quickly.

Four finished giant animal biscuits on the worktop with normal-sized ones scattered between them

Delicious!

A giant animal biscuit stood upright on a table, an original-size one propped in front

Ratio 1:250

A girl biting into a giant animal biscuit that spans both her hands

We calculated that there are enough calories in one of these bad boys for a whole day’s worth of food!

More like this