Chocolate & vanilla melting moments

Chocolate & vanilla melting moments

These melt-in-the-mouth biscuits are truly irresistible, and the perfect accompaniment to a cup of tea

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 16

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Ready in 55 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Beat together the butter and icing sugar until pale and creamy, then add the vanilla extract and mix well. Sift the flour and cornflour over and mix thoroughly. Halve the mixture and add the cocoa to one half. Mix well and add a drop of water if the mixture is too stiff.
  2. Spoon the mixtures into 2 piping bags fitted with star nozzles. Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment and pipe out 16 walnut-sized biscuits from each mixture, leaving a little space between each biscuit.
  3. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until cooked. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet. Meanwhile, mix the mascarpone and sugar until smooth, then divide between 2 bowls. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave. Add the melted chocolate to one of the bowls and the vanilla to the other. Mix both until smooth.
  4. Sandwich together the vanilla melting moments with the chocolate mascarpone and the chocolate biscuits with the vanilla mascarpone.

Per biscuit

348 kcalories, protein 2.4g, carbohydrate 26.6g, fat 26.4 g, saturated fat 16.4g, fibre 0.8g, salt 0.06 g

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2005.

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  • Binder photo LINDZP

    10 April 2008

    LINDZP commented on this recipe

    VANILLA DELICIOUS BUT CHOCOCLATE LEAVE COCOA AFTERTASTE MAYBE TRY DRINKING CHOCOLATE RATHER THAN COCOA.

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  • Binder photo Dave Cozens

    10 February 2009

    Dave Cozens rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used a 50/50 mix of cocoa and drinking chocolate - make em without the filling and they're great for dunking.. Add a bit of cinammon for a lightly spicy aftertaste... (Oh and you don't need to pipe them, just roll them into balls and squash them down a bit)

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  • Binder photo simonec

    16 October 2009

    simonec commented on this recipe

    would like tp try this out but my husband's lactose intolerant so mascarpone would potentially be fatal. any suggestions for substitutes? butter maybe?

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  • Binder photo sarah

    11 November 2009

    sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just made these and they are fab!! I added almond extract as had no vanilla and instead of the mascapone I used butter icing and raspberry jam (didnt make the chocolate ones) Think these will be a regular in the biscuit tin now!

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  • Binder photo Yvonnie

    08 August 2010

    Yvonnie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    easy and delicious, also good to use Nutella or jam as filling.

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  • Binder photo talsi_fala

    28 November 2010

    talsi_fala rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Amazing, these little biscuits are crisp, buttery and wonderful with a cup of tea, they remind of the biscuits my german great grandma used to make for me when i was little

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  • Binder photo MiraMS

    01 December 2010

    MiraMS rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Delicious! These are so easy to make, look gorgeous and taste fab! Lots of my friends will be getting these as little christmas presents.

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  • Binder photo Jessss

    06 February 2011

    Jessss rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    found them relitivly easy, but didnt have the write piping nozzle, and the biscuits turned out quite dry and crumbly. My favourite were the vanilla biscuits and chocolate creme, because i found the other ones very rich. But got good remarks all around so a thumbs up from me. (and mine didnt look as good as the ones in the picture!!!)

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  • Binder photo janet

    08 June 2011

    janet rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made these at the weekend and they were nothing short of fabulous. The down side is that I had to give them away as I could have eaten the whole lot. I didn't make the cocoa ones but just used the two fillings on the vanilla.would love to make them again but wouldn't be able to resist!

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  • Binder photo lindos_m

    25 October 2011

    lindos_m commented on this recipe

    add peanut butter to the mixture of the biscuits and buttercream!! Delcious!!

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  • Binder photo Laurenamy1

    18 November 2011

    Laurenamy1 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I followed the recipe to the letter and the biscuit dough was far too thick to be piped out using a bag and nozzle. I added about 6 teaspoons of water to both the chocolate and vanilla mix in the end, and it was perfect for piping. It was quite frustrating to begin with before I added the water, as it was almost impossible to pipe. Also the colour of the chocolate filling was not as dark as the one in the image despite it being good quality. I felt the vanilla filling was a bit tasteless also. Sorry!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 16

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Ready in 55 mins

Ingredients

  • 350g unsalted butter , softened
  • 80g icing sugar
  • 300g plain flour
  • 50g cornflour
  • 25g cocoa

FILLING

  • 250g mascarpone
  • 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 25g plain chocolate
  • few drops vanilla extract
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Per biscuit

348 kcalories, protein 2.4g, carbohydrate 26.6g, fat 26.4 g, saturated fat 16.4g, fibre 0.8g, salt 0.06 g

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