Description
These Chocolate Pine Cones are a no-bake holiday dessert that’s festive, fun, and delicious. Made with crushed biscuits, cocoa, chocolate syrup, and petal-shaped cereal, they’re decorated to look like real pine cones dusted with snowy powdered sugar. Perfect for Christmas parties, edible gifts, or family kitchen fun, these treats bring both charm and flavor to your holiday table.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 digestive biscuits or tea biscuits
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
- 2 tablespoons softened butter
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
- Chocolate cereal (such as Chocos or petal-shaped)
- Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Crush biscuits: Process or crush biscuits into fine crumbs.
- Make dough: Mix crumbs with cocoa powder, powdered sugar, chocolate syrup, butter, milk, and optional vanilla until a moldable dough forms.
- Shape: Divide dough into portions and roll each into an oval or egg shape.
- Decorate: Insert chocolate cereal pieces in rows, starting at the base, to resemble pine cone scales.
- Dust: Lightly sprinkle with powdered sugar for a snowy effect.
- Chill: Refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving to firm up.
Notes
- Chill dough if too sticky before shaping.
- Use gentle pressure when inserting cereal to avoid breakage.
- For variation, drizzle with white chocolate before dusting with sugar.
- Store in the refrigerator up to 5 days or freeze for longer storage.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: Holiday
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pine cone