Cookies And Cream Slice

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) packet plain chocolate cookies, crushed
• 175 g unsalted butter, melted
• 75 g dark chocolate, chopped
• 25 g butter
• 3 teaspoons gelatin
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 1 (12 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 300 ml thickened cream, whipped
• 100 g chocolate, melted
• 150 g cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, roughly chopped

Recipe

• 1 grease a 20cm x 30cm baking tin (lamington pan).
• 2 line the base and 2 long sides with a sheet of baking paper.
• 3 extend paper 5cm above pan edges.
• 4 process cookies until finely crushed and add the butter.
• 5 mix to combine.
• 6 press mixture evenly over the base of the prepared pan and refrigerate.
• 7 to make the filling, sprinkle gelatine over water in a small heatproof jug and stand it in a pan of simmering water until gelatine has dissolved.
• 8 stir to help combine it and allow to cool slightly.
• 9 beat the cream cheese, essence and sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer until smooth.
• 10 beat in the gelatine.
• 11 fold in the whipped cream, cooled melted chocolate and chopped cookies.
• 12 spread the filling over the base in pan.
• 13 cover and refrigerate for several hours until firm.
• 14 this is best if made the day before serving.
• 15 to serve the slice, cut into small squares.
• 16 melt the remaining dark chocolate and butter by placing them in a small heatproof jug and standing them over a pan of simmering water or you can melt them very carefully in the microwave on medium heat, stirring regularly until melted and combined.
• 17 drizzle or pipe the chocolate over the squares in a squiggly pattern and refrigerate squares until chocolate has set.
• 18 this slice should be stored, covered, in the fridge.