This chocolate salami is the easiest way to change up your regular charcuterie board. Trick your friends with this delicious deceiving dessert... is it salami or is it a chocolatey treat loaded with cookies?
Chocolate Salami Recipe
This chocolate salami is an easy, traditional Portuguese no-bake dessert that can be customized with your favorite nuts or dried fruits, and is made ahead of time, so it’s ideal for entertaining. It’s the perfect crunchy treat to snack on alongside coffee, and the best part is it's so easy to make!
I first discovered this amazing treat in Portugal, we were on vacation with my grandparents visiting family. I love salami and cheese boards but when they brought out this gorgeous CHOCOLATE salami I nearly fell off my chair. Needless to say I ate slice after slice of this the rest of our vacation.
What is in Chocolate Salami?
Star Ingredient
- Bolacha Maria Cookies is the traditional Portuguese tea cookie used in this dessert. They can be found in the cookie aisle of most grocery stores or you can use any other vanilla flavored tea cookie or digestives
How to Prepare Chocolate Salami
This is a very simple dessert with low prep. It needs to be chilled for 3 - 4 hours so be sure to plan ahead if making this for a dinner party or make it a 1-2 days in advance and store in the fridge until serving.
Full Printable Recipe Below
1 Place biscuits in a large zip lock bag and crush them using a rolling pin until you have small and coarse crumbs. Transfer crumbs to a large bowl and stir in nuts (nuts are optional).
2 In a medium bowl place chocolate and butter. Heat in the microwave or in a double boiler until melted and smooth.
3 Add milk and stir to combine.
4 Add the chocolate mixture to cookie and nut crumb mixture and stir until combined.
5 Spread the mixture onto parchment paper or plastic wrap. Shape it into a log using a spatula or spoon. Roll up the paper and twist the ends to seal. Chill in the fridge for 3-4 hours until firm.
4 After chilling, remove log from the paper, dust with icing sugar on all sides. Use your hands to spread the icing sugar evenly over the log.
Slice into pieces and serve.
Store in the fridge or freezer. If kept in the freezer, place at room temperature for a few minutes before cutting or serving.
Looking for More Simple Sweets?
- Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars - This may just be the perfect 5 ingredient dessert. Creamy cheesecake bars with a chocolate chip cookie dough crust with even more cookie pieces crumbled on top.
- Oreo Fudge - Shortcut Oreo fudge made with only 3 ingredients. Simple, delicious and quick dessert that tastes just like a cookies and cream chocolate bar.
- Pastel de Nata - the most famous and delicious Portuguese Dessert. The creamy custard that caramelizes while baking in a light and flakey pastry crust is a must try!
Enjoy!
- Sab
Chocolate Salami
Ingredients
- ¾ cup traditionally Portuguese Bolacha Maria (or any tea biscuit/digestive biscuit/vanilla cookie)
- ¼ cup nut of choice (toasted, coarsely chopped (optional))
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate
- ¾ stick unsalted butter
- 6 tablespoon milk
- A splash of alcohol of choice (ex. Kahlua, Amaretto, brandy, rum, optional)
- Powdered sugar (for coating)
Instructions
- Place biscuits in a large zip lock bag and crush them using a rolling pin until you have small and coarse crumbs. Transfer crumbs to a large bowl and stir in nuts.
- In a medium bowl place chocolate and butter. Heat in the microwave or in a double boiler until melted and smooth. Add milk and alcohol, if using, and stir. Add in chocolate mixture to crumb mixture and mix until combined.
- Spread the mixture onto parchment paper or plastic wrap. Shape it into a log using a spatula or spoon. Roll up the paper and twist the ends to seal. Place in the fridge for 3-4 hours until firm.
- After chilling, remove log from the paper, dust with icing sugar on all sides. Use your hands to spread the icing sugar evenly over the log.
- Slice into pieces and serve.
- Store in the fridge or freezer. If kept in the freezer, place at room temperature for a few minutes before cutting or serving.
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Notes
• toasted cashews, chopped
• toasted pistachios, chopped
• coconut, shredded
• toasted pine nuts
• toasted slivered almonds
• dried figs, chopped
• dried cherries
Alexandra says
I made this for a family gathering and it was a huge hit! It was all gone in no time! I made another batch and kept it in my freezer. They are so easy to serve just when you need some.
Gloria says
I am in Canada. How much is 3/4 stick butter. I thought a stick was 1/4 pound. so 3/4 of 1/4 pound is about 1/3 cup. Help
fedbysab says
I am in Canada too, if you buy a regular Canadian block of butter (which is 4 sticks of butter = 2 cups) cut off 1/4 of the block of butter (which is 1 stick of butter and the equivalent of 1/4 pound of butter). Then remove 1/4 of it to be left with 3/4 stick of butter.
Sandra says
@fedbysab, hi how many ounces or metric is this please I’m from the uk
Thank you in advance
Sandra
fedbysab says
Hi Sandra, when you are looking at the recipe card there is a small button in the corner that you can click to change the measurements to metric:
▢ 177 g traditionally Portuguese Bolacha Maria, or any tea biscuit/digestive biscuit/vanilla cookie
▢ 33.75 g nut of choice, toasted, coarsely chopped (optional)
▢ 175 g semi sweet chocolate
▢ ¾ stick unsalted butter
▢ 6 tbsp milk
Tony says
Made some for the holidays to freeze and to gift because they were a big hit last year. Everyone wanted some!