Name: Dark chocolate ginger biscuits recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: Makes: 12
Cuisine: Baking
Ingredients: 125g butter, softened; 200g caster sugar; 50g stem ginger; 75g treacle; 240g flour; 1tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1tsp ground ginger; 1 egg; pinch salt

By Jessica Dady

published 21 May 2020

in Recipes

These dark chocolate ginger biscuits are rich and warming - and completely irresistible.

Unlike Paul Hollywood's gingernut biscuits, these are coated with a delicious layer of dark chocolate. This recipe for makes 12 but it’s very easy to scale up or down. The biscuits take just 15 minutes to bake in the oven and can easily be whipped up in a hurry. They make excellent homemade food gift and are perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth. Pair with a hot cup or tea or coffee and you’ve got a match made in heaven…

Ingredients

125g butter, softened
200g caster sugar
50g stem ginger
75g treacle
240g flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1tsp ground ginger
1 egg
pinch salt

To decorate:

250g dark chocolate, melted
100g milk chocolate, melted

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Method

Preheat the oven to 180C, Gas 4.
Beat together all the ingredients, until a dough forms. Roll into 20 small balls and arrange on a baking tray. Chill for 10 mins.
Bake for 15 mins, until cooked through. Cool on a wire rack.
When cool dip into the dark chocolate and leave to set. Once set drizzle with the milk chocolate and leave to set again.

Top Tip for making Dark chocolate ginger biscuits

These dark chocolate ginger biscuits make lovely gifts. For a chic, professional finish wrap the biscuits in brown paper and tie them up with some twine and a homemade label.

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.