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Our best christmas chocolate recipes - 3 recipes

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Ingredients

  • 3 large eggplants
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup chopped basil
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 4 cup shredded cheese


Method

  1. Mix the olive oil, chopped basil, garlic, salt and pepper in a bowl.
  2. Carefully slice the eggplant on it's side in a cross-hatch pattern, without cutting all the way through.
  3. Lay the eggplants inside an oven-safe baking tray.
  4. Pour the oil mixture over the eggplants, taking care to pour between the slices.
  5. Stuff the gaps in the eggplant with shredded cheese.
  6. Cook in the oven at 355°F for 45 minutes, until the flesh is cooked and the cheese totally melted.
  7. Serve and enjoy!

Top rated Christmas chocolate recipes

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Creamy chocolate combines with sweet cranberries and buttery toffee in the ultimate Christmas cookie!

  • 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 sticks butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup toffee pieces, smashed into small bits
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
4.5/5 (24 Votes)

This cake is made of cookies, and takes only a few minutes to prepare!

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These bars were a staple at my work for Christmas 2013

  • Base:
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup mint chocolate chips
  • Filling:
  • 1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tablespoon butter, softened
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 1 tsp mint extract
  • Topping:
  • 8 ounces chocolate (dark, semisweet or milk)
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup crushed candy canes
3/5 (253 Votes)

Looking for something that's melt-in-your-mouth-good? Look no further.

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One of my favorite things at Christmas time is homemade hot chocolate with a candy cane and lots of marshmallows

  • 1 stick butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 c packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp chocolate extract
  • 1/3 c cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 c all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/3 c "andes" mints, diced
  • 36 mini marshmallows, frozen
2.4/5 (13 Votes)

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