Chocolate Brazil Nut Squares with truffle topping (vegan)

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Chocolate Brazil Nut Squares with truffle topping

Ingredients:

200g/7oz. dark chocolate

250g/8oz. packet of biscuits/cookies (digestive or oat ones work well) - broken down to crumb texture

100g/4oz. brazils nuts crushed or broken down in a processor

2 tablespoons of vegan margarine

2 tablespoons of golden syrup

half a box of vegan cream (about 100ml.)

Melt the chocolate in a bowl over hot water. In a pan, slowly melt together the margarine and syrup and then combine this with HALF the chocolate. Stir in the crushed biscuits and nuts and press this into a greased 9" by 9" tin or something of similar size. Beat the soya cream into the remaining 100g or so of chocolate and spread this on top. Chill in the fridge for a couple of hours until set and cut into squares.