An easy no bake chocolate tiffin made with peanut butter and cornflakes. 

No Bake Peanut Butter & Cornflake Chocolate Tiffin

Yes we needed a chocolate hit and after staring at the cornflakes one day, I thought oh they would add a good bit of crunch to a chocolate tiffin or fridge cake as it's sometimes known.

They worked really well. I would usually add raisins to tiffin, but I thought it wouldn't go well with the peanut butter. As it turned out, the peanut butter was really subtle in these, so I could have added them.

Mind you, the boy is not keen on raisins in tray bakes, although he loves raisins in his porridge in the morning. Go figure!

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What is tiffin?

Tiffin refers to two types of food.

1. Tiffin is a homemade packed lunch in India. The lunch often features, dal, vegetables, rice, yoghurt, pickles and often a sweet dish packed into a separate layer. The lunchbox it is served in is also sometimes called a tiffin. 

2. Tiffin is also a Scottish no-bake chocolate slice. It was invented in Troon in Scotland at the beginning of the 20th Century. It usually contains biscuits (particularly Digestive Biscuits, which are similar to Graham Crackers), raisins and chocolate and is always on the menu in Scottish tearooms. 

It's the kind of homemade snack our mum or granny would offer us as children in Scotland.  It's also lovingly referred to as chocolate cement or chocolate concrete. 

In the USA it would be called fridge cake or refrigerator cake as it is chilled rather than baked.

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How you do make chocolate tiffin?

Before you start, you will need a lined square brownie pan to chill the tiffin in. You can use non-stick greaseproof paper, but I like to use foil backed greaseproof paper as it moulds to whatever dish you are using.

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1. Measure out 200g or 7oz of digestive biscuits or Graham crackers. It works out as roughly 13 biscuits. I use Molly's digestives as they are dairy free and suitable from vegans. You can buy them in Tesco.

2. Measure out 50g of cornflakes, which works out as 2 cups of cornflakes. You can use whichever brand you buy.

3. Pop them into a food processor. If you don't have a food processor you could crush them in a large freezer bag using a rolling pin. 

4. Whizz or crush until fairly fine, although you want to leave enough texture for a bit of a crunch.

5. Melt 200g or 7 oz of dark chocolate in a bain marie (a bowl over simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the water, as the chocolate will seize) with 4 heaped tbsp peanut butter.

6. Pour the crushed biscuit mixture and melted chocolate mixture into a large bowl and mix well, then press into your prepared brownie pan. Chill in the fridge while you melt some more chocolate. 

7. Melt another 150g or 5 1/3 oz of dark chocolate in bain marie for the topping, Once the chocolate is completely melted pour over the tiffin mixture and smooth over the surface, then pop into the fridge to chill. 

8. Once the chocolate is set you can cut the tiffin into squares or bars.

For more Scottish recipes have a look at my recipe index of Scottish Recipes for Vegans and Vegetarians

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Tiffin recipes

Do try making tiffin yourself at home. As well as this peanut butter and cornflakes recipe, I also have an oreo chocolate tiffin which is suitable for vegan and includes raisins or my traditional chocolate tiffin which includes butter, but that can be swapped for dairy free spread.

Chris over at Thinly Spread makes chocolate tiffin which include rice krispies. 

Claire over at Foodie Quine make a tiffin called Tunnock's Teacake Rocky Road (Tunnocks teacakes are a luxury Scottish biscuit topped with mallow and chocolate), which is suitable for my vegetarian readers if they use veggie marshmallows in the recipe.

Helen over at Family Friends Food makes a super-fruity chocolate tiffin, which is packed with lots of different dried fruits. It can be made vegan by substituting the butter with dairy-free spread.

Janice over at Farmersgirl Kitchen makes a chocolate tiffin with hazelnuts and figs and tops it with white chocolate (you could use dark chocolate instead).

Kate over at Veggie Desserts makes a Christmas chocolate tiffin which includes raisins, cranberries, orange zest, cinnamon and nutmeg. A couple of tweaks can easily make this one vegan too.

also try - Vegan Chocolate Pretzel Tiffin

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Scottish, vegan

Yield: 8 bars or 16 squaresAuthor: Jacqueline Meldrum

No Bake Peanut Butter & Cornflake Chocolate Tiffin

A Scottish tiffin no-bake fridge cake made with peanut butter and cornflakes.

prep time: 15 minscook time: 10 minstotal time: 25 mins

ingredients

• 200g/7oz digestive biscuits or Graham crackers (13 biscuits)
• 50g/2 cups cornflakes
• 200g/7oz dark chocolate
• 4 heaped tbsp crunchy peanut butter

topping

• 150g 1 1/3 oz dark chocolate

instructions

1. Line a square brownie pan with non-stick baking paper or foil backed greaseproof paper.
2. Whizz up biscuits and cornflakes in a food processor or pop them in a large freezer bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Leave a bit of texture, you don't want it to be too fine.
3. Melt the dark chocolate in a bain marie (a bowl over simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the water, as the chocolate will seize) with the  peanut butter.
4. In a large bowl mix together the biscuit mixture and melted chocolate together until well mixed, then press into the lined brownie pan. Chill in the fridge.
5. Melt the second batch of chocolate (as above) and spread over the tiffin base and chill.
6. Once set cut into bars or squares and serve.
7. Will keep in the fridge in an airtight container for a week.
8. Enjoy!

calories
102.88

fat (grams)
5.54

sat. fat (grams)
2.15

carbs (grams)
11.85

net carbs
10.67

protein (grams)
2.02

sugar (grams)
5.82

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