Easy Chocolate Caramel Hobnobs
This dish was part of the technical challenge for Great British Bake Off ™ Season 16. This simpler home version delivers all the buttery oat crunch, gooey caramel, and dark chocolate coating of the original Technical Challenge biscuit without requiring specialist equipment. The easy butter-cream caramel and microwave chocolate method make these an achievable, crowd-pleasing bake.
- Time: 90 min
Source: Relaxed Recipes
Ingredients
- MAKE THE HOBNOBS
- Preheat your oven to 180°C . Line two baking trays with baking paper
- Mix the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. If yo
- Add the cold butter and rub it in with your fingertips until the mixture looks l
- Warm the golden syrup for 10–15 seconds in the microwave so it becomes runny, th
- Tip onto a lightly floured surface and roll to about 8mm thick - roughly the dep
- Bake for 12–15 minutes until golden brown. They'll still feel slightly soft when
- MAKE THE EASY CARAMEL
- Put the butter, brown sugar, cream, and golden syrup in a small saucepan over me
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and flaky salt. Pour into a bowl an
- Spoon a generous teaspoon of caramel onto the top of each cooled biscuit and spr
- COAT WITH CHOCOLATE
- Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second bursts, stirring betwee
- Dip each biscuit caramel-side down into the melted chocolate so the top is fully
- Pop the tray in the fridge for 20–30 minutes until the chocolate is set firm
- ADD THE ICING DRIZZLE
- Mix the sifted icing sugar with enough milk to make a smooth, pourable glaze - s
- Dip a fork into the glaze and wave it quickly back and forth over the biscuits t