Jill Bakes The Alphabet | ‘M’ is for Malteser Squares

For me it's a tie between Malteser buns and fifteens for my favourite traybake so 'M' had to be Malteser buns!

Also, let me know are these just a Northern Irish bun or do you get them all over the UK?!

Top tips:

• Use good quality chocolate for best results

• I think the key to a good Malteser bun is to leave the Maltesers and Crunchie pretty chunky

• These will keep in the fridge for about a week but I doubt they will last that long!

Jill Stewart (@jillbakes_)

INGREDIENTS…

Makes 16

120g butter

4 tosp golden syrup

235g milk chocolate

225g digestive biscuits, crushed finely

186g Maltesers (2 share bags), 1 bag left whole, one bag crushed

4 Crunchie bars (135g), crushed but left quite chunky

To decorate:

180g white chocolate, melted

Extra Maltesers, crushed

INSTRUCTIONS…

• Line an 8x8 inch baking tin with baking paper.

Melt the syrup, chocolate and butter in a large saucepan over a low-medium heat stirring regularly. Once melted, leave to cool for 5 mins.

Top tip: pour boiling water over your spoon to heat it up and the syrup will just fall off the spoon!

• Add the crushed biscuits, Maltesers and crunchies into the chocolate mixture. Remember to add the whole Maltesers too.

• Press into the tin and smooth out.

• Melt the white chocolate in the microwave (30 sec intervals, stirring in between) and spread over the top evenly. Shake the tray to level out the chocolate.

• Decorate with crushed Maltesers.

• Set in the fridge for at least 2 hours but preferably overnight before cutting into squares using a really sharp knife.

JILL BAKES THE ALPHABET…

Other recipes in the ‘Jill Bakes the Alphabet’ series:

‘A’ is for Apple Caramel Crumble

‘B’ is for Brownies… swirled with salted caramel!

‘C’ is for Caramelitas!

‘D’ is for Double Chocolate Muffins

‘E’is for Eton Mess

‘F’ is for Fifteens

‘G’ is for Guinness Chocolate Cake

‘H’ is for Honeycomb Rocky Roads

‘I’ is for Icing

‘J’ is for Jam & Coconut Sponge

‘K’ is for Kinder Bueno Fudge

‘L’ is for Lemon Drizzle Cake

MEET JILL STEWART…

Jill Stewart, from Portglenone, is a true Foodie who brings her passions together to create a unique balance of both healthy dishes and sweet treats on her Instagram social media blog, Jill Bakes.

Jill is passionate about creating and sharing recipes on her Instagram platform (@jillbakes_) which are easy to follow, quick to make and not using hundreds of ingredients! And with almost 58,000 followers, a lot of people are enjoying Jill’s food journey.

Jill Stewart

The County Antrim lady has been a keen baker from a very young age, learning many skills from her late Grandma who was a fantastic baker.

Jill is a regular recipe contributor for Ireland’s Homes Interiors and Living magazine.

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