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CHOCOLATE MARIE BISCUIT PUDDING(no-bake).

Marie biscuit pudding.
An easy, no-bake biscuit pudding recipe you can make with a few ingredients. Here’s how you whip up your favourite childhood dessert, the sugary sweet chocolate Marie biscuit pudding, which we all remember indulging in.

  • Chocolate biscuit pudding is made with just 4 steps.
    1. Making the chocolate buttercream icing. 
    2. Soaking the Marie biscuit and layering it between the chocolate icing spread.
    3. Repeat and repeat until you come to the final layer. 
    4. And the final layer of thick chocolate icing was then topped with cashew nuts(optional).

Yes, it’s that easy to make this biscuit pudding. If you’ve never made this chocolate-covered biscuit pudding dessert, then it’s time to give this simple no-bake pudding recipe a try. 
It’s fail-proof and a crowd-pleaser.

chocolate biscuit pudding made in a pyrex dish and served.

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What makes this easy no-bake recipe so tempting to make.
Because…

  • There’s no complicated cooking method involved; it’s not baked but simply refrigerated once assembled.
  • Easy to find ingredients,
    Yes, if you have butter, Marie biscuits, milk, cocoa powder, vanilla, and icing sugar, which you will notice are all baking pantry ingredients, you might already have.
  • Make the biscuit pudding once, and you can just mix the ingredients to feed a crowd easily by doubling the ingredients.
layers of biscuit and chocolate makes the chocolate biscuit pudding served in a black plate.
  • A large bowl to sift sugar, cocoa powder.
  • A large bowl to mix the buttercream icing.
  • Hand held mixer to mix the buttercream icing.
  • Spatula.
  • A mesh strainer to sift icing sugar and cocoa powder.
  • A small bowl to hold the milk.
  • Medium-sized Pyrex dish or any type of deep dish that can hold three layers of biscuits and buttercream icing.

Storing– always keep the Marie biscuit pudding refrigerated. can be stored in the original Pyrex dish and covered with its lid, or use cling film or foil.

  • To make the chocolate icing for the biscuit pudding.
    • Icing sugar
    • Cocoa powder
    • Instant coffee
    • Butter
    • Pinch of salt
    • Vanilla
  • To layer the biscuit pudding.
    • Packets of Marie biscuits.
    • Chopped cashew nuts to be used as garnish(optional)

Step-by-step photo tutorial.

Have all your ingredients ready to make the biscuit pudding.

Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl.

sift the sugar into a bowl.

Followed by sifting cocoa powder and instant coffee(substitute with regular coffee) into the icing sugar.
Tap on the mesh to make the cocoa sift quicker. set aside.

sift the cocoa powder and coffee to the icing sugar.

In a separate large bowl, soften the butter with a spoon.

softened butter in a bowl.

To the softened butter, add the sifted icing sugar with cocoa powder. Add a pinch of salt and vanilla.

add the icing sugar, chocolate powder, coffee to the softened butter.

Use a spatula or a handheld mixer to mix the butter, icing sugar, cocoa powder, and coffee.
Combine until you have a smooth and creamy chocolate butter icing.
Mix until you have a smooth chocolate icing.

mixing the chocolate butter cream icing until smooth.

Once you have the chocolate icing done, it should be smooth and creamy.
Refrigerate the chocolate butter icing until you need it to layer the biscuit pudding.

Pour the milk into a bowl.
Prepare a medium-sized Pyrex dish ready to make the biscuit pudding. 
Soak the biscuit one at a time in milk. 3-5 seconds of dunking should do.
Lay the biscuits slightly overlapping each other.

Add the 3-4 tablespoons of chocolate icing over the biscuit layer and spread evenly.
Be generous with this layer of icing.

layering the soaked biscuit with layers of chocolate icing.

Once you’ve spread the icing, soak a few more Marie biscuits and add another layer.
This would be your second layer of biscuits.

adding another layer of soaked biscuit on top of the chocolate icing.

Add another thinner layer of icing than the first layer, on top of the second biscuit layer. 

adding another layer of chocolate icing on top of the layer of soaked marie biscuit.

Soak biscuits and lay the 3rd layer.
Repeat the layering until you finish up the icing and soaked biscuits.
The amount of chocolate icing you add between the layers is your preference.
You can make it thicker or thinner as per your need.
I like mine to have the bottom layer and the top layer thicker, while the middle layers thin.
This way, when I cut into the pudding, I taste the biscuits more than the icing.
Too much icing can be overwhelming and too sweet.

adding another layer of soaked biscuit to make the marie biscuit pudding.

Continue adding the biscuit and chocolate icing layer.
You’ll probably have 4 layers of biscuit and icing.
Then spread the last layer of chocolate icing. This layer should be thick.
Once you are done, refrigerate the chocolate biscuit pudding to set for 5-6 hours.

chocolate biscuit pudding ready to be refrigerated.

Once chilled, you can cut and serve them as individual pieces. 
For best results, keep the Marie biscuit pudding refrigerated just until 15 minutes before serving time.

A slice of chocolate biscuit pudding served in a black plate.

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a slice of Marie chocolate biscuit pudding.

marie buiscuit chocolate pudding(no-bake).

Yield: 5
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Additional Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 35 minutes

An easy, no-bake biscuit pudding recipe you can make with a few ingredients. Here’s how you whip up your favourite childhood dessert, the sugary sweet chocolate Marie biscuit pudding, which we all remember indulging in.

Ingredients

  • Ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.
  • 3 and 1/2 cup of icing sugar(I needed only 3 cups but to those of you who like a thicker layer of chocolate icing you can use extra 1/2 cup)
  • 4 tablespoon of cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon of instant coffee or regular coffee granules
  • 1 cup of butter(1/4 cup extra butter if using extra 1/2 sugar for extra icing)
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla
  • 1 and 1/2 cups of milk
  • 80-90 Marie biscuits(buy a large 330g pack or 5-6 smaller 75g pack)
  • 1/ cup of coarsely crushed cashews(optional)

Instructions

Have all your ingredients ready to make the biscuit pudding.

Making the chocolate icing for the pudding.

  1. Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl.
  2. Followed by sifting cocoa powder and instant coffee(substitute with regular coffee) into the icing sugar.
    Tap on the mesh to make the cocoa sift quicker. set aside.
  3. In a separate large bowl, soften the butter with a spoon.
  4. To the softened butter, add the sifted icing sugar with cocoa powder. Add a pinch of salt and vanilla.
  5. Use a spatula or a handheld mixer to mix the butter, icing sugar, cocoa powder, and coffee.
  6. Combine until you have a smooth and creamy chocolate butter icing.
    Mix until you have a smooth chocolate icing.
  7. Once you have the chocolate icing done, it should be smooth and creamy.
  8. Refrigerate the chocolate butter icing until you need it to layer the biscuit pudding.

How to assemble biscuit pudding.

  1. Pour the milk into a bowl.
  2. Prepare a medium-sized Pyrex dish ready to make the biscuit pudding. Soak the biscuit one at a time in milk. 3-5 seconds of dunking should do.
  3. Lay the biscuits slightly overlapping each other.
    layer of marie biscuit to make the chocolate biscuit for the biscuit pudding.
  4. Add the 3-4 tablespoons of chocolate icing over the biscuit layer and spread evenly. Be generous with this layer of icing.
    adding third layer of biscuit for the no bake pudding.
  5. Once you’ve spread the icing, soak a few more Marie biscuits and add another layer. This would be your second layer of biscuits.
  6. Add another thinner layer of icing than the first layer, on top of the second biscuit layer. 
    layering the last chocolate icing for the biscuit pudding.
  7. Soak biscuits and lay the 3rd layer.
    Repeat the layering until you finish up the icing and soaked biscuits.
    The amount of chocolate icing you add between the layers is your preference.
    You can make it thicker or thinner as per your need.
    I like mine to have the bottom layer and the top layer thicker, while the middle layers thin.
    This way, when I cut into the pudding, I taste the biscuits more than the icing.
    Too much icing can be overwhelming and too sweet.
  8. Continue adding the biscuit and chocolate icing layer.
    You’ll probably have 4 layers of biscuit and icing.
    Then spread the last layer of chocolate icing.
    This layer should be thick.
    Once you are done, refrigerate the chocolate biscuit pudding to set for 5-6 hours.
  9. Once chilled, you can cut and serve them as individual pieces. 
    For best results, keep the Marie biscuit pudding refrigerated just until 15 minutes before serving time.
    Nutrition Information:
    Yield: 5 Serving Size: 1
    Amount Per Serving: Calories: 631Total Fat: 50gSaturated Fat: 26gTrans Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 21gCholesterol: 100mgSodium: 506mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 1gSugar: 35gProtein: 6g

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    Divya

    Wednesday 14th of September 2022

    Amazing! Thanks so much for this easy- to-follow recipe. Don't think it'll survive 24 hrs in my fridge.

    jehan

    Thursday 15th of September 2022

    You are most welcome. this one disappears too quickly at my place too. please rate the recipe if possible. Thank you. regards, J

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