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Hedgehog slice

Serves About 24 pieces Prep 20 min Cook 5 min Total 3 hr 25 min (includes 3 hr fridge)

This hedgehog slice recipe is written for Aussie home kitchens — australian leaning, supermarket ingredients, and timings that match a real weeknight rather than a studio set. Serves About 24 pieces with about 20 min prep and 5 min cook time (around 3 hr 25 min (includes 3 hr fridge) total). That is a home estimate — ovens and pans vary, so use colour and texture as well as the clock. Key building blocks: unsalted butter, can sweetened condensed milk and × 250 g packets sweet plain biscuits. If you need a substitute, change one thing at a time and expect the texture notes below to matter more than the timer. One practical flag before you start: Leave some biscuit chunks for the hedgehog look. The Notes section expands shopping, heat, texture, and leftovers so the page stays useful beyond a bare ingredient dump. We write baking recipes so you can cook from your phone on the bench: large checkable ingredients, numbered steps, and notes you can skim while the pan heats.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Grease and line a 16 × 26 cm slice pan with baking paper, leaving an overhang.
  2. Melt butter and condensed milk in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring until combined.
  3. Crush biscuits in a bag to a mix of fine crumbs and chunky bits. Add cocoa and coconut; shake to combine.
  4. Stir biscuit mix into the condensed-milk mix until coated. Press firmly into the pan.
  5. Melt chocolate and oil over a pan of simmering water (or short microwave bursts) until smooth. Spread over the slice.
  6. Refrigerate 3 hours until set. Cut into squares.

Tip: Leave some biscuit chunks for the hedgehog look. Oil in the chocolate helps it cut without cracking. Keep chilled in warm weather.

Notes

  • From our tested tip, expanded: Leave some biscuit chunks for the hedgehog look. Oil in the chocolate helps it cut without cracking. Keep chilled in warm weather. Treat that as the non-negotiable. If something still feels off — too wet, too pale, too tight — adjust one variable at a time (heat, liquid, or bake time) rather than changing three things at once.
  • Method rhythm: step one is “Grease and line a 16 × 26 cm slice pan with baking paper, leaving an overhang.”. Do not skip resting, cooling, or draining steps if they appear later — they are usually there for texture. The finish is “Refrigerate 3 hours until set. Cut into squares.”. Taste before you plate; salt at the end often needs a final pinch.
  • Texture check for baking: colour is a better guide than the timer alone. Edges should look set and golden; centres can finish on the residual heat. Cool on the tray briefly if the recipe says so — Hedgehog slice often firms as it cools. Store airtight once fully cold so humidity does not soften the crust.
  • Putting it together for Hedgehog slice: work clean, taste as you go, and do not rush browning or reduction steps if they appear in the method. If you are cooking for mixed diets, plate sauces and toppings separately where practical. Keep this page bookmarked if it becomes a household regular — we update wording when cooks report a confusing step. Metric consistency across Scoops & Dishes means once you trust the cups and scales here, breakfast through dessert behaves the same way.