Swedish Punsch Bars
- 50 g butter or 50 g margarine
- 500 ml vanilla cookie crumbs or 500 ml cake crumbs (sockerkaka)
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon arrack liqueur
- To decorate
- 300 g almond paste
- 200 ml powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon liquid glucose
- 3 drops green food coloring
- 50 -100 g semisweet chocolate
- Beat butter until light and fluffy.
- Add cookie or cake crumbs, cocoa powder and punsch, mix to combine.
- Form the dough into 15"fingers" and put the fingers in the fridge.
- Beat almond paste, sugar and glucose until smooth and colour the marzipan mass with green food colouring.
- Roll out the marzipan into a rectangular shape and cut into 15 pieces.
- Roll pieces of marzipan tightly around the"fingers".
- Melt chocolate in a double boiler or microwave, and dip the ends of the bars in chocolate.
- Allow chocolate to harden.
- Bars will keep in a cool and dry place for 4-5 days.
butter, cocoa powder, arrack liqueur, almond paste, powdered sugar, liquid glucose, semisweet chocolate
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/swedish-punsch-bars-95491 (may not work)