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    Home » Recipes » Christmas

    Easy Christmas Tiffin Recipe

    Published: Nov 28, 2022 · Modified: Dec 5, 2022 by Beth Sachs · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases · 5 Comments

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    Christmas tiffin pin image.

    An easy no-bake chocolate Christmas tiffin recipe made with dark and milk chocolate, crushed shortbread biscuits, dried cranberries, and orange zest! Finished with cute Christmas sprinkles on top!

    It's a delicious no-bake chocolate treat, perfect for Christmas parties and festive buffets! You might also like my white chocolate tiffin!

    Christmas tiffin squares on a wooden board with red ribbon.

    I've taken my popular easy chocolate tiffin recipe and turned it into a festive flavoured no-bake treat, with the addition of a few simple ingredients!

    Kids and adults love this Christmas chocolate tiffin! You'll definitely need to make a double batch to keep up with demand!

    👩‍🍳 Love tiffin? Try my easy Malteser tiffin next!

    Jump to:
    • ✔️ Why you'll love this recipe!
    • 🛒 Ingredient notes
    • 🔪 How to make Christmas tiffin
    • 💭 Expert tips
    • 🍴 Serving suggestions
    • 📖 Variations
    • 🥡 Storage
    • ❓ Frequently asked questions
    • 😋 More no-bake treats
    • Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    ✔️ Why you'll love this recipe!

    • A festive no-bake chocolate treat.
    • Easy and quick to make.
    • Simple store cupboard ingredients.
    • Make it ahead of time.
    • Perfect for Christmas bake sales, buffets, and parties.

    🛒 Ingredient notes

    Shortbread Biscuits - crushed with a rolling pin into small pieces, leaving a few larger pieces for texture. Swap for digestives or ginger biscuits instead.

    Butter - unsalted butter is best for tiffin.

    Golden Syrup - substitute with clear runny honey if you can't get hold of golden syrup.

    Chocolate - you'll need a mixture of dark chocolate and milk chocolate for the tiffin base, and milk chocolate for the topping.

    Cocoa Powder - adds a richer chocolatey flavour to the tiffin.

    Dried Cranberries - or swap for raisins or glace cherries.

    Chocolate Chips - white chocolate chips look nice against the dark chocolate tiffin base.

    Orange Zest- you'll need the zest of half an orange or one clementine.

    Christmas Sprinkles - I've used gold stars, silver balls, as well as snowman and polar bear sugar sprinkles.

    🔪 How to make Christmas tiffin

    The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post

    One: Place the butter, golden syrup, and broken milk and dark chocolate pieces into a large microwaveable bowl. Microwave in 30-second bursts (stirring in between) until everything is melted together.

    Two: Fold in the crushed shortbread biscuits, cocoa powder, dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, and orange zest, and mix until all the ingredients are coated in the chocolate mixture.

    Three: Press the tiffin firmly into a lined tin (use the back of a heavy metal spoon to really compact it down).

    Four: For the milk chocolate topping, melt the milk chocolate pieces (and a few drops of vegetable oil) in the microwave in 30-second bursts to ensure it doesn't go grainy. Spread the melted milk chocolate onto the tiffin base, sprinkle over the Christmas sprinkles, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, but preferably overnight.

    Five: Take the tiffin out of the fridge 10-15 minutes prior to cutting it, to ensure the chocolate topping doesn't crack.

    Making Christmas chocolate tiffin - step by step photo instructions.

    💭 Expert tips

    • Add a few drops of vegetable oil to the milk chocolate topping to prevent the top from cracking when cut. Coconut oil can also be used.
    • Another tip to avoid cracking is to take the tiffin out of the fridge about 10 - 15 minutes prior to cutting it into bars, which allows it to soften slightly.
    • For neatly cut bars, use a long sharp knife, and wipe it clean with a paper towel between each cut.
    • Line the tin with cling film (with overhanging edges). This makes removing the tiffin from the tin really easy.

    🍴 Serving suggestions

    Serve the Christmas tiffin at parties and buffets alongside other festive treats such as Christmas fairy cakes, chocolate orange brownies, mincemeat crumble slices, stollen muffins, and Christmas star biscuits.

    Christmas tiffin cut into neat slices.

    📖 Variations

    • Add 75g of chopped walnuts or pecan nuts for crunch and texture.
    • Swap the dried cranberries for rum-soaked raisins or mincemeat.
    • Try using different biscuits such as ginger biscuits, rich tea, Oreos, hobnobs, or jammie dodgers.
    • Stir in crushed honeycomb, smarties, mini daim bars, chopped mars bars, and other chocolate candy.
    • Add a glug of Baileys!

    🥡 Storage

    Make-Ahead: The tiffin can be made up to 3 days in advance.

    Store: Tiffin bars should be kept in an airtight container in a cool dry place. If the weather is very hot, store the tiffin in the fridge to stop it from melting. It will keep for up to 5 days.

    Freeze: Tiffin is freezer friendly. Place the cut bars into a freezer-safe container and freeze them for up to 3 months. Alternatively, wrap the whole slab in two layers of foil and freeze it as one big piece.

    Chocolate tiffin with Christmas sprinkles.

    ❓ Frequently asked questions

    Is tiffin the same as rocky road?

    Although tiffin and rocky road a very similar no-bake chocolate treats, the main difference is that rocky road contains marshmallows, and tiffin, traditionally, does not.

    Where did chocolate tiffin originate?

    It's believed that no-bake chocolate tiffin originated in Troon, Scotland in the early 1900's.

    😋 More no-bake treats

    • Chocolate Biscuit Cake
    • No Bake Chocolate Orange Tarts
    • Chocolate Cornflake Cakes
    • Biscoff Rocky Road
    • Biscoff Tiffin
    Christmas tiffin cut into slices with Christmas sprinkles on top.

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    Christmas tiffin bars with Christmas sprinkles.
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    Easy Christmas Tiffin

    An easy no-bake chocolate Christmas tiffin recipe made with dark and milk chocolate, crushed shortbread biscuits, dried cranberries, and orange zest! Finished with cute Christmas sprinkles on top!
    Course Bars
    Cuisine British
    Keyword christmas chocolate tiffin, christmas tiffin
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Chilling Time 2 hours
    Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
    Servings 16
    Calories 367kcal
    Author Beth Sachs
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    Equipment

    • Kitchen Scales
    • Rolling Pin
    • Mixing Bowl
    • Microwave
    • 20 cm (8'') Square Baking Tin
    • Cling Film

    Ingredients

    • 250 g Shortbread Biscuits crushed in a sealed plastic bag with a rolling pin
    • 200 g Dark Chocolate broken into small pieces
    • 100 g Milk Chocolate broken into small pieces
    • 100 g Butter
    • 150 g Golden Syrup
    • 2 teaspoon Cocoa Powder
    • 75 g Dried Cranberries
    • 100 g White Chocolate Chips
    • ½ Orange zest only

    For the topping

    • 200 g Milk Chocolate broken into small pieces
    • ¼ teaspoon Vegetable Oil
    • 4 tablespoon Christmas Sprinkles

    Instructions

    • Line a 20cm square baking tin with cling film.
    • Place the butter, golden syrup, and broken milk and dark chocolate pieces into a large microwaveable bowl. Microwave in 30-second bursts (stirring in between) until everything is melted together.
      200 g Dark Chocolate, 100 g Milk Chocolate, 100 g Butter, 150 g Golden Syrup
    • Fold in the crushed shortbread biscuits, cocoa powder, dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, and orange zest, and mix until all the ingredients are coated in the chocolate mixture.
      250 g Shortbread Biscuits, 2 teaspoon Cocoa Powder, 75 g Dried Cranberries, 100 g White Chocolate Chips, ½ Orange
    • Press the tiffin firmly into a lined tin (use the back of a heavy metal spoon to really compact it down).
    • For the milk chocolate topping, melt the milk chocolate pieces (and a few drops of vegetable oil) in the microwave in 30-second bursts to ensure it doesn't go grainy. Spread the melted milk chocolate onto the tiffin base, sprinkle over the Christmas sprinkles, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, but preferably overnight
      200 g Milk Chocolate, ¼ teaspoon Vegetable Oil, 4 tablespoon Christmas Sprinkles
    • Take the tiffin out of the fridge 10-15 minutes prior to cutting it, to ensure the chocolate topping doesn't crack.

    Notes

    Expert Tips:
    • Adding a few drops of vegetable oil to the milk chocolate topping prevents the top from cracking when cut. Coconut oil can also be used.
    • Another tip to avoid cracking is to take the tiffin out of the fridge about 10 - 15 minutes prior to cutting it into bars, which allows it to soften slightly.
    • For neatly cut bars, use a long sharp knife, and wipe it clean with a paper towel between each cut.
    • Line the tin with cling film (with overhanging edges). This makes removing the tiffin from the tin really easy.
     
    Variations:
    • Add 75g of chopped walnuts or pecan nuts for crunch and texture.
    • Swap the dried cranberries for rum-soaked raisins or mincemeat.
    • Try using different biscuits such as ginger biscuits, rich tea, Oreos, hobnobs, or jammie dodgers.
    • Stir in crushed honeycomb, smarties, mini daim bars, chopped mars bars, and other chocolate candy.
    • Add a glug of Baileys!
     
    Storage:
    Make-Ahead: The tiffin can be made up to 3 days in advance.
    Store: Tiffin bars should be kept in an airtight container in a cool dry place. If the weather is very hot, store the tiffin in the fridge to stop it from melting. It will keep for up to 5 days.
    Freeze: Tiffin is freezer friendly. Place the cut bars into a freezer-safe container and freeze them for up to 3 months. Alternatively, wrap the whole slab in two layers of foil and freeze it as one big piece.
     
    Nutrition:
    The nutritional information provided is approximate and is calculated using online tools. Information can vary depending on various factors, but we have endeavoured to be as accurate as possible.
     
    Nutrition Facts
    Easy Christmas Tiffin
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    367
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    21
    g
    32
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    10
    g
    63
    %
    Trans Fat
     
    0.004
    g
    Polyunsaturated Fat
     
    2
    g
    Monounsaturated Fat
     
    5
    g
    Cholesterol
     
    2
    mg
    1
    %
    Sodium
     
    67
    mg
    3
    %
    Potassium
     
    191
    mg
    5
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    44
    g
    15
    %
    Fiber
     
    3
    g
    13
    %
    Sugar
     
    31
    g
    34
    %
    Protein
     
    4
    g
    8
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    33
    IU
    1
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    2
    mg
    2
    %
    Calcium
     
    38
    mg
    4
    %
    Iron
     
    3
    mg
    17
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Stephanie

      November 28, 2022 at 12:26 pm

      5 stars
      Oh my goodness. That looks so delicious! I love orange and chocolate together. And the tiny snowmen are so festive and adorable!

      Reply
    2. Helen

      November 28, 2022 at 1:25 pm

      5 stars
      I am a HUGE tiffin fan and I love this festive version of it. Great recipe!

      Reply
    3. Toni

      November 28, 2022 at 2:36 pm

      5 stars
      Oh we tried it and my kids couldn't be more happy!! It was a huge hit! We will definitely add it to our holiday baking list!

      Reply
    4. Ieva

      November 28, 2022 at 3:21 pm

      5 stars
      Love it! Enjoying my 4th (!!!) slice of the day now and I have no regrets! Delicious! Love the subtle flavour of orange in it. YUM!

      Reply
    5. Jen

      November 28, 2022 at 3:28 pm

      5 stars
      Such an amazing holiday treat!! My kids enjoyed it!

      Reply

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