Twix Candy Bars were part of my childhood and I love to re-create childhood favourites using healthier ingredients.
Make Candy Bars at Home or Work
Make these excellent candy bars with basic kitchen tools and equipment.
All Natural Chocolates. Feel Good About Your Food.
What you’ll learn …
Shortbread Cookie
We have to keep the flavours and textures of this bar as close to the original as possible in order for it to really hit the mark and spark those childhood feels. That starts with the shortbread cookie that forms the base of the bar. It’s buttery, crisp texture is vital and we accomplish that with a shelf stable, gluten, dairy and refined sugar free almond shortbread cookie baked to perfection.
Caramel
In the development of these bars, I learned that too much caramel takes us away from the original bar which has a thin layer of caramel atop the aforementioned biscuit. After testing some variations, I landed on a maple caramel ganache. This is a rich, decadent caramel that has enough flavour to pierce through the dark shell and cookie without being overpowering. It works perfectly and is refined sugar, dairy and gluten free.
Shelling
For this bar, we cast a dark chocolate shell and layer the caramel and biscuit inside before capping it off to seal all the goodness in. This bar has a 3-4 month shelf life.