Chocolate salami is an easy no bake dessert made with rich dark chocolate, crunchy biscuits and chopped nuts. Despite its name it does not contain meat. The mixture is shaped into a log, chilled until firm then dusted with icing sugar to resemble a traditional salami before being sliced and served.
It is a popular dessert in many parts of Europe where it is also known as salame di cioccolato in Italy and salame de chocolate in Portugal.
The contrast between the smooth chocolate and crunchy biscuits creates a delicious texture. When sliced, the salami looks like meat salami, with biscuits and nuts looking like pieces of fat.
It is made using only a handful of ingredients and makes a fun homemade gift or dessert. It can be prepared in advance and keeps well in the fridge.
This recipe makes two medium sized salamis.
You may also like to try one of these other no bake chocolate desserts including chocolate tahini squares, chocolate tiffin, chocolate date and nut bars, chocolate dates and chocolate quinoa bites.
Chocolate salami ingredients
- Dark chocolate - select a type suitable for melting.
- Butter
- Honey - or substitute maple syrup or golden syrup.
- Vanilla extract
- Cocoa powder - use a type with a high cocoa content (70% or higher) for a richer flavour.
- Biscuits - such as Marie, rich tea or amaretti biscuits.
- Nuts - use almonds, pistachios, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans or any combination.
- Icing sugar - to dust the salami.
Prepare the chocolate salami mixture
Break the biscuits into pieces.
Chop the nuts.
Melt the chocolate and butter. Stir in the honey and vanilla extract.
Add the broken biscuits, chopped nuts and cocoa powder and mix well until everything is coated by the chocolate.
How to shape chocolate salami
Place a sheet of parchment paper on your worktop.
Form a row of the chocolate mixture close to the nearside edge of the paper.
Roll the paper tightly away from you, compressing the mixture as tight as possible to form a sausage shape. Scrunch the ends if needed to stop the mixture falling out.
When the paper is rolled as tightly as you can get it, wrap in plastic film to keep it in shape.
Place in the fridge for at least 2 hours to chill and harden.
When the salami has chilled and hardened, remove the plastic film and paper and place on a board. Dust icing sugar onto the surface of the sausage and rub in using your fingers until it is fully coated.
How to store
- Store the in the fridge where it can be kept for 5 to 6 days.
- The chocolate salami can also be wrapped in plastic film and frozen for up to a month. Defrost at room temperature or in the fridge, and then store in the fridge.
How to serve
- Chocolate salami is perfect paired with a cup of coffee as a morning or afternoon snack.
- Slice your chocolate salami and serve as an after dinner treat to finish off your meal.
- Break up some of the salami and use as a topping for ice cream. It pairs well with Cornish ice cream, creamy vanilla or stracciatella.
Tips for perfect chocolate salami
- For best texture - leave some pieces of biscuits and nut large so they can be seen when sliced.
- For easy slicing - chill overnight and use a sharp knife.
- For gifting - wrap in parchment and tie the ends with string to resemble a meat salami.
Troubleshooting
- Chocolate salami falls apart - most likely due to not being compacted enough when being rolled.
- Lumpy surface - not rolled enough and/or pieces of biscuit are too large.
FAQs
Chocolate salami is a no bake chocolate dessert which resembles a traditional salami. It is made principally with rich chocolate, broken biscuits and chopped nuts and dusted with icing sugar. When sliced, the biscuits and nuts look like the fat in salami against the surrounding chocolate. It is popular in some European countries including Portugal and Italy.
Plain biscuits such as Marie, rich tea, digestives or amaretti biscuits work best for chocolate salami.
Other no bake chocolate recipes
- Chocolate tiffin (no bake fridge cake)2 Hours 50 Minutes
- Chocolate dates with crystallised ginger1 Hour 5 Minutes
- Chocolate date and nut bars (no bake)1 Hour 20 Minutes
- Chocolate quinoa bites (no bake)1 Hour
Chocolate salami
Ingredients
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 100 g butter
- 20 g honey
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 130 g biscuits
- 60 g Pistachios
- 2 tablespoon icing sugar
Instructions
To prepare the chocolate salami mixture
- Break the biscuits into small pieces by hand. Do not crush to a powder.
- Roughly chop the nuts.
- Melt the chocolate.
- Cut the butter into small pieces, add to the melted chocolate and stir until it has melted.
- Add the honey and vanilla extract and mix.
- Add the broken biscuits, chopped nuts and cocoa powder and mix well until everything is coated in melted chocolate.
To form the salami (see photos above)
- Place a sheet of kitchen parchment paper on your worktop.
- Form a row of the chocolate mixture close to the nearside edge of the paper.
- Roll the paper tightly away from you, compressing the mixture as tight as possible, to form a sausage shape. Scrunch the ends if needed to stop the mixture falling out.
- When the paper is rolled as tightly as you can get it, wrap in plastic film to keep it in place.
- Place in the fridge for at least 2 hours to chill and harden.
- When the salami has chilled and hardened, remove the plastic film and paper and place own a board. Dust icing sugar onto the surface of the sausage and rub in using your fingers until it is fully coated.
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