About the Recipe
Zingy lime and sweet chocolate make the perfect marriage of flavours. I always enjoyed these sweets as a child and continue to do so now. Nothing beats popping into an old fashioned sweetshop!
Ingredients
Chocolate Muffin Mix
7oz-200g Baking Margarine
7oz-200g Golden Caster Sugar
6 tablespoons Cocoa Powder (sifted)
3 medium Eggs (free-range)
7oz-200g Self-Raising Flour (sifted)
7oz-200g Milk Chocolate Chips
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
0.7oz-20g Desiccated Coconut (optional)
Lime Buttercream
8.8oz-250g Unsalted Butter (room temperature)
17.6oz-500g Icing Sugar
2 tablespoons Concentrated Lime Juice
Juice of 2 Fresh Limes
1 tablespoon Green Food Dye
Decoration
3.5oz-100g Chocolate Lime Sweets
Preparation
Pre-heat oven to 392˚f/200˚c regular oven or 356˚f /180˚c fan assisted oven. Grease a 12-hole loose bottom muffin tin (or use paper cases) and set to one side
Start making the muffin mix by combining the margarine and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until pale in colour
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing between each addition until you have used all 3 eggs
Add the sifted flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and combine again
Finally, add the chocolate chips and the coconut (if using) and give everything one final mix so the chips are well distributed
Spoon equally into the pre-prepared tin or paper cases
Pop into the oven for 25 minutes. Remove the muffins from oven. Allow to cool in the tins completely before moving onto the next step
Once the muffins have cooled, make the lime buttercream that will be used for the topping. In a large mixing bowl, add the butter and mix into a paste. Add the icing sugar and mix again before adding the lime juice and combining it all. Finally, add the food colouring and mix one last time
Using a cutlery knife, spread the top of each muffin with the lime buttercream (or if you have an icing bag and nozzle, pipe to a design of your preference) and set to one side
In a mini food processor, blitz the chocolate lime sweets into a dust. Sprinkle generously on top of the muffins and serve