When it comes to Christmas time, it's hot downunder in Sydney and I can't spend ages cooking, because that's heating up the house! That's where a treat like this delicious White Christmas comes in.
It's no bake, freezer friendly, easy to make in advance and only needs 6 ingredients!
Why you're going to love this slice
- perfect for gifting
- great for sharing
- no bake
- make it with the kids
- easy to substitute ingredients
- 6 ingredients
Melt in the microwave
Sure, you can melt this in a double boiler, your thermocooker or even in the sunshine if you're in Sydney, but the quickest way is the microwave. This is my no-fail microwave melting method:
- 50% power 1 minute
- get it out and stir
- 50% power 1 minute more
- get it out and stir
- it only needs to be 80% melted, stirring with the residual heat in it will do the rest
Selecting your dry ingredients
When you're working with white chocolate, there is an inherent, almost over the top sweetness. So nothing else you put in it really needs to be super sweet. This is why the tart cranberries work so well and why the pistachios are awesome.
Coconut oil
Why do I put coconut oil in this recipe? It's all about the slicing. Coconut oil when added to a melted chocolate keeps the set product just a little smoother and therefore easier to cut. It doesn't have any effect on the slice in any other way and works well with the flavours in the slice as it already contains coconut. If you don't have any you can substitute for vegetable or rice bran oil.
Ingredients
don't forget to scroll right to the bottom for the recipe card for quantities and full method
- rice bubbles -use any rice cereal, like rice crispies, you can also use puffed brown rice
- white chocolate -as this is the main flavour of this don't go cheap, I've used Nestle' melts
- coconut oil (this helps with slicing)
- cranberries - perfect for adding a sharpness and tartness to the recipe
- pistachios- great for extra crunch and they add the green!
- desiccated coconut - such a great binder in recipes like this!
Method
- Melt the chocolate using your preferred method- mine is the microwave!
- Add all the dry ingredients and mix well
- Pour into a lined baking square dish (20cm) or into a silicone one- I love these silicone ones from Everten (affiliate link)
- Set in the fridge for 3 hours or until it comes out of the container cleanly and can be sliced
- Slice into long rows then chop into squares.
Top tips for making white christmas
- choose a good quality white chocolate
- pistachios are expensive shelled, if you want to make this more cheaply, buy them unshelled and set the kids to work
- use a silicone spatula for mixing, it helps with scraping the bowl and getting all the good stuff into the dish for setting
Substitutions
- cranberries- could be swapped for red lollies or sultanas
- pistachios- can be swapped for green lollies or any other nut
- white chocolate- can be swapped for milk chocolate if you prefer- but please don't call it brown Christmas
Storage and freezing
White christmas needs to be stored in the fridge in Australia (want to find out more about Christmas in Australia?) but anywhere where it's cold at Christmas (I'm jealous!) you can store this in a container on the bench. It can also be frozen if you want to make it longer in advance. It will keep for a week in the fridge. It will keep for up to three months in the freezer, just refrigerate it while defrosting.
Making this with kids
This recipe is perfect for making with kids! My daughter - she's 10 even did the chocolate melting, with supervision. It's easy to mix and easy to get into the
More no bake christmas recipes
- No bake mini cheesecakes, perfect for sharing
- Coconut ice, a no bake slice
- Christmas layered jelly pots, a sweet treat
- The best no bake rocky road
White Christmas, a no bake Christmas treat
Ingredients
- 500 grams white chocolate melts
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- ¾ cup shelled pistachios
- 1 ¼ cups desiccated coconut
- 1 ¾ cups rice bubbles
Instructions
- Melt the chocolate with the coconut oil using your preferred method- mine is the microwave! 1 minute at 50%, stir, then another minute at 50%.
- Add all the dry ingredients and mix well
- Pour into a lined baking square dish (20cm) or into a silicone one
- Set in the fridge for 3 hours or until it comes out of the container cleanly and can be sliced
- Slice into long rows then chop into squares.
Dannii says
Oh this looks amazing. Even better that you don't need to bake it either.
David says
Handy to have a no bake holiday recipe even here in the north where it is cold around Christmas! We are all for easy and tasty recipes like this when things get busy.
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I love to have a sweet treat to share at Christmas. This would be perfect with a hot chocolate.
ipsa says
I was just looking for one no-bake Christmas treat and I'm glad I found this awesome recipe. Thanks.
Emmeline says
Yummy! These treats look so cute and I can just imagine how delicious they are!