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Slice of Chocolate Salami showing biscuit pieces and hazelnuts on a wooden board.

Chocolate Salami Recipe (Salame di Cioccolato)

A classic Italian no-bake dessert, Chocolate Salami combines chocolate, biscuits, and hazelnuts rolled into a sliceable sweet treat.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 10 – 12
Author: Manuela Zangara

Ingredients

  • 250 g – 9 oz. plain cookies – such as digestive biscuits or scotch fingers
  • 50 g – ¼ cup toasted hazelnuts – halved
  • 2 eggs
  • 150 g – ⅔ cup butter – softened
  • 100 g – ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 200 g – 7 oz. dark chocolate – melted and cooled
  • 2 tbsp rum or milk
  • icing sugar (confectioners’ sugar)

Instructions

  1. Coarsely crush the cookies and set them aside.

  2. Beat the butter with the sugar until well combined. Add the eggs and beat again until fully incorporated.
  3. Add the melted and cooled chocolate and the rum or milk, then mix well until smooth.
  4. Fold the crushed cookies and the toasted hazelnut halves into the mixture in a large bowl.
  5. Transfer the mixture onto a sheet of baking paper and shape it into a salami.
  6. Roll it tightly in aluminium foil and place it in the fridge to firm up for at least 3 hours. Leaving it overnight will give the best texture.

  7. Once firm, roll the outside of the salami in icing sugar until fully coated.

  8. Slice and serve.

Recipe Notes

  • You can tie the log with kitchen string to give it the look of a real salami before dusting with icing sugar.
  • If you avoid nuts, replace the hazelnuts with the same weight of crushed biscuits to keep the texture balanced.
  • This recipe contains raw eggs. Use fresh, good-quality eggs or pasteurised eggs if preferred. Raw eggs may carry a risk of foodborne illness, particularly for young children, elderly people, pregnant women, or anyone with a weakened immune system.