Coffee cocoa szaloncukor

Coffee cocoa szaloncukor

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From gingerbread to coffee and chocolate, with a melting texture, cut into cubes and hung on the Christmas tree. A simple and delicious Hungarian Christma…

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This Hungarian Christmas candy, made with coffee and cocoa, is a traditional confection molded into a dish and then cut into cubes.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time25 min
  • Resting1 hr
  • Total1 hr 45 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodCooking in a saucepan
  • Estimated cost$0.91 $0.05 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

20 people
  • $0.22
  • $0.14
  • $0.10
  • $0.10
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Heat the coffee, then add the sugar, glucose syrup, cocoa, and 80g of butter. Cook until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the saucepan.
  2. Spread the mixture evenly over the bottom of a buttered porcelain dish, to a thickness of about a finger’s width, and let it set. ≈ 4 min
  3. Once it’s cooled, cut it into cubes using a damp knife, then pierce them with a skewer so you can hang them. ≈ 8 min

The bill

Coffee cocoa szaloncukor

  • 200 g of granulated sugar$0.22
  • 100 ml of very strong black coffee$0.14
  • 100 ml of milk$0.10
  • 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder$0.10
  • 100 g of butter or margarine (80g used in the recipe)$0.35

Total$0.91

that's $0.05 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 200 g of granulated sugar
  • 100 g of powdered glucose
  • 100 ml of very strong black coffee
  • 100 ml of milk
  • 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
  • 100 g of butter or margarine (80g used in the recipe)

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