Dark chocolate stars
If you’re searching for the perfect dark chocolate shortbread star recipe to elevate your festive baking, these buttery, cocoa‑rich biscuits are guaranteed to impress and are very moreish.
Made with simple ingredients and shaped into crisp, elegant stars, they’re ideal for Christmas biscuit tins, edible gifts, and easy holiday baking. The deep flavour of dark chocolate pairs beautifully with classic shortbread, creating a melt‑in‑the‑mouth treat that looks stunning on any festive table.
Dark chocolate stars
Ingredients
- 125 g unsalted butter, softened and cut into cubes
- 250 g plain flour
- 25 g cocoa powder
- 125 g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 50 ml milk
Icing
- 200 g icing sugar
- 1-2 tbsp cocoa powder
Instructions
- In a bowl add the butter, flour, cocoa and sugar. With your fingers rub the butter into the dry ingredients.
- Add the egg and milk and with a spoon mix together and then shape the dough into a ball and leave to chill in the fridge for 30mins.
- Preheat the oven to 160°c / gas 3. Line 2 baking trays with baking papers.
- Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of about 5mm (¼inch). Cut out the biscuits using a star-shaped cutter. Knead the remaining dough back together and cut out more stars until you have used up all the dough.
- Place the stars on the baking trays and bake in the oven for 13-15mins. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
- For the icing, mix the icing sugar and cocoa powder with 2-3 tbsp of water, until a thick consistency.
- Spread the icing over each biscuit and then decorate with toppings.
- Leave to set and then store in an airtight container.