We saw Kirsten Tibballs whipping up her pineapple and white chocolate nougat and decorating her super-easy raspberry and cream tart with white choc shavings in recent episodes of The Chocolate Queen and Spencer Watts making his caramelised white chocolate blondies in his Comfort Food series and thought it was time to focus the spotlight on some of our fave white choc recipes.
White choc can be an especially good choc choice for hotter months – think white choc parfait – but is equally good in a warm berry bake. It's at home in everything from muffins to pastries. You can even use it to create elegant swans.
Here's a selection of favourites, for all our fellow white choc fans:
Strawberry and white chocolate blondies
These treats are the distant cousins of the classic brownie. Instead of rich milk chocolate, white chocolate is the hero, studded through the blondie batter along with a sweet strawberry compote.
Raspberry and cream tart
A wonderfully easy dessert to make, from Kirsten Tibballs. A crunchy no-bake biscuit base and whipped cream filling are topped with fresh fruit and white chocolate shavings.
Pecan, white chocolate and cranberry cookies
Is this a cookie or a slice? Either way, each is crisp on the outside but yields a chewy soft centre. Serve with a little slathering of pecan white chocolate spread and you’ve elevated these to a new level of deliciousness.
Summer pudding with white chocolate and cherry ice-cream
This striking take on the classic summer pudding is made with panettone and home-made white chocolate cherry ice-cream, and served with a mixed berry sauce.
White chocolate baklawa crackles
Middle Eastern and Australian flavours take you back to your childhood thanks to this fancy choc crackle.
White chocolate and peanut parfait
This cool dessert is great for summer parties (and the parfait part can be made ahead and stored in the freezer for several weeks).
Soft-centred white chocolate dumplings with peanut and coconut praline
Peanut and coconut are a fine match with these soft-centred gelatinous rice balls.
White chocolate and berry bake
This striking dessert uses just four ingredients (and that's including the ice-cream it's served with!)
Caramelised white chocolate blondies
These blondies are studded with dried cherry, candied orange and toasted white choc chips – perfect with the slight tang of the loaded cream cheese frosting. Spencer Watts rates these as "Deliciousness level, off the charts" and you'll see why when you make them.
Cardamom-scented chocolate phirni with strawberries
Phirni is a popular Indian and Middle Eastern milk pudding that can be served warm or cold and has a thick texture that is similar to panna cotta. There are many different varieties of this milk pudding with popular flavours including almond, saffron, rose and mango. This recipe uses white and milk chocolate in its different layers.
Sticky banana and white chocolate puddings with butterscotch sauce
This recipe puts a twist on the perennially popular sticky toffee pudding.
Chocolate pencils
Yes, these really are made with white chocolate! "I wouldn't usually recommend chewing on a pencil, but these chocolate pencils are a different story," says Kirsten Tibballs.
White chocolate crème brulée
This crème brulée recipe, which can be made with white or ruby chocolate, is creamy and rich, but not cloyingly sweet.
M'hencha with halva, white chocolate and almonds
M'hencha is a filo pastry snake, here rolled with a rich almond, white chocolate and ginger filling, with a few drops of rosewater for fragrance. Dress with rose petals for a truly stunning dessert.
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