🍬✨ Millionaire’s shortbread (often called “millionaire candy”)
“Handmade millionaire candy” usually refers to small bite-sized pieces of millionaire’s shortbread—a layered sweet treat made of biscuit, caramel, and chocolate.
It’s rich, buttery, and very popular in homemade dessert trays.
🧾 Ingredients
🍪 Base
- 1½ cups crushed biscuits (digestive or graham crackers)
- ½ cup melted butter
- 2 tbsp sugar (optional)
🍯 Caramel layer
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla (optional)
🍫 Chocolate topping
- 1–1½ cups chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
- 1 tsp butter or cream (for smoothness)
👩🍳 How to make it
1. Make the base
- Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter
- Press firmly into a lined tray
- Chill for 15–20 minutes
2. Cook caramel layer
- In a pan, melt butter + brown sugar
- Add condensed milk and stir constantly
- Cook on low heat until thick and golden
- Add vanilla and salt
- Pour over chilled base and smooth it out
- Chill again for 30–60 minutes
3. Add chocolate layer
- Melt chocolate with a little butter
- Spread evenly over caramel
- Chill until fully set
4. Cut into pieces
- Use a warm knife for clean cuts
- Cut into small squares (like candy bars)
🍽️ What it tastes like
- Crunchy biscuit base
- Soft, chewy caramel center
- Smooth chocolate topping
- Very rich and sweet (hence “millionaire”)
💡 Tips
- Keep caramel on low heat to avoid burning
- Chill between layers for clean separation
- Store in fridge for best texture
- Cut small pieces—it’s very rich
🧾 Bottom line
Millionaire candy is a layered chocolate-caramel biscuit dessert, simple to make but very rich and indulgent.
If you want, I can give you:
- a no-cook (microwave) version
- or a less-sweet healthier version with nuts or dates
