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Irish Fifteens with cherries and marshmallows

Irish Fifteens - No-Bake Irish Dessert

Irish Fifteens are an easy no-bake dessert that are totally irresistible! Mix them up in a matter of minutes, then chill, slice, and serve! Make these traditional biscuits from Northern Ireland and serve them for dessert or for a party!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Chilling Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Northern Ireland
Servings 15
Calories 140 kcal

Equipment

  • Food Processor
  • Cling Film

Ingredients
  

  • 15 graham cracker squares or 15 digestive biscuits
  • 15 Glace or Candied Cherries
  • 15 Large Marshmallows or about 60 mini marshmallows
  • 150 mL to 180 mL sweetened condensed milk
  • 100 to 150 grams desiccated coconut flakes finely chopped if needed

Instructions
 

  • In a food processor, grind up the digestive biscuits or graham crackers until they are fine crumbs. If you don't have a food processor, place them in a Ziploc bag, seal well and crush with a rolling pin until you have fine crumbs.
    15 Biscuits, 15 cherries, 15 marshmallows, sweetened condensed milk and coconut ingredients for Irish Fifteens.
  • Pour the crumbs into a medium bowl. Cut up 15 large marshmallows. Cut each one into 4 to 6 pieces. Add these to the bowl with the crumbs.
    Add the marshmallows to the mixture.
  • Chop 15 candied cherries (aka glace cherries) into 2 to 3 pieces each. Add these to the bowl with the crumbs and marshmallows.
    Add the cherries to the mixture
  • Add 150mL of the sweetened condensed milk and stir everything together. If the mixture doesn't hold together, add a little more condensed milk, up to 30mL more.
    Pouring in the sweetened condensed milk.
  • Place a piece of cling wrap on the counter and spread the desiccated coconut down the center. Scoop the mixture from the bowl on top of the coconut in a rounded shape. Cover the exposed mixture with more desiccated coconut to coat evenly on all sides.
  • Wrap the cling wrap around the mixture and shape into a rounded tube, like a large sausage. push in on the ends to compact the mixture and reshape as needed.
    Fifteens wrapped in cling film.
  • Chill for 4 to 24 hours. Remove the cling wrap and slice into 15 slices. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to one week.
    Sliced Irish Fifteen in a brown cupcake wrapper

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 140kcalCarbohydrates: 25.6gProtein: 1.8gFat: 3.75gSaturated Fat: 2.58gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.44gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.58gCholesterol: 4.33mgSodium: 73mgPotassium: 83.68mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18.5gVitamin A: 10.25IUVitamin C: 0.33mgCalcium: 42.55mgIron: 0.4mg
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