Chili chocolate biscuits with mascarpone cream

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Number of portions20 Units
Preparation time

40 min (of which 30 min active)

Chili chocolate biscuits and mascarpone cream are a luxurious combination of sticky cookies, rich mascarpone and sweet and spicy syrup.

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
125 gbutter or margarine for baking
1 3/4 dlsugar
1 pcsegg
2 dlwheat flour
3/4 dlcocoa powder
1/2 tspbaking soda
1/4 tspsalt
150 gdark chocolate
1 pcsred chili

Mascarpone cream

250 g(1 tub) mascarpone cheese
2 dl(1 carton) whipping cream
1/2 dlpowdered sugar

Chilli syrup

1 pcsred chilli
3/4 dlsugar
1/2 dlwater

You will also need

a piping bag

Preparation (Oven 175°C)

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 175°C.

  2. 2

    Cream the room-temperature fat and sugar. Beat the egg into the cream. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Grate the chocolate. Rinse and split the chillies for the biscuits and the syrup. Remove the seeds and finely chop. Fold the flour mixture, chocolate and half of the chilies into the fat-and-sugar cream.

    QuantityIngredient
    125 gbutter or margarine for baking
    1 3/4 dlsugar
    1 pcsegg
    2 dlwheat flour
    3/4 dlcocoa powder
    1/2 tspbaking soda
    1/4 tspsalt
    150 gdark chocolate
    1 pcsred chili
    1 pcsred chilli
  3. 3

    Roll the dough into balls by hand, or use a spoon to lift mounds of dough onto two oven trays lined with baking paper. Leave enough room around the biscuits to allow spreading. Bake the biscuits for about 10 minutes. Let the biscuits cool.

  4. 4

    Prepare the syrup. Heat the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar dissolves. Stir a few times while heating. Add the chilli and cook over medium heat without stirring for about 5 minutes. Let the biscuits cool.

    QuantityIngredient
    3/4 dlsugar
    1/2 dlwater
  5. 5

    Prepare the cream. Whip the cream and mascarpone into a foam. Mix the sugar into the mixture.

    QuantityIngredient
    250 g(1 tub) mascarpone cheese
    2 dl(1 carton) whipping cream
    1/2 dlpowdered sugar
  6. 6

    Put the cream in a piping bag or use a strong freezer bag with a hole cut in a corner. Squeeze the cream on top of the biscuits. Finish with syrup.

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Nutritional content

This recipe, too, has been designed with your wellbeing in mind.

Nutritional information is provided for guidance only. When preparing food or baking for someone on a special diet, check the packaging labels to ensure the products are suitable.

Not calculated into nutrition table: pursotinpussi.

Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Fineli

Recipe:
S-kokeilukeittiö
Images:
Reetta Pasanen
16.1.2026
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Updated: 13.10.2026