5 Recipes to Up Your Dessert Matzo Game this Passover

Passover is a time of celebration for the Jewish community. It’s a time for families to gather (bicker) around the table, drink four glasses of Manischewitz in one sitting, and feel whole with a bowl of homemade matzo ball soup. However, keeping kosher throughout the duration of the holiday can be boring and lonesome without many of your go-to foods (we’re lookin’ at you, bread).

Matzo might be unleavened, but with a few ingredients we can give it some “chutzpah” during this Peasch.

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Matzo Toffee

• Prep Time:5 minutes
• Cook Time:10 minutes
• Total Time:1 hour
• Servings:35 2-inch squares
• Easy

Ingredients

• 4-5 matzos
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup pecans
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and parchment paper. Place matzo on pan.

• Step 2

  Combine butter and brown sugar in a medium sauce pan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly until mixture comes to a boil. Continue whisking until foamy and thickened.

  

• Step 3

  Pour toffee over matzo. Place pan in oven for 10 minutes, or until toffee is crackling and #bubbeling.

  

• Step 4

  Remove from oven, and scatter chocolate chips on matzo. Wait 3-5 minutes for chocolate chips to soften, then spread the magic.

  

• Step 5

  Sprinkle pecans and kosher sea salt. Refrigerate for 45 minutes or until chocolate is firm.

  

• Step 6

  Cut into 2-inch squares. Store these bad boys in an airtight container in the fridge and serve cold.

  #SpoonTip: make sure you hide them in the back of the fridge because this sh*t is addictive.

  

Matzo Puppy Chow

• Prep Time:5 minutes
• Cook Time:10 minutes
• Total Time:15 minutes
• Servings:8-10
• Easy

Ingredients

• 9 matzo, broken into bite sized pieces
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar

• Step 1

  Mix chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter in saucepan on low to medium heat until all is melted and no lumps remain. Then add vanilla.

  #SpoonTip: feel free to use almond or cashew butter as a substitute.

  

• Step 2

  Add broken up matzo and coat completely.

  

• Step 3

  Put in a separate bowl, and mix in confectioner’s sugar.

  

• Step 4

  Let it take a chill pill, and put it in the fridge for maximum cool down.

  

Dark Chocolate Matzo Truffles

• Prep Time:30 minutes
• Cook Time:0 minutes
• Total Time:30 minutes
• Servings:25-30 balls of glory
• Medium

Ingredients

• 1-2 matzo, roughly chopped into small pieces
• 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
• 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar

• Step 1

  Pour whipping cream into a small saucepan over low heat.

  

• Step 2

  Once at a simmer, add chocolate.

  

• Step 3

  Whisk in butter and chocolate until melted.

  

• Step 4

  Mix in matzo, and chill for one hour in a separate bowl.

  

• Step 5

  Using a tablespoon or melon-baller, create round truffles. Refrigerate overnight.

  

Pistachio Dark Chocolate Matzo Bark

• Prep Time:5 minutes
• Cook Time:10 minutes
• Total Time:35 minutes
• Servings:20 pieces of bark
• Easy

Ingredients

• 4 matzo
• 2 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup pistachios, chopped

• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheet with foil, then parchment paper. Place matzo on parchment paper and bake for 10 minutes or until golden.

  

• Step 2

  Sprinkle on chocolate chips. Let it sit for 3-5 minutes, spread the ooey-gooey goodness with spatula.

  

• Step 3

  Top with pistachios.

  

• Step 4

  Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes. Take it out and break it up into pieces. Store in refrigerator.

  

Chocolate Almond Sea Salt Matzo Bark

• Prep Time:5 minutes
• Cook Time:10 minutes
• Total Time:35 minutes
• Servings:20 pieces of bark
• Easy

Ingredients

• 4 matzo
• 2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup almonds, slivered
• 1 pinch kosher sea salt

• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheet with foil, then parchment paper. Place matzo on parchment paper and bake for 10 minutes or until golden.

  

• Step 2

  Sprinkle on chocolate chips. Let it sit for 3-5 minutes, spread the gooey-ooey goodness with spatula.

  

• Step 3

  Sprinkle almonds and sea salt.

  

• Step 4

  Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes. Take it out and break it up into pieces. Store in refrigerator.