Chocolate Salami – Шоколадная Колбаса

Chocolate salami is a no-bake dessert, a combination of cookies and chocolate. It looks like salami, but is actually a dessert and is so easy to make. 

Chocolate salami is just what it sounds like – a chocolate dessert that looks like salami. It’s so easy to make and there’s no baking required. What you get is a marriage between a cookies and chocolate – crunchy, sweet, and chocolaty. This recipe is a staple in any Slavic home. Since drinking tea is a whole ritual, the chocolate salami is a natural choice for something to munch on with the tea.
You know what else is great? You can make a batch ahead of time, store it in the freezer and anytime you have a craving for something sweet, you’ll have a private stash of chocolate salami. It’s also very convenient to have on hand for impromptu parties.
I have TWO versions of this recipe and both are awesome. You’ll have to try them out and see which is your favorite.

Version #1:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 packages (about 11 oz each) of vanilla wafers

1 cup butter, melted

3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

Instructions:
Most boxes of vanilla wafers are approximately 11 oz each. For this recipe, you’ll need to use 1 and 1/2 packages of vanilla wafers. Crush the cookies so you have some coarse pieces and smaller. You can use your hands, or use a rolling pin or a mallet to crush the cookies right in the bag that they are packaged in. In a large bowl, mix the melted butter, cocoa and a can of condensed milk.Add the crushed cookies to the bowl and mix to combine.
Scoop out part of the mixture onto parchment paper or aluminum. Shape the cookie mixture into the shape of a log and wrap it tightly inside the parchment paper or aluminum foil. You should have 4-5 chocolate salamis.
Chill in the refrigerator or the freezer. The Chocolate Salami can be stored in the refrigerator for a week or freeze them up to 6 months in advance in a freezer ziplock bag or an airtight container.

When you’re ready to serve, sift some powdered sugar over the Chocolate Salami and slice into pieces. The salami is much easier to slice when it’s cold.

Version #2:

Ingredients: 

1 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

3 Tablespoons milk

3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powdered

12 oz tea biscuits

Instructions: 

I like to use tea biscuits in this recipe. You can use vanilla wafers, shortbread cookies, or Russian tea cookies. Each package of tea biscuits that I used was about 4 oz, so I used 3 packages.
Crush the cookies into coarse crumbs. You can use your hands or place the cookies inside a ziptop bag and crush them with a rolling pin or a mallet.Set up a Homemade Double Boiler. Place a heatproof bowl over a medium pot with about an inch of water in the bottom of the pot. make sure that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer.

Add the butter and sugar to the bowl and mix until the butter has melted but is still cool.


Add the egg and mix to combine. Stirring frequently, keep cooking the mixture for about 10-15 minutes, until it thickens. 
Add the milk and cocoa to the mixture. 
Cool slightly. Add the cookie crumbs to the cocoa mixture. Mix to combine.

Scoop out part of the mixture onto parchment paper or aluminum. Shape the cookie mixture into the shape of a log and wrap it tightly inside the parchment paper or aluminum foil. You should have 4 chocolate salamis.

Chill in the refrigerator or the freezer.

The Chocolate Salami can be stored in the refrigerator for a week or freeze them up to 6 months in advance in a freezer ziplock bag or an airtight container.

When you’re ready to serve, sift some powdered sugar over the Chocolate Salami and slice into pieces. Cut the salami while it’s still cold. 

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Chocolate Salami Version #1

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Chocolate salami is a no-bake dessert, a combination of cookies and chocolate. It looks like salami, but is actually a dessert and is so easy to make.

  • Author: Olga's Flavor Factory
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 salamis 1x
  • Category: Dessert

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 1/2 packages vanilla wafers ((about 11 oz each))
  • 2 sticks of butter (melted)
  • 3 Tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Most boxes of vanilla wafers are approximately 11 oz each. For this recipe, you’ll need to use 1 and 1/2 packages of vanilla wafers.
  2. Crush the cookies so you have some coarse pieces and smaller. You can use your hands, or use a rolling pin or a mallet to crush the cookies right in the bag that they are packaged in.
  3. In a large bowl, mix the melted butter, cocoa, a can of condensed milk and salt.
  4. Add the crushed cookies to the bowl and mix to combine.
  5. Scoop out part of the mixture onto parchment paper or aluminum.
  6. Shape the cookie mixture into the shape of a log and wrap it tightly inside the parchment paper or aluminum foil. You should have 4-5 chocolate salamis. Chill in the refrigerator or the freezer.
  7. When you’re ready to serve, sift some powdered sugar over the Chocolate Salami and slice into pieces.

Notes

The Chocolate Salami can be stored in the refrigerator for a week or freeze them up to 6 months in advance in a freezer ziplock bag or an airtight container.

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Chocolate Salami Version #2

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Chocolate salami is a no-bake dessert, a combination of cookies and chocolate. It looks like salami, but is actually a dessert and is so easy to make.

  • Author: Olga's Flavor Factory
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 4 salamis 1x
  • Category: Dessert

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup butter ((8 oz))
  • 3 Tablespoons milk
  • 3 Tablespoons cocoa
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 12 oz tea biscuits

Instructions

  1. I like to use tea biscuits in this recipe. You can use vanilla wafers, shortbread cookies, or Russian tea cookies. Each package of tea biscuits that I used was about 4 oz, so I used 3 packages.
  2. Crush the cookies into coarse crumbs. You can use your hands or place the cookies inside a ziptop bag and crush them with a rolling pin or a mallet.
  3. Set up a Homemade Double Boiler. Place a heatproof bowl over a medium pot with about an inch of water in the bottom of the pot. make sure that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer.
  4. Add the butter and sugar to the bowl and mix until the butter has melted but is still cool.
  5. Add the egg and mix to combine. Stirring frequently, keep cooking the mixture for about 10-15 minutes, until it thickens.
  6. Add the milk, cocoa, and salt to the mixture. Cool slightly.
  7. Add the cookie crumbs to the cocoa mixture. Mix to combine.
  8. Scoop out part of the mixture onto parchment paper or aluminum. Shape the cookie mixture into the shape of a log and wrap it tightly inside the parchment paper or aluminum foil. You should have 4 chocolate salamis.
  9. Chill in the refrigerator or the freezer.
  10. When you’re ready to serve, sift some powdered sugar over the Chocolate Salami and slice into pieces.

Notes

The Chocolate Salami can be stored in the refrigerator for a week or freeze them up to 6 months in advance in a freezer ziplock bag or an airtight container.

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86 Comments

  • Oksana

    I got a little excited when I saw this recipe! I love chocolate salami, or as we call it “chocolate kobasa”. We made it a lot back in Ukraine when I was a child. Thanks for the recipe, now I will know how to make it myself 😉

  • Oksana

    What an amazing recipe!!!! Thank you so much! Could you tell me which version you prefer? I will make both but want to hear your opinion first.

  • sashaa

    Olga, this is great , I just bought the kedem cookies hahaha at my Publix( im also in FL). Thank you for the recipe !

  • viktoria

    Can you store them in the freezer for long periods of time and then just thaw them out when your ready to use them?

    • olgak7

      As I wrote in the post, you can freeze the chocolate salami, Viktoria.
      I actually don’t thaw it; it’s easier to cut, especially if you have a sharp knife. It thaws much more quickly when it’s sliced and the slices are really neat.

      • Kseniya

        How long does it need to thaw for from the freezer? Also if they are in the fridge is it safe to cut them and lay them out on a plate 2 hrs before serving? Or will they get soft really fast? Trying to make these for a big crowd 🙂

        • olgak7

          Not too long, I don’t remember exactly how much time. Maybe 30 minutes? It might still be cold in the center, but you will be able to cut it.
          As long as you cut it when it’s cold, they won’t get too soft, so you can put it on a plate, no problem.

  • Tanya

    Looks amazing. We also add walnuts to the mixture. I can’t wait for you oreshki recipe. Hopefully they will be posted soon.

    • olgak7

      For some reason, I don’t like nuts in my chocolate salami:). I know a lot of people add it, but it personally prefer not too. I’m sure it will work great in the recipe, Tanya.

  • inna

    So excited to see this posted:) I made it before and love how easy it is to have something sweet for tea in minutes.

  • natalyshka

    I made first version. Very good. I like it so much. It’s gone in three days, two people. Making another batch. I made it with Russian tea biscuits . Мням.. мням… Мнямм…

  • oksana

    omg…wow! I never realized they were that easy to make! WHOOHOO! gona go get the ingredients and make them tonight ;);)

  • Jessica

    First time commenting, but I’ve made several of your recipes now for my Russian husband and they’ve all been keepers (plov, lazy cabbage rolls, simple bread, rassolnik)! When I told him I was making this (last night) he was excited because he hadn’t eaten it since childhood. He loved it and took one to work to share today, too!

    Olga, thank you for your blog and the time you put into presenting your delicious recipes in such easy to follow format.

  • Oksana K

    And i had my 13-yr old daughter make this kolbaska too! I was wondering about this no-bake desert recently, and had no idea that it was SOOOO EASY TO MAKE it! I had her use version 1, as it apears much easier for a child to put together. She enjoyed it so much and was proud to make a delish desert on her own!!! Well, all thanks to you, Olichka, and how good you describe each step, that even children can do it!!! My daughter enjoyed making other meals/salads/deserts from your blog, as she learning, and its so wonderful to teach them to cook/bake with this wonderful blog of yours, so easy to follow and such a great selection of awesome mouth-watering recepies!
    Can’t express enough, how much i appreciate you and what you do for us!
    May God bless you and your family!!!

      • Oksana K

        You are sooooo welcome! 😀
        By the way, i’ve added walnuts too (like other folks, that commented) and its my personal preference to add nuts to most of my deserts… but yeah, for ppl that like walnuts – feel free to add ’em, it tastes delish!

        p.s. my daughter is still 12, not 13 yet, not untill winter.(when i read my comment again, i was like, oopsie! wrong info here, got too excited).
        So the point of my correction here, is that she is still a child, not a teen, yet is cooking w/confidence from this very blog, BIG THANKS FROM TO YOU FROM HER AS WELL!! 🙂

      • Oksana K

        You are sooooo welcome! 😀
        By the way, i’ve added walnuts too (like other folks, that commented) and its my personal preference to add nuts to most of my deserts… but yeah, for ppl that like walnuts – feel free to add ’em, it tastes delish!

        p.s. my daughter is still 12, not 13 yet, not untill winter.(when i read my comment again, i was like, oopsie! wrong info here, got too excited).
        So the point of my correction here, is that she is still a child, not a teen, yet is cooking w/confidence from this very blog, BIG THANKS FROM TO YOU FROM HER AS WELL!! 🙂

        Let me add too, i brought one kolbaska to work, and tons of ppl asked for recipes, so i printed and shared this recipe with them.
        And my family says: from now on this desert needs to be done at our home, like, at least monthly!!!

  • Snow

    I’ve been looking for this recipe for a while. I’m excited to make this soon…I fact I just bought a bunch of cookies today:)

  • Неля

    I have a question.. can I use dark melted chocolate instead of cocoa? Will it still be the same ingredients? Thanks. By the way, your recipes are delicious! Made several of them a few times already. Good job! Blessings to you!

    • olgak7

      Nelya,
      You can use chocolate, however, the texture will be completely different. I don’t know how much you will need to use, since I’ve never made it with melted chocolate. You’ll have to experiment:).

  • Natalka

    thank you so much Olga, my kids loved, они делали все сами я только говарила что и как (3 годика и 2)so happy, my husband came home and they like look daddy what we did cho-co-la-te salami…… thanks a lot

    • olgak7

      You’re welcome, Natalka!
      I’m so glad to hear that you’re getting your kids involved in helping out in the kitchen when they’re so young. It sounds like it was fun:). They were probably very proud of themselves:).

    • olgak7

      Welcome, Helene! I’m so glad you stopped by and that the Chocolate Salami caught your eye. I hope you’ll find many more recipes that you will enjoy.

  • Dana B

    We love this recipe!!! It is also very popular in Romania. On the basic recipe I like to try different variations; I use nuts, coconut, I love to also add almond extract, even green tea (it will be green), and white chocolate with pistachio.

  • Liliya A

    Hi Olga,
    In your 1st version, what is the capacity of 1 can sweetened condensed milk? My local store carries condensed milk of 14oz. Is that enough or will I need 2 cans? Thank you!

  • phil

    hi olga
    sorry but being from the uk can you tell me how much is a stick of butter? 100g?? as i think the little people of the house will love this 🙂

  • Elena

    Olga, I made version #1 this past weekend. So easy to make and kiddos love it. Your recipes are awesome!
    Since I found your blog 2 weeks ago, all the cooking and baking have been off your blog 🙂

  • Marianna

    The recipes are really great! For me (Europe) is really a problem, that the ingredients are not in international units.
    For example: “2 sticks of butter”. How many gramms are this?
    Thx! 🙂

  • Anya

    Just wanted to take a moment and say that this blog of yours and you are amazing! Since discovering your blog about a month ago, I’m more interested in cooking and baking! You make it all so simple and easy, it actually gets me excited to cook.You really make cooking stressfree for beginners like me, a relatively new mom of an 8 month old. Believe it or not, but I’m looking up to you, and trying to be more domesticated.

    Thank you for this blog. I think you’re great!

    And may God bless you and your new family!

    *Anya

    • olgak7

      Thank you so much for such a warm comment! You really made me smile:).
      I am so glad you are finding it useful and are enjoying cooking.
      God bless you too, Anya.

  • Nadia

    Olga thanks for posting this recipe!! I made this and detstvo vspomnila! So good and so easy to make! My kids love it! Thanks for taking time out of your busy life and posting awesome recipes!!

  • VictoriaY

    This blog was discovered by “googling” a recipe for the chocolate salami. A co-worker would bring a chocolate salami for us to try and I thought that it may be a good little treat.
    After reading the blog, I was drawn the the professional photography and the attention to detail in describing the execution of each recipe. I chose the 2nd version with sugar, and substituted half of it with Splenda to cut the carbs. It was not too sweet which was perfect for my family. Delicious. Thank you very much for all of the hard work you put into each post.

  • Olga

    Made first version second time this week….sooooooooo good and easy to make! This time my little son (hes almost two) was helping mama to crush cookies lol, we both had so much fun! Thank you dear for posting easy to follow up and very tasty recipes! Blessings to your family!

  • Sasha

    Thanks so much for the recipe! I already made version 2 twice, and every time I bite into a piece, I am teleported back to my childhood in Slavyanks.

  • stephaniecrocker

    I’d like to make this for my husband to bring on a cycling trip. how well does it hold up outside of refrigeration. do you think one would be more firm than the other?

    • Victoria Y.

      Response to how it holds up: If the weather is going to be too hot it will soften. When I made it the kids left it on the counter and it was soft. I only used the recipe with the sugar, so my comments refer to that recipe. I prefer to keep it refrigerated. I like when the chocolate salami is cold, because is slices easier.

  • Galina

    Hi, I’ve been looking for this recipe, I’ve tried many of your recipes, and evening it’s just the way I remember them to taste like . Amazing,. I made the first version, and it was absolutely delicious. My end result was very soft for some reason, even after 3 hours in the fridge, is it supposed to be very soft.?

    • olgak7

      I’m so glad to hear that, Galina.
      It does have a softer texture, but it should still be easy to cut. I actually keep it in the freezer, because it lasts much longer that way, since it’s only the two of us.

  • Yelena

    Great recipe, I always used first version and only 1 stick of butter and 2 tbsp cocoa and I take Animal Crackers original and most of the time I add walnuts …never tried with vanilla wafers or tea biscuits

    • olgak7

      I don’t know, Julia. I don’t count calories. There are many calorie generators online, where you can insert the ingredients amounts and it will count it for you. If you google it, I’m sure you would get many options.

  • Barbara Rita

    Amazing – this “salami” is also a staple here in Portugal – the favourite cake of my son. the recipe is a little different but the outcome is exactly the same!!!! Funny hey?

  • Valentina

    Hi, Olga! I see you have 2 different versions…I want to make some for Easter for the guest, which one should I choose?

  • Katherine

    Ok… so I tried it and served it this weekend to my Russian & German friends. They said it was my twist and delicious!
    I must say that the graham crackers are more salty then vanilla wafers so I would reduce the salt in the recipe. But wow, it looked and tasted amazing!

  • Zory

    Olga thank you so much for posting this recipe! I’m so excited to make it. I have a question though. If I were to make double the portion size of version two, should I be cooking that mixture with the egg for longer than 10-15 min? And is there anything else that should be done differently?

    • olgak7

      You may need to cook it for a few extra minutes, Zory. Look at the consistency of the chocolate mixture. The important thing is for it to thicken. I don’t think you would need to cook it for too much longer, but it depends on the bowl that you use, your stove, etc.

  • Lilly

    I don’t remember chocolate salami tasting this good!! The easiest dessert to make and super quick as well! I added walnuts.. I feel like if you love nuts in your desserts, it’s a must.
    Awesome recipe Olga! Thank you!

  • Polina

    I made the second version of this and it was great and so easy. I want to post about it on Facebook but I keep eating all the frozen salamis before I can get to my camera. So tasty.

  • Emma

    Hi Olga,
    Since I really want to try these, can I bake my own cookies and use it in this recipe? If so, which one will you recommend?

    • olgak7

      Hi Emma,
      I have not used homemade cookies for Chocolate Salami. I would use cookies that are very crisp and dry, not soft and chewy. Homemade vanilla wafers or shortbread cookies would work.

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