Do I have a good one for you guys today! This is part III of the first Russian dinner I’ve ever hosted (don’t forget to check out the posts on the main course and sides, if you missed them) – dessert, my favorite course of all! This is a recipe for chocolate sausage but don’t worry, there is nothing meaty about it (I’m starting to realize that Russians like mimicking other things, even animals, and turn them into desserts – black poodle anyone?).
Does this remind you of sausage? I don’t know… I think I screwed up on the aesthetics a bit (I think the crinkles in the saran wrap would have made it more sausage-like) but I can tell you that this was basically chocolate crack. That means you should make it asap. There are only 4 ingredients and there is no baking required (you do need time for them to set in the freezer)! Super easy – like I said, you don’t want to miss this one!
Here is how it all goes down (the recipes came from here but since you most likely can’t read Russian I’ll share it below 
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Ingredients (makes 5 “sausages”):
- 400-500 grams of tea biscuits (any other simple vanilla cookies work… I ran out midway and bought a package of original Digestives in addition to the package you see below) – about 2 packages
- 200 grams butter (about 2 sticks) softened (but not melted)
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk (I used low fat and it worked great. I bet fat free would even work)
- 4T unsweetened cocoa powder
[Equipment: parchment paper or plastic wrap]
Cookie closeups:
English tea biscuits
Original digestives:
Let’s go!
1. Break up cookies into small pieces (about 1/2″ but no need to be exact). Depending on how crumbly your cookies are, you may do so by hand or use a food processor to speed up the process (notes: digestives are quite buttery so breaking them by hand was better, otherwise they’d turn into dust in 1 second in the food processor).
2. Mix in soft butter
Hands are the easiest tool here
3. Add in cocoa powder
4. Mix in condensed milk
5. Form the “dough” into 5 sausages (just place a portion of it in the parchment paper and squeeze into a tube)
Freeze for at least 3 hours, until hardened. It actually keeps best in the freezer, so you can just keep a few rolls in there until you have company or want a sweet treat 
6. Enjoy your fruits of labor. Now wasn’t that easy?
The butter, cookies and condensed milk all really become one and just melt into each. It makes for amazingly creamy fudge-like little cookies. I dare you to eat just a few (someone, ok me, had almost a whole sausage today after taking these pictures. Oops.)
Make them!! 
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The first picture definitely looks like sausage to me!
They definitely look like sausages to me!
And…they look delicious.
Looks great! I’ll give it a try!
I always get excited when you post a new, exotic recipe! I’ve never seen a dessert like this, but it totally looks like sausage – I think you did an excellent job
I’m impressed by how easy these are to make!
I’ve been waiting for you to post this!!! Derek inhaled the one i brought home. seriously.
Oh girl, those look FAB! Will be making those soon!
being polish, i kinda know what you r talking about! lol
new reader!
This looks so dam good. We Aussies would totally take to this especially if I changed the name from shokoladnaya kalbasa (which I can’t even say so I’m sure any attempt I made of it would be laughable) so… I’m going to rename this as Chocolate Crack. Works for me
wow, i was a little skeptical at first, but this definitely looks yummy
Wow–love how easy that looks to prepare, and I bet it’s WAY easier to eat. Yum!!!
Drool!
I love shokoladnaya kolbasa ^_^ I’ve never tried making it with condensed milk before, it’s a good idea! Thanks!
Looks delicious and the pictures are great! I am going to try this one as it’s just my cooking speed (aka no cooking required)
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Wow… that does look super easy, and I can tell it tasted really good too. I think it does remind me of sausage… or at least terrine.
I love this – I’m all about food that looks like other food too, haha. Looks like a great no bake treat!
That ‘sasuage’ looks so rich and chocolatey! I can imagine it being VERY addictive….I love a good no-bake treat!
Made the chocolate sausage and it was delicious! I improvised a little and added a bit less coco powder and more condensed milk. It was very good. a little less of the richness!
Your modifications sound delicious. So glad it turned out
Thanks for the feedback!
Just made these and put them in the fridge – I can’t wait to see how they will turn out!
Yay, keep me posted!
I made these today and they were delicious! Thanks for this super easy and yummy recipe! I love your blog
Hi Elina! Just found your blog while googling Russian recipes
Question: Is this related at all to chocolate kartoshka?? My mom remembers having it as a kid but claims that by the time my bro & I came of age, she couldn’t find authentic chocolate kartoshka in the stores. Any chance you would have a recipe for that and plan on doing a post? 
Hi Yelena – so glad you found it! This is different from kartoshka but I have that on my list of things to make
Please note that I am in the process of consolidating Russian Bites with my other blog Healthy and Sane so it will go up there first (www.healthyandsane.com). Anything else you’ve been dying to make?
Hi Yelena, just wanted to make sure that you saw my most recent posting on chocolate kartoshka. Hope you (and your mom!) like it
http://blog.healthyandsane.com/2012/02/russian-bites-chocolate-kartoshka-potato-chocolate-truffles/
You are my hero!!! I was looking for this recipe for some time and couldn’t find anything close enough to what grandma and I used to make when I was little. Thank you!
Can’t wait to make it, just need to buy biscuits and concentrated milk!
Mmm, let me know how it goes! I loved it (and am now totally craving these babies again)!
[...] used to enjoy as a kid – shokoladnaya karthoshka (translation: chocolate potato… yeah). I’ve written about this before but Russian have this weird obsession with trying to shape foods into strange things (examples [...]
[...] used to enjoy as a kid – shokoladnaya karthoshka (translation: chocolate potato… yeah). I’ve written about this before but Russian have this weird obsession with trying to shape foods into strange things (examples [...]
Made these today and they are absolutely AmAzInG!!!!!! Never thought that just a few simple ingredients like these, would produce something so delish!
these are really great. made them for Christmas and making them again today for my dad’s birthday
super easy to make and tasty!
My family’s russian and we occasionally make chocolate sausage. it’s SOOO good! My mom’s not home so I wanted to make the recipe and surprise her so I came across this. Thanks!!
Love this idea! A nice change from rice crispy cakes for my little girl to make…. im also making a BBQ cake and thought maybe i’d try and use these as the sausages on the top, do you think they’d work though, would they keep their shape or will they melt a bit do you think??
Mrs M – I don’t know what a bbq cake is but I don’t see why it wouldn’t hold it’s shape. Hope you love it as much as I do!
Sorry for the delay in replying, I wasn’t clear!! I was trying to make a cake in the shape of a BBQ with sausages, burgers, etc on the top, I used your recipe for the sausages and the worked a treat looked great and tasted good too!