The BEST Hedgehog Slice Recipe! - Mumslounge (2024)

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What is hedgehog slice made of? ›

A classic no-bake chocolate hedgehog slice made with crushed biscuits, walnuts, coconut, sweetened condensed milk and melted chocolate that is so quick and easy! The most delicious melt and mix slice that takes just 15 minutes to prepare.

The spikes of biscuit and rough chopped nuts which can easily be seen throughout the slice are thought to have inspired the name – by resembling the spines of a hedgehog.

Chicken Meal, Ground Soybean Hulls, Ground Wheat, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Rice Flour, Poultry Fat Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, Ground Whole Aspen, Powdered Cellulose, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Brewers Dried Yeast, Dried Apple Pomace, Wheat Germ, Dried Whey, Fish Meal, Natural Poultry Flavor, Lecithin, Soybean Oil, ...

Ingredients: Sugar, Hazelnuts, Milk ingredients, Cocoa butter, Unsweetened chocolate, Soy lecithin. May contain: Wheat, Peanuts, Eggs, Other tree nuts.

A hedgehog slice is an uncooked flat, square or bar-shaped chocolate snack/dessert, similar to a fudgey chocolate brownie but with alternating lighter and darker areas. The darker areas are chocolate flavoured.

Etymology. From Middle English heyghoge; equivalent to hedge +‎ hog. Eclipsed non-native Middle English yrchoun, irchoun (“hedgehog”), from Old French hirchoun, herichon (“hedgehog”); and Middle English il, from Old English īl, iġil (“hedgehog”).

The Algerian hedgehog is now considered to be a rare species. Its home is limited to the flat lands of the eastern Mediterranean coast where its numbers have been devastated by urban intrusion, means of transportation and predators.

Hedgehogs are easily recognized by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their spines are not poisonous or barbed and, unlike the quills of a porcupine, do not easily detach from their bodies. However, the immature animal's spines normally fall out as they are replaced with adult spines.

What can I feed hedgehogs? Hedgehogs will relish any combination of meat-based wet dog or cat foods, or dry cat/kitten food. Just remember, they will be getting most of their food from insects and worms in the wild, and this food is only supplementary.

I clean wounds using a mix of hibiscrub (an antibacterial fluid used in surgery) in a warm saline solution. This softens the scabs and aids their removal. It also cleans and sterilises the wound. Hedgehogs are obviously wild creatures and wounds may have picked up all kinds of dirt and debris.

What are the white balls on hedgehogs? ›

White/Grey shiny nodules on the skin or between the fur are probably ticks. Ticks should be removed carefully with a tick remover - if in doubt seek help from a vet or hedgehog rehabilitator.