Nanaimo Bars (Classic)

Name: Nanaimo Bars (Classic)
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 1/4 cup caster sugar; 5 tbsp cocoa powder; 1 egg, beaten; 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs or digestives; 1 cup desiccated coconut; 1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped; 1/2 cup butter; 3 tbsp cream; 2 tbsp vanilla custard powder; 2 cups icing sugar; 200g dark chocolate; 2 tbsp butter

A three-layer Canadian no-bake treat, with a chocolate coconut base, a custard cream centre and a chocolate top.

Total time

30 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Canadian

vegetarian

Ingredients

1/2 cupbutter

1/4 cupcaster sugar

5 tbspcocoa powder

1egg, beaten

1 3/4 cupsgraham cracker crumbs or digestives

1 cupdesiccated coconut

1/2 cupwalnuts, finely chopped

1/2 cupbutter

3 tbspcream

2 tbspvanilla custard powder

2 cupsicing sugar

200gdark chocolate

2 tbspbutter

Instructions

Melt butter, sugar and cocoa together. Add egg, stirring constantly over heat until thickened.

Stir in crumbs, coconut and walnuts. Press into a lined 20x20cm tin.

Beat custard butter filling: cream butter, cream, custard powder and icing sugar until smooth. Spread over base.

Melt chocolate with butter and pour over custard layer.

Refrigerate until set. Score chocolate before it fully sets, then cut into bars.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1426

Protein

14.1g

Fat

110.4g

Carbs

109.4g

Fiber

14.2g

Sodium

49mg

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