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Nanaimo Bars (Homestyle)

Name: Nanaimo Bars (Homestyle)
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 125g butter; 1/4 cup cocoa powder; 1/3 cup caster sugar; 1 egg, beaten; 1 1/2 cups desiccated coconut; 1 cup digestive biscuits, crushed; 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped; 125g butter, softened for middle layer; 3 cups icing sugar for middle layer; 3 tbsp custard powder for middle layer; 3 tbsp cream for middle layer; 200g dark chocolate for top; 2 tbsp butter for top

The iconic Canadian no-bake layered bar — chocolate-coconut base, custard butter middle, chocolate top.

Total time

30 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Canadian

vegetarian

Ingredients

125gbutter

1/4 cupcocoa powder

1/3 cupcaster sugar

1egg, beaten

1 1/2 cupsdesiccated coconut

1 cupdigestive biscuits, crushed

1/2 cupwalnuts, chopped

125gbutter, softened for middle layer

3 cupsicing sugar for middle layer

3 tbspcustard powder for middle layer

3 tbspcream for middle layer

200gdark chocolate for top

2 tbspbutter for top

Instructions

Melt butter, cocoa and sugar. Add egg — whisk off heat. Stir in coconut, biscuits and walnuts. Press into lined tin.

Beat middle layer: butter, icing sugar, custard powder and cream. Spread over base.

Refrigerate 30 minutes.

Melt chocolate and butter. Pour over. Refrigerate 1 hour.

Slice while cold.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

946

Protein

10.2g

Fat

92.1g

Carbs

32.6g

Fiber

9.8g

Sodium

38mg