Nanaimo Bars

Name: Nanaimo Bars
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 100g butter; 1/4 cup caster sugar; 1/4 cup cocoa powder; 1 egg, beaten; 2 cups digestive biscuit crumbs; 1 cup desiccated coconut; 1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped; 2 cups icing sugar; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 2 tbsp custard powder; 3 tbsp cream; 200g dark chocolate; 2 tbsp butter

A Canadian layered no-bake bar, built from a coconut base, a smooth vanilla custard middle and a chocolate top.

Total time

30 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Canadian

vegetarian

Ingredients

100gbutter

1/4 cupcaster sugar

1/4 cupcocoa powder

1egg, beaten

2 cupsdigestive biscuit crumbs

1 cupdesiccated coconut

1/2 cupwalnuts, finely chopped

2 cupsicing sugar

1/2 cupbutter, softened

2 tbspcustard powder

3 tbspcream

200gdark chocolate

2 tbspbutter

Instructions

Melt butter, sugar and cocoa over a double boiler. Stir in egg, cook 1 minute. Remove from heat.

Mix in biscuit crumbs, coconut and walnuts. Press into a lined 20x20cm tin. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

Beat icing sugar, softened butter, custard powder and cream until smooth. Spread over base. Refrigerate 1 hour.

Melt chocolate and butter together. Pour over custard layer, spreading evenly.

Refrigerate 30 minutes until set, 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

1398

Protein

13.7g

Fat

107.4g

Carbs

108.3g

Fiber

13.5g

Sodium

49mg

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