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Nanaimo Bar

Name: Nanaimo Bar
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 16
Cuisine: Canada
Ingredients: 150g (e.g. wholemeal cookies) Biscuits; 50g Shredded Coconut; 40g Walnuts; 3 tbsp Cocoa powder; 150g Butter; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1 Egg; 200g Powdered sugar; 2 tbsp Milk; A pinch Vanilla Extract; 120g Chocolate

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 16

Difficulty ⭐

No-bake Canadian bars with a coconut-cookie base, custard cream, and chocolate in three layers.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Nanaimo bars are a no-bake three-layer sweet named after the town of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. A base of cookies, coconut, and nuts is topped with custard-flavored buttercream and a chocolate layer and chilled to set. Loved across Canada, Nanaimo even has a 'Nanaimo Bar Trail.'

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a café in a port town on Vancouver Island, a tourist gazes at the sea over coffee and a Nanaimo bar showing its three distinct layers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 16)

Biscuits 150g (e.g. wholemeal cookies)
Shredded Coconut 50g
Walnuts 40g
Cocoa powder 3 tbsp
Butter 150g
Sugar 2 tbsp
Egg 1
Powdered sugar 200g
Milk 2 tbsp
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Chocolate 120g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Melt 60g butter, the sugar, and cocoa over a water bath and stir in the beaten egg.
Mix in the crushed biscuits, coconut, and chopped walnuts, press firmly into a pan, and chill.
Mix 60g butter with the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla into a cream, spread over the base, and chill.
Melt the chocolate and remaining butter over a water bath.
Pour over the cream and spread.
Chill in the fridge 2 hours to set and cut into squares.

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