Super easy no-bake bars with a chocolate crumb base topped with a custard icing layer all topped off with a chocolate ganache topping!
When I was growing up both my grandmother and my mother always had cookie platters around for the holidays and one of the staples, and my favourites, are these nanaimo bars. Nanaimo bars are a dessert bars with layers of chocolate crumbs, custard icing and a chocolate ganache that are of Canadian origin. These bars are super easy to make! In fact they are no-bake, simply requiring melting a few ingredients on the stove top before assembling and chilling. The base is made with cookie crumbs mixed with chocolate, coconut and walnuts, which is a fabulous flavour combo! The next layer is a butter icing with custard powder mixed in, though vanilla pudding powder can also be used. The top layer is a chocolate ganache, which is basically just chocolate melted into a bit of butter, that is poured over the top before being chilled back into a solid so that the bars can be sliced. Today I continue to make these amazing nanaimo bars every year for my holiday cookie platter!
ingredients
For the chocolate base:
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
5 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
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