Nanaimo Bars Recipe | Recipe for Nanaimo Bars | No Bake dessert

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option while margarine is often less expensive.

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Coconut cream offers a rich texture while the milk + cornstarch mix is budget-friendly.

granulated sugar

🥗Healthier: stevia

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Stevia reduces calories while brown sugar adds a deeper flavor.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: pecans

Almonds are often lower in calories and pecans can be more affordable.

Prepare a baking dish by lining it with parchment paper.

Melt 1/2 cup butter and mix it with 2 cups sugar until combined.

Crush the digestive biscuits and mix with desiccated coconut and chopped walnuts; then combine with the butter mixture.

Press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish evenly.

In a separate bowl, mix custard powder with milk to form a custard icing.

Spread the custard icing over the first layer in the baking dish evenly.

Melt 150 grams of dark chocolate and 4 tbsp of butter together until smooth.

Pour the melted chocolate over the custard layer and spread evenly.

Refrigerate the bars for at least 2 hours until set.

Once set, lift the bars out of the dish using the parchment paper.

Cut into squares and serve cold.

Cooking Techniques

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