I have been craving these since Christmas, so I finally dug up my Company’s Coming book and made myself some. They weren’t as hard as I thought they were going to be, this was my first time and not my last!
I don’t see many variations of this recipe out there and I thought that the Company’s Coming one might be a truly Canadian one.
Since as legend has it, they ARE a Canadian treat, from where else, Nanaimo BC.
They are also very regional, I simply cannot believe that they aren’t regular square fare in the US.
Square fare…hahaha snort.
Ingredients Needed:
Bottom Layer
1/2 cup of butter
1/3 cup of sifted cocoa
1/4 cup of granulated sugar
1 large egg, beaten
1 3/4 cups of graham cracker crumbs
3/4 cup of unsweetened coconut
1/2 finely chopped walnuts
Middle Layer
2 cups of icing sugar
1/2 cup of butter
3 tbsp milk
2-3 tbsp custard powder
Top Layer
1 cup of chocolate chips
2 tbsp butter
Start with the bottom ingredients.
In a large pot, melt the butter, sugar and cocoa together until it’s smooth. Quickly beat in the egg, making sure there are no lumps.
Add in the graham crumbs, coconut and walnuts.
Firmly press into the bottom of an un-greased 9×9 pan.
Get you middle ingredients together.
Custard powder should readily be available in any store and is what gives the middle layer the yellow color.
Cream the icing, butter, milk and custard powder together with a mixer, then spread onto the bottom layer.
Try not to eat it. It’s hard. Very hard. Because it’s sooo good.
Yum.
Last ingredients!
Melt the cup of chocolate chips and 2 tbsp of butter together.
Spread the chocolate on top evenly, then cool in the fridge for a couple hours. The nanaimo bars are best chilled, they hold together the best, since the middle layer is well, butter!
- Bottom Layer
- ½ cup of butter
- ⅓ cup of sifted cocoa
- ¼ cup of granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1¾ cups of graham cracker crumbs
- ¾ cup of unsweetened coconut
- ½ finely chopped walnuts
- Middle Layer
- 2 cups of icing sugar
- ½ cup of butter
- 3 tbsp milk
- 2-3 tbsp custard powder
- Top Layer
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp butter
- Start with the bottom ingredients.
- In a large pot, melt the butter, sugar and cocoa together until it’s smooth. Quickly beat in the egg, making sure there are no lumps.
- Add in the graham crumbs, coconut and walnuts.
- Firmly press into the bottom of an un-greased 9×9 pan.
- Get your middle ingredients together.
- Custard powder should readily be available in any store and is what gives the middle layer the yellow color.
- Cream the icing, butter, milk and custard powder together with a mixer, then spread onto the bottom layer.
- Melt the cup of chocolate chips and 2 tbsp of butter together.
- Spread the chocolate on top evenly, then cool in the fridge for a couple hours. The nanaimo bars are best chilled, they hold together the best, since the middle layer is well, butter!
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This recipe has a typo. For the first layer it appears to read 1 cup granulated sugar - I did this and it didn't dissolve into the butter what a mess! Had to toss everything and look up original Company's Coming recipe. It should read 1/4 cup sugar. Please correct this so people don't mess up their recipe and waste ingredients.
These look so good! I'm wondering if I have to cook the base layer for a bit so the sugar will dissolve??? Thanks!
I have used this recipe many times. Turns out perfect every single time. A little chilling between layers does help for sure but I usually can't wait that long..lol. Also I found it a lot nicer without the walnuts in the crust, i sprinkle them on top of the chocolate instead. Sooooooo good. Way better then store bought variety.
hi great recipe just wondering if base and middle need to be chilled before trying to apply icing my attempt did nothing but smear and mix with the middle...thanx again
First time making this and its chilling now cant wait
These look AMAZING!