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Nanaimo Bars Recipe

Name: Nanaimo Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 130 min
Total time: 19 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 125g Custard; 50g Caster Sugar; 5 tbs Cocoa; 1 beaten Egg; 200g shredded Digestive Biscuits; 100g Desiccated Coconut; 50g Almonds; 100g Butter; 4 tbs Double Cream; 3 tbs Custard Powder; 250g Icing Sugar; 150g Dark Chocolate; 50g Butter

Nanaimo bars are a classic no-bake Canadian treat, built in three layers. The base is a rich mixture of crushed digestive biscuits, cocoa, coconut, and almonds, all bound together with melted butter and egg. That's topped with a creamy, pale yellow custard icing, which gets its tang from custard powder. A smooth, dark chocolate ganache forms the final layer, sealing everything in. You'll need to chill the bars between layers, so plan for at least a couple of hours from start to finish.

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July 31, 2026

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About this recipe

Nanaimo Bars is a Canadian dessert recipe that takes about 19 min from start to finish and serves 4. It calls for 13 ingredients across 3 steps, and is rated easy. A serving works out at around 1432 kcal with roughly 15 g of protein. Filed under treat, snack, dairy and vegetarian.