In this thread, the lovely scout1222 mentioned Nanaimo bars. I tried one on the ferry to Nanaimo. Man, was it sweet! It was good, but I’ll be sure to get a cuppa strong black coffee to go with it next time.
So who likes Nanaimo bars? Do you used the recipe I linked; or do you have your own?
Hell yeah!!! The treat that is sooooo good even the institutional “cooks” who supply the ferry can’t ruin them.
Never made them myself though… I have to rely on the kindness of others.
Tim Horton’s sells Nanaimo Bars in their Canadian outlets, but not in their American shops. Why, why, why, donut-shop-named-after-a-dead-hockey-player? 
Mmmmm… Nanaimo bars… if we’re good, we get them at the company cafeteria… 
So, if I understand you correctly Sunspace, they’re your company’s equivalent of doggie treats ?
Pictures Sunspace in the cafeteria, the office manager enters :
" Sit, Sunspace, sit !
Good boy !
Here’s a treat" 
Zyada had a nice surprise for me a few months ago. You can get Nanaimo bars in Texas! I think the place is Market Square in Colleyville (Dallas/Fort Worth area).
The recipe doesn’t look bad, but the city of Nanaimo says this is the One True Way. The custard powder does make a difference.
Please check your teeth at the door. Free blood-sugar test kit when you buy a dozen!
Wow! I haven’t even thought about these in nearly 30 years. Sugar flashback time…
I made them once and they were divine. Insanely high in calories, but divine (maybe the two are unavoidable).
What’s amazing to me is that no one got sick on them, even though all I did was melt and freeze, melt and freeze. We’re talking eggs here, among other things.
You’d think raw eggs would be a problem if they were never properly cooked, but apparently not in this case.
Mmmm…custard…chocolate…so good. I always thought Nanaimo bars were some sort of Canadiana. Do they have an American equivalent?
Mmm…Nanaimo bars. (insert drooling smilie) I love them, but I haven’t had any in a while. The first recipe sounds like the one my mother uses, not that she’s made any in eons. Maybe I’ll have to go digging though her recipe folder some time soon and make some myself…
When I first heard of these bad boys, I cruised over to the Cooking Light messageboard to see what those folks knew about them. I found a couple of recipes (none of them light, of course, but those people know when to splurge!) and realized that they were a little more cumbersome to make than I was prepared for.
So I resigned myself to never tasting their sweet goodness until I got around to visiting Canada.
But now, a trip to Texas seems like a good idea. 
Never heard of them 'til I moved to Seattle. Didn’t like 'em. Waaayyy too sweet.
Yeah, they’d be better if they toned down the sweetness a bit.
They’re supposed to be sweet.
mm Nanaimo bars… Sunterra Market sells HUGE ones for just a dollar… best buy I know… I should make some
Yeah, definitely supposed to be sweet, but the beauty of homemade is that you can wind up with a thinner layer of icing and chocolate so it isn’t quite as sweet. Incidentally, I checked my mother’s recipe for Nanaimo bars and it’s pretty much identical to the one Johnny L.A. posted, other than the directions are more detailed.
This one is really good.
I grew up in Nanaimo and if you can’t make Nanaimo bars by the time you hit 10, you’re kicked out of town. Well, not really, but I recall the day when my grandmother had me over for the day to teach me how to make them properly!
I no longer have the original recipe that she taught me but I will save these ones to make someday and compare. Whenever I require a major sugar fix, of course.
