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Mint Chocolate Nanaimo Bars

Ingredients:

BASE
1 cup (250 mL) CHIPITS® Semi-Sweet Mint Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup (125 mL) butter
1 1/4 cups (300 mL) graham wafer crumbs
1 cup (250 mL) flaked coconut
1/2 cup (125 mL) finely chopped walnuts or pecans

FILLING
2 cups (500 mL) icing sugar
1/4 cup (50 mL) butter, softened
3 tablespoons (45 mL) milk
2 tablespoons (30 mL) custard powder
1 teaspoon (5 mL) mint extract
Green food colouring
MINT CHOCOLATE GLAZE
3/4 cup (175 mL) CHIPITS® Semi-Sweet Mint Chocolate Chips
2 teaspoons (10 mL) vegetable oil

Directions:
1. BASE: In medium saucepan over low heat (or in large bowl in microwave) melt mint chocolate chips and butter. Stir in graham wafer crumbs, coconut and nuts. Press evenly into 9-inch (23 cm) square pan. Chill in refrigerator about 30 minutes.
2. FILLING: In small bowl, blend icing sugar, butter, milk, custard powder, mint extract and several drops of food colouring. Spread evenly over chilled base.
3. GLAZE: Melt mint chocolate chips with vegetable oil over hot water (or in microwave). Spread evenly over filling. Chill. Cut into bars.

Makes about 20 bars.
BawCraftWorx
Ingredients
Cookie:

* 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 1/3 cup cocoa
* 1 large egg, beaten
* 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
* 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
* 1/2 cup finely chopped blanched almonds

Peanut Butter Filling:

* 1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
* 1/3 cup peanut butter
* 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Chocolate Glaze:

* 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
* 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Directions

Line an 8 by 8-inch baking pan or casserole with aluminum foil, with long flaps hanging over each edge.

For the cookie: Put the butter in a heatproof medium bowl. Bring a saucepan filled with an inch or so of water to a very slow simmer over medium-low heat. Set the bowl over, but not touching, the water. Once the butter is melted, add the sugar and cocoa, and stir to combine. Add the egg and cook, stirring constantly with a whisk, until warm to the touch and slightly thickened (it should be about the consistency of hot fudge), about 6 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in graham crumbs, coconut and nuts. Press the dough firmly into the prepared pan. (Save the pan of water for melting the chocolate.)

For the filling: Beat the butter, peanut butter and confectioners' sugar together in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light. Spread over the cookie and freeze while you prepare the chocolate glaze.

For the glaze: Put the chocolate and butter in a medium heatproof bowl, and set over the barely simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly. (Alternatively, put the chocolate and butter in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Melt at 50 percent power in the microwave until soft, about 1 minute. Stir, and continue to heat until completely melted, about 1 minute more.). When cool but still runny, pour the chocolate layer over the chilled peanut butter layer and carefully smooth out with an offset spatula. Freeze 30 minutes.

To serve, remove from the freezer and let sit at room temperature for 5 minutes. Pull out of the pan using the foil flaps and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 1-inch squares with a sharp knife. Serve cool or at room temperature.

Busy baker's tips: Finished bars can be wrapped in the pan in plastic wrap, then aluminum foil and frozen for up to 1 month.

Copyright (c) 2007 Television Food Network, G.P., All Rights Reserved
-from: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_37295,00.html
BawCraftWorx
Cappuccino Nanaimo Bars

Yield: 16


Ingredients:

Base
* 1/2 cup unsalted butter
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 5 tbsp cocoa powder
* 1 egg
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
* 1 cup unsweetened grated coconut
* 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped

Filling
* 1/3 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
* 1 1/2 tbsp custard powder
* 1/4 cup milk
* 2 tsp instant coffee powder
* 2 tsp vanilla
* 3 cups icing sugar, sifted

Topping
* 8 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
* 2 tbsp unsalted butter

To Assemble
1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with vegetable oil or spray. For base, melt butter and stir in sugar. Sift cocoa powder into mixture and blend well. Whisk together egg and vanilla extract and add. Blend in chocolate cookie crumbs, coconut and chopped walnuts until evenly incorporated. Press into prepared pan and bake for 10 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes then chill for 20 minutes.

2. For cappuccino filling, beat butter by hand until smooth and beat in custard powder. Heat milk with coffee powder to dissolve and cool to room temperature. Add milk to butter mixture a stir in sifted icing sugar a cup at a time, combining well. Spread over base and chill while preparing topping.

3. For topping, melt chocolate and butter over a pot of gently simmering water. Pour over vanilla filling and spread to cover evenly. Chill for 30 minutes.

4. To serve, slice with a hot, dry knife into 1-inch squares.

5. Yield: 1 8-inch square pan.

-from: http://www.foodtv.ca/recipes/recipedetails.aspx?dishid=3811

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