'Not Nanaimo Bar' Squares recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup peanut butter
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup corn syrup
2 cups cornflakes cereal
1 cup crispy rice cereal (such as Rice Krispies®)
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons custard powder
½ cup margarine, melted
1 tablespoon warm water, or as needed
4 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 tablespoons margarine

Nutrition Info

219.5 calories
carbohydrate: 31.3 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 10.6 g
fiber: 0.9 g
protein: 2.4 g
saturatedFat: 2.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 131.8 mg
sugar: 21.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Grease an 8x8-inch square pan.

  2. Cook and stir peanut butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup together in a large pot over medium heat just until warm and well blended, about 3 minutes, remove from heat. Stir cornflakes cereal and crispy rice cereal into peanut butter mixture, press cereal mixture evenly into the prepared pan.

  3. Whisk confectioners' sugar and custard powder together in a bowl. Whisk 1/2 cup melted margarine gradually into custard mixture. Stir warm water into custard mixture to moisten to a spreadable consistency, spread evenly over cereal mixture.

  4. Melt chocolate with remaining 2 tablespoons margarine in a microwave-safe bowl, about 1 minute. Pour chocolate mixture over custard layer. Refrigerate cookies until chocolate is hardened, about 30 minutes, cut into 1-inch squares.

Recipe Yield

20 bars

Recipe Note

Growing up for some reason we referred to these as 'Oh Henry Squares'. I've no idea why, but I have not served them without people requesting the recipe and rave reviews. I don't know the origin. It's just been passed on through my family.

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