After Dinner Nanaimo Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups chocolate cookie crumbs (oreo baking crumbs)
• 1 package sweetened flaked coconut
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon peppermint extract
• 4 cups icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons custard powder
• green food coloring
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• chopped chocolate covered peppermint stick candy (such as ovation)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 grease a 9x13 inch metal baking pan,line with parchment paper, set aside.
• 3 in bowl, whisk butter, sugar& eggs.
• 4 stir in cookie crumbs& coconut.
• 5 press into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• 6 bake in the centre of oven until firm about 20 mins.
• 7 let cool completely in pan on rack.
• 8 for filling: in bowl, stir together butter, milk& peppermint extract.
• 9 beat in icing sugar& custard powder until smooth.
• 10 beat in food colouring to desired shade.
• 11 spread evenly over crust, refrigerate until firm, about 45 minutes.
• 12 for topping: in heatproof bowl over saucepan of hot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate with butter, spread over filling.
• 13 sprinkle with chopped chocolate covered peppermint sticks.