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No-bowl Chocolate Nut Bars
Recipe video above. Not a single bowl is required to make these bars! Everything is put together right in the cake pan. Hot contender for the world's best emergency baked goodie!Tastes: caramel-y, chewy, chocolatey and peanuty. Like a caramel slice but with peanuts - and much faster to make!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Cooling
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 16
Calories: 294 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 100g (7 tbsp) unsalted butter , cut into a few chunks
- 1 cup (100g) plain biscuits, crushed (eg. Marie, Arrowroot, digestives, Graham crackers - Note 1)
- 1 cup desiccated coconut (unsweetened)
- 1 cup unsalted peanuts , or other nuts of choice (Note 2)
- 1 cup dark choc chips (US: semi-sweet chips) (Note 2)
- 395g (14 oz) (1 can) sweetened condensed milk (Note 3)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F (160C fan-forced)
- Line pan - Lightly spray a 20cm/8" square pan with oil then press in a sheet of paper (no need to be meticulous here).
- Melt butter - Place the butter in the pan then melt in the oven for 5 minutes.
- Biscuit base - Swirl pan to spread butter then sprinkle over crushed biscuits. Spread then gently press down (again, I am not meticulous about evenness here).
- Layer - Scatter over the coconut, followed by about 2/3 of the peanuts and choc chips (reserve some for the top). Pour over condensed milk, spread for even coverage. Top with remaining nuts and chocolate chips.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the edge of the surface is golden brown.
- Fully cool before cutting (3 hours on counter, or 1 hr counter + 1 hr fridge). Remove using paper overhang then cut and eat!
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Notes
- Biscuits/cookies - Use any plain normal biscuits but not biscuits like wafers or "cakey" soft biscuits. I have even scraped the filling out of Oreo biscuits!I crush in a ziplock bag using a rolling pin. Very therapeutic! You could also use a food processor or nutribullet.
- 1 cup of crushed biscuits =100g = around 11 Graham Crackers (US) or 11 Anne Marie Biscuits (Australia).
- Add-ins - Use what you want! Other nuts (roughly chop large ones), seeds, dried fruit, oats. YUM!
- Condensed milk is a sweetened milk that's thick like syrup, sold in the long-life milk section of grocery stores. Holds the whole thing together so do not recommend substituting.
- Store in an airtight container, preferably in the fridge (will last longer) for up to 5 days. Best eaten at room temp!
- Recipe source - Pretty sure it's originally from an old Women's Weekly magazine! But the quantities have been tweaked over time to my own.
- Nutrition per slice.
Nutrition Information
Serving
64g
Calories
294cal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
32.9g
(11%)
Protein
5.1g
(10%)
Fat
16.5g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Cholesterol
22mg
(7%)
Sodium
137mg
(6%)
Potassium
159mg
(5%)
Fiber
2.3g
(9%)
Sugar
26.2g
(52%)
Vitamin A
200IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
0.8mg
(1%)
Calcium
90mg
(9%)
Iron
2.2mg
(12%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 294
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 64g | |
| Calories | 294cal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 32.9g | 11% |
| Protein | 5.1g | 10% |
| Fat | 16.5g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 22mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 137mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 159mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2.3g | 9% |
| Sugar | 26.2g | 52% |
| Vitamin A | 200IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.8mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 90mg | 9% |
| Iron | 2.2mg | 12% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.