'NOT NANAIMO BAR' SQUARES

'Not Nanaimo Bar' Squares image

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.

Provided by -Becky-

Categories Desserts Cookies International Cookie Recipes Canadian Cookie Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 11

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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

Steps:

Grease an 8x8-inch square pan.
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.
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.
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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 219.5 calories, Carbohydrate 31.3 g, Fat 10.6 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 131.8 mg, Sugar 21.8 g