Comments on: daring bakers: nanaimo bars http://shinycooking.com/daring-bakers-nanaimo-bars vegetarian, whole foods, and local foods recipes Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amy http://shinycooking.com/daring-bakers-nanaimo-bars/comment-page-1#comment-395 Amy Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:54:01 +0000 http://shinycooking.com/?p=1126#comment-395 Thanks for the ideas. I LOVE mint and chocolate. It's good to know that maybe it was just a bum recipe (or I was a bum cook!). Thanks for the ideas. I LOVE mint and chocolate. It’s good to know that maybe it was just a bum recipe (or I was a bum cook!).

]]> By: Brady http://shinycooking.com/daring-bakers-nanaimo-bars/comment-page-1#comment-394 Brady Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:49:50 +0000 http://shinycooking.com/?p=1126#comment-394 Nanaimo bars often include mint in the middle layer, so you may want to try adjusting your recipe to include that, if you're a fan of mint and chocolate (generally green food colouring is added to the icing if you flavour it with mint, to warn the crazy people who don't like mint and chocolate) Traditional bars have a custard or vanilla flavour to the middle, I've never had one that simply tastes like butter, and let me tell you, I've eaten a LOT of Nanaimo bars! My grandma used to make these babies every weekend when I was young. Nanaimo bars often include mint in the middle layer, so you may want to try adjusting your recipe to include that, if you’re a fan of mint and chocolate (generally green food colouring is added to the icing if you flavour it with mint, to warn the crazy people who don’t like mint and chocolate)

Traditional bars have a custard or vanilla flavour to the middle, I’ve never had one that simply tastes like butter, and let me tell you, I’ve eaten a LOT of Nanaimo bars! My grandma used to make these babies every weekend when I was young.

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