Oh Canada! Classic Nanaimo Bar Recipe (2025)

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What are Nanaimo Bars called in the USA? ›

Of course, we know that Nanaimo Bars originated in Nanaimo, or they would be called New York Bars, or New Brunswick Bars.

It is named after Nanaimo, British Columbia, where it was popularized in the years following the Second World War. It subsequently rose to wider prominence after Expo 86. In 2006, the Nanaimo bar was declared Canada's favourite confection by a reader's poll in the National Post.

Nanaimo bars are incredible. They consist of a chewy graham, walnut, and coconut crust, layered with a creamy custard flavored butter icing and topped with a thin layer of chocolate.

Description. Perfect trio base of graham crumbs, cocoa and coconut squares, topped with sweet vanilla custard and rich chocolatey coating.

Nanaimo, or Coleville as it was called until 1860, was born as a coal-mining centre. As the coal mining industry boomed, Nanaimo attracted the adventurous from England, Europe, across Canada, the US and China.

It was first deemed the Nanaimo bar by Vancouver Sun columnist Edith Adams in 1953 when she wrote that the dessert came from Nanaimo. This is important to note, Newman says, because other places such as Mississauga and England have tried to claim it as their own.

A no bake bar made with three layers of pure decadence! You get a chocolatey, graham cracker-coconut base, a sweet cream filling, and they're finished with a layer of rich semi-sweet chocolate.

To Store: The bars will last about a week and a half in the fridge in a sealed container. The filling softens at room temperature so they're best chilled. To Freeze: Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months - Nanaimo bars freeze perfectly!

I like to really let these chill down before cutting them to ensure that they are nice and chilled and easy to cut. 2-3 hours in the fridge if you can manage it is great. A super sharp knife will be your friend when cutting the Nanaimo Bars.

The Indigenous peoples of the area that is now known as Nanaimo are the Snuneymuxw. An anglicised spelling and pronunciation of that word gave the city its current name. The first Europeans known to reach Nanaimo Harbour were members of the 1791 Spanish voyage of Juan Carrasco, under the command of Francisco de Eliza.

What is the slogan of Nanaimo? ›

'Welcome to Nanaimo: the Harbour City.” We have so much harbour that we've adopted it as our slogan. There has been debate over the years as to whether we should be known as the Harbour City or the Hub City.

1 prescored piece of nanaimo bars (M & M Meat Shops) contains 270 Calories. The macronutrient breakdown is 45% carbs, 54% fat, and 1% protein. This is a good source of vitamin a (17% of your Daily Value).

But neither Nanaimo's historical miners nor current residents have an exclusive relationship with the dessert; over the last century, similar sweets have popped up across North America, going by names like “New York slice,” “London fog bar” and “prayer bar.” Still, when it comes to branding, Nanaimo is the winner, bar ...

Recipes for similar desserts are found in various places, under various names, in North America and Europe. The designation "Nanaimo bar" is Canadian, and appears in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, but not in other language or dialect versions.

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Over time, bars have been called by many names: saloon, tavern, ale house, tippling house, pub, club, public house, etc.

Founded as Colvilletown around a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, it developed after 1849 when coalfields were discovered nearby by local Indigenous people. In 1860 the settlement was renamed Sne-ny-mo (whence Nanaimo) from an Indigenous word meaning “a big, strong tribe,” which was applied to a tribal confederation.

Weighing in at more than 240 kilograms (530 pounds), the world's biggest Nanaimo bar was created at the Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., by Ella Kurtis, 10, and her little brother Austin Kurtis, 5, in March.