Name: 'Not Nanaimo Bar' Squares recipe
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

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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

Nutrition Info

219.5 calories carbohydrate: 31.3 g cholesterol: : - fat: 10.6 g fiber: 0.9 g protein: 2.4 g saturatedFat: 2.7 g servingSize: - sodium: 131.8 mg sugar: 21.8 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

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.

Recipe Yield

20 bars

Recipe Note

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.

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