Kona coffee nanaimo bars
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The city of Nanaimo (pronounced "nuh-NYE-mo") is known as "The Harbour City" of British Columbia. There, residents boast of a long, lovely coastline, and also this eponymous, quirky, rich and creamy dessert that can be found across Canada. Classic Nanaimo Bars consist of three layers: a bottom layer of graham crackers, cocoa, coconut, and nuts (usually almonds); a middle custard-like layer; and finally a topping of chocolate ganache. They are extremely rich, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be ready to stop at just one. To put my own patriotic spin on the bar, I decided to create a Hawaiian flavor variation. The coconut flavor is carried through to the cream layer, which is usually made with custard powder or a substitute of vanilla pudding mix; I also added a hint of Kona coffee to the ganache and topped the whole thing with crushed, chocolate-coated espresso beans. This brought a dark edge—bitter and sophisticated—to balance out the kid-on-a-sugar-buzz level of sweet in the rest of the bar. Aloha, Canada!
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