Nanaimo bar
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| Alternative names | Mabel bars, W.I. bars |
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| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | Canada |
| Region or state | Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Main ingredients | Crumb, icing, chocolate |
| Variations | Many types of crumb and icing |
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The Nanaimo bar /nəˈnaɪmoʊˌbɑːr/ is a dessert item of Canadian origin popular across North America. It is a bar dessert which requires no baking and is named after the west coast city of Nanaimo, British Columbia. It consists of a wafer crumb-based layer topped by a layer of custard flavoured butter icing which is covered with melted chocolate made from chocolate squares. Many varieties exist, consisting of different types of crumb, different flavours of icing (e.g., mint, peanut butter, coconut, mocha), and different types of chocolate.
The earliest confirmed printed copy of the recipe using the name "Nanaimo bars" appears in the Edith Adams' prize cookbook (14th edition) from 1953. A copy of the book is on view at the Nanaimo museum. However, following research into the origins of Nanaimo bars, Lenore Newman writes that the same recipe was published in the Vancouver Sun earlier that same year under the name "London Fog Bar". The recipe later also appears in a publication entitled His/Her Favourite Recipes, Compiled by the Women's Association of the Brechin United Church (1957), with the recipe submitted by Joy Wilgress, a Baltimore, Maryland, native. (Brechin United Church is in Nanaimo.) This recipe is also reprinted in Kim Blank's book, Sex, Life Itself, and the Original Nanaimo Bar Recipe.
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