Raspberry Nanaimo Bars

This sweet treat from Nanaimo, BC gets transformed (and liquored up!) with the addition of raspberry liqueur and jam.

Traditionally, this is a no-bake bar cookie that consists of a chewy chocolate base, a creamy vanilla centre and an intense chocolate ganache topping. The components are quick to make and assemble, though there is the toasting and chopping of walnuts for the base which also gets baked in this recipe, but chilling is required before slicing. This is a sweet cookie so I made sure to use a tart raspberry jam between the base and creamy layers, and bittersweet chocolate in the ganache.

The raspberry flavour was a very nice addition to these bars; they’re quite rich so I cut 36 instead of 16 bars from the 8” square. I’ve included a link to the official recipe from the city of Nanaimo.