Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Tuesday at the Table

Random question: Do you know Nanaimo Bars?? According to Wikipedia, "The Nanaimo bar is a dessert item of Canadian origin popular across North America. It is a bar cookie 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 light vanilla or custard flavoured butter icing which is covered with melted chocolate made from chocolate squares. Many varieties exist, consisting of different types of crumb with different flavours of icing (e.g., mint, peanut butter) and different types of chocolate. Two popular variations on the traditional Nanaimo bar involve mint- or mocha-flavoured icing."

Ok, so if that's an official(ish) definition, my one word description is, "Yum."

And I have made them on numerous occasions  usually the original recipe, but also those mint and mocha flavored, and even peanut butter.

Well, it's my coworker's birthday today, and she looooves Nanaimo Bars. But this year, I went out on a limb  and tried another twist . . .


And that would be Nanaimo Bar Cheesecake. Thanks to Jo and Sue who shared the recipe on their blog, and also included the recipe for the original bars. I did make one change to my cheesecake - using the bar portion of the recipe for the cheesecake base, because really, it's that graham + coconut + cocoa base that makes a Nanaimo Bar a Nanaimo Bar for me.

Meanwhile, it IS fall, and I'm really hoping you have some fall recipes to share and of course some fall projects. Here's a little one I pulled out last night for the new season.

The linky below will be open all month, closing at the end of the day on October 31. Then later that week, I'll choose a random winner from all the link-ups, and treat that person to a little surprise package from Sewing Summit!


17 comments:

  1. That cheesecake looks awesome, Debbie! I have a few recipes for those bars, but have yet to try them. Your pumpkin table runner is cute, too!

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  2. Great I love this! I was just telling my husband about sewing summit and how I can't wait until the kids are older to go to those kind of events!

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  3. I hang out in Nanaimo in the summers, the ferry to my island starts at Nanaimo. My mom used to make the bars every Christmas, the cake sounds yummy.

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  4. Nanaimo Bars are my husband's favourite! Since he had his first one three years ago anyway. Might have to try the cheesecake now :)

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  5. Never heard of them, but they look good!!

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  6. Ahhh, my lovely city, Nanaimo. :) Can't say we eat a ton of Nanaimo bars here though, unfortunately. Once in a while, so even though we live in its namesake city, it's still a treat for us!

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  7. Wow, that looks so delicious! Love the runner too.

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  8. I've never heard of those bars, but boy they sound good! Your cheesecake variation looks so good. I love cheesecake of all kinds!

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  9. That pumpkin runner is just darling!

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  10. missed the nanaimo bars when we stopped in on our boating treks, but enjoyed the stopss there anyway. like your pumpkin runner, too. and didn't do a very good job of posting my pumpkin bread recipe.

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  11. The cheesecake version sounds amazing! Love your pumpkin table runner.

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  12. Ooh, that cheesecake looks amazing! And I love your pumpkin runner!
    I'm hoping to have a couple of food posts this month, so I'll be sure to throw my name in the hat when I do!

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  13. Debbie, I was raised in Nanaimo! Still love the bars ; )
    I have to hide them from one of my boys.....

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  14. That cheese cake looks way too dangerous...I used to make Nanaimo bars every Christmas, so yummy!!!

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  15. I just linked up! I'm hooked to Pumpkin this season so I'm in love with that table runner of yours. Can't wait to try your recipe! Thanks!

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  16. Love that table runner. I'd better start making all of the cute Halloween projects I've pinned this fall next spring!

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