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September 16, 2025
No-bowl Chocolate Nut Bars Recipe
I’m not kidding! These chewy caramel-y chocolate nut bars are made with out a single bowl. From scratch. They’ll prevent all these occasions you promise to make one thing candy however run out of time!
I’m a type of individuals who at all times overcommits. Particularly relating to something meals associated. Then 7 out of 10 occasions, I discover myself in a flurry on the final minute as a result of I promised to convey one thing candy for lunch with buddies, or to make one thing for my buddies’ son’s college bake sale as a result of she works full time and doesn’t have the time to bake one thing.
So it’s tremendous useful to have a couple of actually quick candy recipes up your sleeve and that is certainly one of mine. Simply wait till you see the way it’s made – it’s SO QUICK and also you don’t want a SINGLE BOWL!
I do know you’re most likely questioning how on earth these bars are made with out utilizing a bowl in any respect so I’ll lower straight to the chase! Right here’s the way it’s accomplished:
It’s made by making a biscuit base utilizing butter melted within the pan then sprinkling over crushed biscuits and desiccated coconut. Then it’s topped with nuts (your alternative), chocolate chips, then lastly topped with condensed milk which is what brings the entire bar collectively. As soon as baked, it holds collectively and turns into gloriously chewy, caramely bar!
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Place butter straight right into a lined pan and soften it within the oven whereas it’s pre-heating.
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Swirl to unfold the melted butter throughout the bottom.
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Sprinkle crushed biscuits throughout the bottom, then unfold utilizing a spoon/spatula/palms and calmly press down. I’m not meticulous right here about even spreading, that is, in spite of everything, an emergency recipe!!
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Sprinkle coconut throughout the bottom.
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Prime with about 2/3 of the nuts and choc chips
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Pour over condensed milk.
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Prime with remaining nuts and choc chips.
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Bake half-hour till gentle golden on the perimeters, then cool earlier than chopping!
Ordinarily I put the elements earlier than the recipe steps, however I really feel like for this recipe it ought to be different approach spherical! So, right here’s what you want. It’s fabulously versatile – any plain biscuits, swap the peanuts and chocolate chips with different issues like dried fruit and different nuts.
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Condensed milk – This sweetened milk is sort of a thick syrup and that is the important thing ingredient that holds the bar collectively. Customary cans right here in Australia re 395g (14oz) and are offered within the long-life dairy part in grocery retailer aisles.
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Peanuts & chocolate chips – Be at liberty to substitute these with different add-ins of alternative. Particularly hand when you’ve got a peanut or nut allergy within the household. Strive pepitas and dried fruit!
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Coconut – Desiccated coconut blends into the crushed biscuits to create the bottom. When you don’t like or don’t have coconut, be happy so as to add additional biscuits as an alternative, or leftover wheat germ / wheat bran (should you made final weeks’ Breakfast Muffins!).
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Butter – For buttery goodness and in addition to carry the bottom collectively.
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Plain biscuits/cookies – Something that may be crushed will work positive right here. I’ve used all kinds through the years – Marie, Arrowroot (featured in right this moment’s recipe), Graham crackers, scotch fingers. I as soon as even made this with chocolate Oreo cookies by scraping the filling off!! (It was an emergency and it was darn scrumptious!)
That is a type of recipes that isn’t a “hack”, however fairly an incidental aspect profit is that it may be made with out dirtying a single bowl. I’d make these even when I had to make use of a bowl to make them!
So hold this one tucked away for a type of days once you’re in a rush and also you’ve promised to make a candy deal with for your loved ones or buddies!! – Johnsat x
Ingredients
- 100g (7 tbsp) unsalted butter , cut into a few chunks
- 1 cup (100g) plain biscuits, crushed (eg. Marie, Arrowroot, digestives, Graham crackers – Note 1)
- 1 cup desiccated coconut (unsweetened)
- 1 cup unsalted peanuts , or other nuts of choice (Note 2)
- 1 cup dark choc chips (US: semi-sweet chips) (Note 2)
- 395g (14 oz) (1 can) sweetened condensed milk (Note 3)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F (160C fan-forced)
- Line pan – Lightly spray a 20cm/8" square pan with oil then press in a sheet of paper (no need to be meticulous here).
- Melt butter – Place the butter in the pan then melt in the oven for 5 minutes.
- Biscuit base – Swirl pan to spread butter then sprinkle over crushed biscuits. Spread then gently press down (again, I am not meticulous about evenness here).
- Layer – Scatter over the coconut, followed by about 2/3 of the peanuts and choc chips (reserve some for the top). Pour over condensed milk, spread for even coverage. Top with remaining nuts and chocolate chips.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the edge of the surface is golden brown.
- Fully cool before cutting (3 hours on counter, or 1 hr counter + 1 hr fridge). Remove using paper overhang then cut and eat!
Notes
1. Biscuits/cookies – Use any plain normal biscuits but not biscuits like wafers or “cakey” soft biscuits. I have even scraped the filling out of Oreo biscuits!I crush in a ziplock bag using a rolling pin. Very therapeutic! You could also use a food processor or nutribullet.
1 cup of crushed biscuits =100g = around 11 Graham Crackers (US) or 11 Anne Marie Biscuits (Australia).
2. Add-ins – Use what you want! Other nuts (roughly chop large ones), seeds, dried fruit, oats. YUM!
3. Condensed milk is a sweetened milk that’s thick like syrup, sold in the long-life milk section of grocery stores. Holds the whole thing together so do not recommend substituting.
4. Store in an airtight container, preferably in the fridge (will last longer) for up to 5 days. Best eaten at room temp!
Recipe source – Pretty sure it’s originally from an old Women’s Weekly magazine! But the quantities have been tweaked over time to my own.
Nutrition per slice.
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