Shelly's Recipe

CHOCOLATE-PEPPERMINT NANAIMO BARS

Category: Bars

1/2 cup butter
5 tbsp sugar
5 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 egg
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup + 1 tbsp butter
1/2 cup vanilla pudding
2 cups powdered sugar
2 oz unsweetened chocolate

Grease 8 inch square baking pan. Heat together butter, sugar, cocoa and peppermint in saucepan. Beat in egg and stir till consistency of custard.

Remove from heat and stir in crushed graham crackers. Press mixture into prepared pan. Cream together butter, pudding and powdered sugar.

Spread over graham cracker layer. Melt chocolate with remaining butter, then pour over second layer. Let sit for a few minutes, then refrigerate for 1 hour before cutting.