| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 4 hr 20 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Inactive: | 4 hr |
| Cook: | 5 min |
| Yield: | 24 slices |
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 4 hr 20 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Inactive: | 4 hr |
| Cook: | 5 min |
| Yield: | 24 slices |
Ingredients
- 7 ounces bittersweet chocolate (or 1 heaping cup chips)
- 4 ounces milk chocolate (or 1/2 cup chips) (or 11 ounces milk chocolate instead)
- 1 stick plus 1 tablespoon (9 tablespoons) unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons golden syrup (recommended: Lyle’s)
- 2 1/4 cups salted peanuts
- 6 ounces honeycomb candy
- Special equipment: 1 (10-inch) springform pan or 1 rectangular aluminum foil pan approx. 13 by 9 by 2 inches
Instructions
- Be still my beating heart! Or perhaps this is not the best thing to say here, given the likelihood of this lusciously over-the-top piece of chocolate excess inducing just such an outcome. I wouldn’t want to make this very often, so impossible is it to walk away from with any conviction. I fear it is the kitchen equivalent to crack cocaine.
- Still, as the French say “Everything in moderation, even moderation.” This is gloriously intemperate, riotously vulgar. I love it.
- The key is the blaring balance between sweet and salty: it’s like several klaxons going off in your head as you eat. And it’s strange that while I would normally eschew an all-milk chocolate offering, I prefer it here to the bittersweet-and-milk mixed version. Not that either is bad, and since the jury is matched on this, I feel it only right to alert you to either option. For what it’s worth, I like the darker version in the round pan and cut into panforte-type skinny wedges, and my preferred milk chocolate version set in a rectangular pan and cut into chunky, squat slabs (rather as I feel and look like after eating too many of them).
- Line your springform pan with aluminum foil or use a foil pan.
- Break up or chop the chocolate into pieces, and drop into a heavy-based saucepan. Add the butter and syrup, put on a low heat, and melt gently together.
- Tip the peanuts into a bowl, and crush the honeycomb candy with your hands, letting the golden-glinting rubble fall into the nuts.
- Take the melted chocolate mixture off the heat and stir in the peanuts and crushed honeycomb candy, then tip straight into the springform pan or foil pan. Smooth the top of the mixture as much as you can, pressing down with a silicon spatula or vinyl-disposable-gloved hand. Put into the refrigerator for about 4 hours, and once set, cut into slices as desired.
- Make Ahead Note: The bars can be made 1 day ahead. Transfer slices to airtight container, layered with parchment paper, and store in refrigerator. Keeps for 3 to 4 days.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 24 servings |
| Calories | 225 |
| Total Fat | 17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 18 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 11 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 12 mg |
| Sodium | 64 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 24 servings |
| Calories | 225 |
| Total Fat | 17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 18 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 11 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 12 mg |
| Sodium | 64 mg |
Reviews
Fantastic. Easy to make and easy to eat. thanks Nigella. More recipes please
I made these yesterday morning and I have to say they are amazingly delicious for something that was soooo easy to make. There are still a few left in the fridge, however I can’t imagine they’ll be around for long. A great idea for a Father’s Day treat.
Oh my! I love and search for all things cookie and bar like.I watched her make these and they looked oh so yummy. Funny things to overcome…never used Golden Syrup b4, found it easily and as for the candy, I know they recommend Cadbury bars but I bought Butterfinger before I saw that and I am convinced they are a “honeycomb” center. I used bittersweet and semi-sweet cause I didn’t have milk chocolate. I’m telling you, sinfully good. I want to also add I have never fixed anything so easy, just saying. I also LOVE the salty nuts and consider it a must.
Absolutely awesome nut bars !!!!! Thank you Nigella your recipes are the greatest !!!!!
Amazing
i tryed it on my wedding anniversary it was just awsome thx to nigella i just dont miss ur shows on TLC thx again.
This is absolutely incredible, and addicting. I’ve never written a review before, but this warranted my first go. I happened to have 2 Cadbury Crunchie bars in my freezer from my last trip to London, and bought some golden syrup in the English food section of my nearby shop and whipped this up pretty quickly. True, it can be harder to find these ingredients in the U.S. but quite frankly, they are easily available at cost plus and good grocery stores in metro areas. Anyway, thank you Nigella, your recipes are the greatest!