D’artagnan Bars

Name: D’artagnan Bars
Yield: Makes one 8-inch (20 cm) square pan | Cuts into 25 or 36 bars
Ingredients: ½ cup (125 mL) white corn syrup; 2 cups (500 mL) sugar; 6 oz (175 g) milk chocolate, chopped; 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract; 2 egg whites, at room temperature; 4 oz (125 g) bittersweet chocolate, chopped; ½ cup (125 mL) water; ¼ tsp (1 mL) salt; 2 Tbsp (30 mL) cocoa powder, sifted; ¼ cup (60 mL) icing sugar, sifted; ½ cup (125 mL) unsalted butter, melted; 2 Tbsp (30 mL) all-purpose flour; 1¾ cups (435 mL) chocolate cookie crumbs

Preparation info

Makes
one 8 inch

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

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By Anna Olson

Published 2011

About

This is a homemade version of a 3 Musketeers bar, a childhood favourite of mine. That super-sweet chocolate filling is, in fact, a variation on divinity, a soft and chewy meringue candy.

A candy thermometer is recommended for this recipe to ensure that the divinity candy layer achieves just the right melt-in-your-mouth result.

Ingredients

Base

1¾ cups (435 mL) chocolate cookie crumbs
¼ cup (60

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line an 8-inch (20 cm) s