No Bake Peanut Graham Squares

Originally a classic Newfoundland recipe called Walnut Oh Henry Bars after the famous chocolate bar, but it had no chocolate and no peanuts like the chocolate bar?!?!?! So I fixed that : )

Ingredients:

graham crackers
1  1/2 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup milk
1  1/2 tsps vanilla
1  1/2 cups roughly chopped toasted peanuts
1  1/2 cups shredded coconut
1/2 - 1 cup chocolate chips
2 cups graham cracker crumbs

Frosting:
2 cups icing sugar
1/3 cup butter
1  1/2 tsps vanilla
2 tbsps milk

Line a 13 X 9" baking pan with graham crackers. Set aside.

Toast peanuts in a single layer in a 350 F oven for 5-10 minutes then cool and chop. Combine the nuts with the coconut and graham cracker crumbs.
In a saucepan, over medium heat, mix brown sugar, butter, milk and vanilla. Heat to a slow roll boil and stir for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and pour into the nut mixture.

Spread this gooey yummy mixture over the graham cracker layer.

As I said earlier I thought this recipe needed a little chocolate so I added some chocolate chips here, just tapping them gently in on top of the nut mixture. Next time I might trying mixing them in with the nuts/coconut/graham crumbs.

Top with the second layer of graham crackers, pressing gently down.

Cool to room temperature on the counter, then refrigerate for 1-2 hours. Once chilled mix the frosting ingredients and spread on top of the graham crackers.

Once the icing is set, cut into squares.

Slightly adapted from: https://www.rockrecipes.com/walnut-oh-henry-bars