If you’ve ever had a Dime bar (or Daim if you’re eating a Nordic version or even Hershey’s Skor if you’re eating a similar American equivalent) you’ll know that once you’ve had your first, it won’t be your last. On my last visit to London, I cleared out an unsuspecting South Kensington grocery store’s stash of Dime Bars to bring back to Sydney, such is my love for these chocolate bars. The crispy snap texture of the buttery toffee is unparalleled and the temporary tooth stickiness as you bit further into the bar is compellingly moreish. Dime bars are scarce in Sydney, generally you can really only find these in specialist lolly stores.
One place I did find Dime Bars by the dozens at a reasonable price is actually Ikea in Homebush. Here they’re called Daim bars and they’re available in bulk packs with enough bars to satisfy the most chillingly addicted buttery toffee addict. I fell upon the display like a true lunatic when I first sighted it from afar thinking it to be a mirage. Yes I do embarrass myself a lot of the time.
Nigella’s recipe below doesn’t necessarily need an ice cream machine. I don’t have one and always have a tub of my home made ice cream in my freezer. I just suggest that you ripen it in the fridge for 10 minutes before serving it.
Dime Bar Ice Cream from Forever Summer
I used to have a really bad Dime Bar habit, which I cured by becoming a Dime bar pusher. Now I’m just an occasional user. Still, this stuff is dangerously addictive
- 4 full sized dime bars (plus extra to sprinkle on top if you, like me, adore Dime Bars)
- 600ml single cream
- 6 egg yolks
- 125 g caster sugar
Break the Dime Bars into pieces and put into a food processor and blitz till finely ground, like glassy sand. Tip out on to a plate and put in the fridge.
Warm the single cream. Whisk the yolks and sugar, then pour, still whisking, the warmed cream over the egg mixture. Transfer to a saucepan and cook till a velvety custard. Cool then chill and, before pouring into an ice cream machine, fold in the processor pulverised Dime Bars. Serves 8.
From Forever Summer by Nigella Lawson
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mmm i looooove daim chocolates! every time i visit ikea i have to get a pack. have you tried the daim cake? its in the freezer section of the shop
Hi chocolatesuze-Yep Ikea is definitely the place to buy Daim. I have tried the cake but I didn’t feel that it was Daim-ey enough if you know what I mean. It just had the Daim on the top whereas I would’ve liked more Daim. Have you tried the Princess cake from Ikea? Now that is fabulous!
That ice cream looks rather delicious. I wish I could cook.
Hi June-If you don’t want to cook, you could always smash up some Dime bars and add them to regular bought vanilla ice cream
the smashing up of daim bars and adding them to regular ice cream sounds like a recipe right up blythe’s alley *rubs hands together in anticipation*
Hi blythe-Its useful if you need to get your frustrations out too!
omg i lovelovelove daim bars too. when i was in the uk they had a ‘buy-one-daim-get-one-free promotion’ with two daim bars attached to one other. i think i bought out every newsagency within 5 miles of home!
Hi Helen-Wow, a two for one Dime bar deal? I’d be scouring the shops too. Hell I did that without the special deal
These are my fathers fav chocolate bar and you can’t get them in New Zealand I think you can get them at like U.K imported shop but they charge about $4.50 for one dime bar, so when ever my dad went to England he would stock up and bring them home, or when his sister that lives in London comes back to NZ for a holiday she always brings some but this is only every few years, I brought a box of these for dad for christmas off this site http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Dime_Bars.html although it came to about $98 after postage and handling for 36×28g box of Dime bars it was so worth it to see the surprise on my dads face when he opened them christmas day lol he couldn’t believe it, his only trouble was keeping us kids away from eating all of them lol because we love them also.
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