琉璃神社

Skip to content

City of Nanaimo points to correct recipe after New York Times botches batch of bars

City addresses 鈥榗ontroversy鈥 around dessert square鈥檚 layers
24430707_web1_210310-NBU-nanaimo-bar-controversy-1_1
The Nanaimo bar display at the Nanaimo Museum. (City of Nanaimo Instagram)

The official recipe for Nanaimo bars is enshrined in Nanaimo Museum for all to see, but bakers continue to get the ratio wrong.

Nanaimo鈥檚 iconic no-bake dessert made headlines again this week after the New York Times, on its cooking section Instagram account, posted a photo of a dessert square with a meagre amount of custard and an overly thick bottom layer.

Readers were quick to call out the Times for taking liberties with a Canadian delicacy, and on Thursday on its own Instagram account.

鈥淲hether you agree or disagree with the Nanaimo bar鈥檚 鈥榞olden ratio,鈥 we can all agree with the history of how it was named after our awesome city,鈥 the post noted, going on to encourage people to visit .

When it comes to questionable batches of Nanaimo bars, the Times may be the latest offender, but not the first. Canada Post went a tad overboard on the custard layer when it attempted to honour the Nanaimo bar as part of a in 2019.

READ ALSO:

READ ALSO:

READ ALSO:



editor@nanaimobulletin.com

Like us on and follow us on



About the Author: Nanaimo Bulletin News Staff

Read more



(or

琉璃神社

) document.head.appendChild(flippScript); window.flippxp = window.flippxp || {run: []}; window.flippxp.run.push(function() { window.flippxp.registerSlot("#flipp-ux-slot-ssdaw212", "Black Press Media Standard", 1281409, [312035]); }); }
Pop-up banner image