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

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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.

NanaimoBԪַs 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.

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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.

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