Nanaimo bar

British

/ nəˈnaɪməʊ /

noun

a chocolate-coated sweet with a filling made from butter and icing sugar

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Etymology

Origin of Nanaimo bar

C20: named after Nanaimo , a city on Vancouver Island

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Unlike the Nanaimo bar — a midcentury British Columbian creation made with processed ingredients like custard powder and graham crackers — the butter tart goes back at least to the 19th century.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

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