Amid a pandemic, who would have thought a how-to dessert video posted on Twitter would be causing such a stir amongst British Columbians.
Buzzfeed Canada recently posted a Tasty video on Twitter, showing how to make Nanaimo Bars four different ways.
While some were disturbed by the notion that 㽶Ƶֱbirthday cake Nanaimo Bars㽶Ƶֱ would even be suggested as an alternative to the traditional bar, it was the lack of namesake 㽶Ƶֱ instead calling the dessert a 㽶ƵֱCanadian Chocolate Bar㽶Ƶֱ that sparked the loudest concerns.
㽶ƵֱNo. Just no. Quit it. Knock it off. These are an insult to everything that is a Nanaimo Bar. The people responsible should be schooled on actual Nanaimo Bars,㽶Ƶֱ wrote @TTHipFreak.
㽶ƵֱThis video is called: 4 wrong ways to make a Nanaimo Bar + 1 wrong way to call it,㽶Ƶֱ wrote @plantforwardfam.
I love a good Nanaimo Bar. But "Canadian Chocolate Bars" ??
㽶Ƶֱ John Horgan (@jjhorgan)
C'mon man.
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㽶ƵֱIt㽶Ƶֱs like calling an apple pie 㽶Ƶֱthe American fruit pizza with two crusts that has grown on a tree once,㽶Ƶֱ㽶Ƶֱ wrote @shelleycanuckAB.
Nanaimo Bars originated in Nanaimo 㽶Ƶֱ hence the name.
Canadian Chocolate Bars (Nanaimo Bars) Four Ways
㽶Ƶֱ BuzzFeed Canada (@BuzzFeedCanada)
According to the Food Network㽶Ƶֱs Great Canadian Cookbook, the first known recipe for Nanaimo bars appeared in the 1952 Women㽶Ƶֱs Auxiliary of the Nanaimo Hospital Cookbook. At the time, it was simply named a 㽶Ƶֱchocolate square.㽶Ƶֱ
It was in Edith Adams㽶Ƶֱ cookbook, published a year later, that the dessert was appropriately labelled the Nanaimo Bar.
In a separate tweet, Buzzfeed Canada apologized for the error, citing that colleagues in Los Angeles had made the video.
our friends in LA made this video and named it Canadian Chocolate Bars. I'm sorry to all the Canadians we've offended with this video. It was never our intention. - Sincerely, a real Canadian
㽶Ƶֱ BuzzFeed Canada (@BuzzFeedCanada)
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