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Which desserts are most pleasing to Canadian sweet teeth?

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Well, let’s get out the mini-plates and see…

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Canadian Living Magazine mined their data to unearth the most popular dessert recipes of 2024:

Most Popular Dessert. Canadian Living Magazine. 2024
i.    Classic Nanaimo Bars
ii.   Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
iii.  Maple Butter Tarts
iv.   Rhubarb Coffee Cake
v.    Raspberry Cream Scones
vi.   Blueberry Lemon Loaf
vii.  Apple Crisp Tartlets
viii. Butter Tart Squares
ix.   Frozen Blueberry Cheesecake
x.    Spiced Apple + Maple Caramel Cake

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PEI’s Max 93.1 surveyed their listeners around what constitutes the best Canadian dessert:

The Best Canadian Desserts. Max 93.1. 2024
i.   Nanaimo Bars – 36%
ii.  Butter Tarts – 27%
iii. Blueberry Grunt – 18%
iv.  Beavertails – 9%
iv.  Date Squares – 9%

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Meanwhile, Narrative Research surveyed 1,239 Canadians about their favourite ice cream flavours. Survey says..

Canadians’ Favourite Ice-Cream Flavours. Narrative. 2022
i.     Chocolate – 13%
ii.    Vanilla – 11%
iii.   Mint Chocolate – 10%
iii.   Maple Walnut – 10%
v.    Butterscotch – 8%
vi.   Cookie Dough – 7%
vi.   Cookies N Cream – 7%
viii. Strawberry – 5%
ix.   Moose Tracks – 4%
x.    Neapolitan – 3%
xi.  Moon Mist – 1%

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Finally, in 2021 Google Trends looked at the most searched types of pie by province…

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