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Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival presented by Chapman’s is back this June
Heads up, Toronto. There's a very important event on the horizon — one that celebrates a monumental Canadian dessert and all of its mouthwatering interpretations across a single day of buttery deliciousness.Yes, Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival presented by Chapman's is back for its 2026 iteration, and you don't want to miss ou...
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/04/ontarios-best-butter-tart-festival-chapmans/

Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦Apr 28

The Sweet History of the Butter Tart

The butter tart, a distinctly Canadian dessert, first appeared in print in 1900 in the Women's Auxiliary of the Royal Victoria Hospital Cookbook in Barrie, Ontario. This sweet treat features a flaky pastry shell filled with a buttery, sugary mixture that can be runny or firm depending on preference. The great debate: with raisins or without? 🥧

🇨🇦 #Canada #ButterTart #CanadianFood

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/butter-tarts

CBC Top Stories Apr 18

How 1 bad butter tart sent this man on a mission to protect the Canadian treat
John Meissner has loved butter tarts since he was a little boy living at a farm in Guelph, Ont. But it wasn't until he had an offensively bad butter tart while judging at a festival in February that he decided he needed to do something to conserve the original recipe of the dessert.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/national-butter-tart-day-9.7167596?cmp=rss

CBC London Apr 18

How 1 bad butter tart sent this man on a mission to protect the Canadian treat
John Meissner has loved butter tarts since he was a little boy living at a farm in Guelph, Ont. But it wasn't until he had an offensively bad butter tart while judging at a festival in February that he decided he needed to do something to conserve the original recipe of the dessert.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/national-butter-tart-day-9.7167596?cmp=rss

CBC Windsor Apr 18

How 1 bad butter tart sent this man on a mission to protect the Canadian treat
John Meissner has loved butter tarts since he was a little boy living at a farm in Guelph, Ont. But it wasn't until he had an offensively bad butter tart while judging at a festival in February that he decided he needed to do something to conserve the original recipe of the dessert.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/national-butter-tart-day-9.7167596?cmp=rss

CBC Sudbury Apr 18

How 1 bad butter tart sent this man on a mission to protect the Canadian treat
John Meissner has loved butter tarts since he was a little boy living at a farm in Guelph, Ont. But it wasn't until he had an offensively bad butter tart while judging at a festival in February that he decided he needed to do something to conserve the original recipe of the dessert.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/national-butter-tart-day-9.7167596?cmp=rss

CBC Hamilton Apr 18

How 1 bad butter tart sent this man on a mission to protect the Canadian treat
John Meissner has loved butter tarts since he was a little boy living at a farm in Guelph, Ont. But it wasn't until he had an offensively bad butter tart while judging at a festival in February that he decided he needed to do something to conserve the original recipe of the dessert.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/national-butter-tart-day-9.7167596?cmp=rss

CBC Kitchener-Waterloo Apr 18

How 1 bad butter tart sent this man on a mission to protect the Canadian treat
John Meissner has loved butter tarts since he was a little boy living at a farm in Guelph, Ont. But it wasn't until he had an offensively bad butter tart while judging at a festival in February that he decided he needed to do something to conserve the original recipe of the dessert.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/national-butter-tart-day-9.7167596?cmp=rss

Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦Jan 27

The Sweet History of the Butter Tart

The butter tart, a distinctly Canadian dessert, first appeared in print in 1900 in the Women's Auxiliary of the Royal Victoria Hospital Cookbook in Barrie, Ontario. This sweet treat features a flaky pastry shell filled with a buttery, sugary mixture that can be runny or firm depending on preference. The great debate: with raisins or without? 🥧

🇨🇦 #Canada #ButterTart #CanadianFood

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/butter-tarts