Banana Nut Muffins with Yogurt Icing

Did you guys know that Banana Nut Cheerios are a thing? They are, and they're amazing. My boyfriend told me about them about a month ago, and my brain has been in banana nut mode ever since. Besides eating big bowls of the Cheerios with him, I've put bananas and peanut butter in my oatmeal, shared a caramelized banana/walnut gelato creation while out for dinner one night, and browsed dozens of banana nut muffin recipes online (I used to be pretty heavily addicted to Tim Horton's banana nut muffins in university). An obsession has been unleashed.


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Strawberry Oreos

America, on the whole, has better junk food than the rest of the world. Well, maybe not better (Belgium knows what's up), but American snack aisles certainly have more variety than their international counterparts. Case in point: Oreos. I thought Canada had a huge range of Oreo products... Golden, Double Stuf, those chocolate covered ones you get at Christmas sometimes... but in the States: Birthday Cake, Cool Mint, Creamsicle, Gingerbread, Peanut Butter, Mega Stuf, Neopolitan, Candy Corn, and Berry Burst Ice Cream. Browsing Amazon.com's Oreo selection makes me want to drive 7 hours to Montana right now.

Last summer, my mom did just that, and when she came back she brought me all kinds of American treats, including Berry Burst Ice Cream Oreos. They went in the freezer so I wouldn't eat them all at once, but they still disappeared pretty fast.


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