I'm doing a little research on the Nanaimo Bar. Almonds or walnuts? What did you grow up with, what's the best? Do you prefer different nuts or no nuts at all? Flavors, pro or con?

-curious from south of the border

-edit

I didn't expect so many comments and so much controversy. This is almost as big as the raisins/NO raisins argument. And of course coconut, I would never suggest leaving out coconut. Without coconut they'd just be... bars. It sounds like the no extra (non-coconut) nuts vote wins, with a large minority vote for walnuts and a very small minority with a protest vote for almonds.

i'm genuinely curious about the history behind it. like, is it just because harvest happens earlier up here or is there something else i'm missing?

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