"The Priestley" donut is shown in a handout photo from Tim Hortons.A sitcom gag about the ubiquitous presence of Tim Hortons has inspired the company to create a suitably outlandish doughnut.A recent episode of City's “How I Met Your Mother” featured a cameo by Canadian star Jason Priestley, who boasted of a confection he dubbed “The Priestley.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tim Hortons
February 06, 2013 - 10:05 AM
TORONTO - A sitcom gag about the ubiquitous presence of Tim Hortons has inspired the company to create a suitably outlandish donut.
A recent episode of City's "How I Met Your Mother" featured a cameo by Canadian star Jason Priestley, who boasted of a confection he dubbed "The Priestley."
It's a Tim Hortons Timbit crammed into a strawberry-vanilla donut.
Tim Hortons has since taken to Twitter to praise the episode and reveal what such a concoction would look like.
The photo appears to show a chocolate Timbit inside a jam-filled vanilla donut with icing and sprinkles on top.
A spokesperson was not immediately available to comment, or reveal whether the treat would be added to the cafe's menu.
"We loved the idea of 'The Priestley' so much, we made a batch," the company says in a tweet and photo posted Tuesday afternoon.
"A Timbit IN a donut? Genius."
Monday's episode of "How I Met Your Mother" featured a cavalcade of Canadian stars including Luc Robitaille, Steven Page, k.d. lang, Geddy Lee, Alex Trebek, Robin Thicke and Paul Shaffer.
They pop up when recurring character Barney Stinson, played by Neil Patrick Harris, travels to Canada to learn more about his Canadian girlfriend Robin Scherbatsky, played by real-life Canuck actress Cobie Smulders.
He discovers a country obsessed with Tim Hortons donuts, as revealed by a faux documentary in which Priestley claims to have invented "The Priestley."
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