 Sour cream glazed and honey dip timbits | |
| Type | Doughnut, donut hole |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Canada |
| Created by | Tim Hortons |
| 45 to 90[1] kcal | |
Timbits is the name of a bite-sized fried-dough confection sold at the Canadian-based franchise Tim Hortons.[2] Equivalent to the American "donut hole," they were introduced in April 1976.[3]
The word Timbit is a play on the word "tidbit" (a delicate bit or morsel of food).[4][5] As of 2009, they are available in various flavors that differ from store to store. Flavors include chocolate-glazed, jelly-filled, dutchie, honey dip, sour-cream-glazed, old-fashioned plain, old-fashion-glazed, blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, lemon, apple cider, orange-tangerine, creamy caramel, cherry cake, birthday cake, honey cruller, pumpkin spice, toasted coconut, and apple fritter.[3] For Tim Hortons's 50th anniversary, "birthday cake" doughnuts and Timbits were sold for a limited time and given out for free on May 17, 2014- the Timbits being available first in the United States.[6]
Other doughnut chains in Canada and the United States sell virtually identical products, often called "doughnut holes". For instance, the American coffee and donut company, Dunkin Donuts, sells munchkins. The majority of Canadians generally use the Timbits trademark to designate the product, while French-speaking Canadians prefer to use the generic term "trous de beigne". In the francophone Tim Hortons locations, however, they are still referred to as Timbits.[4]
