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TORONTO -- A sitcom gag about the ubiquitous presence of Tim Hortons has inspired the company to create a suitably outlandish doughnut.

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TORONTO — 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.”

It’s a Tim Hortons Timbit crammed into a strawberry-vanilla doughnut.

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Jason Priestley arrives for the International Emmy Awards, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) closecut close cut
CP Jason Priestley arrives for the International Emmy Awards, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) closecut close cut

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 doughnut 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 doughnut? 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, Alan Thicke and Paul Shaffer.

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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 doughnuts, as revealed by a faux documentary in which Priestley claims to have invented “The Priestley.”

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