"Bagels are to donuts/doughnuts as muffins are to cupcakes” is a saying that has been printed on an image. “Muffins > cupcakes. Bagels > doughnuts” was posted on Twitter on January 6, 2008.
“Bagels are to doughnuts what muffins are to cupcakes” was posted on Twitter on July 2, 2011. “Bagels are to donuts as muffins are to cupcakes” was posted on Twitter on September 5, 2011.
Twitter
(((RIP America)))
@Flyswatter
Muffins > cupcakes. Bagels > doughnuts.
6:07 PM - 6 Jan 2008
Twitter
🥞Robert Sosin 🥞
@ChompyDuchamp
Muffins : Cupcakes ::
Bagels : Donuts ::
Pancakes : Cakes ::
Quiche : Pies ::
DESSERT = BREAKFAST + SUGAR
11:20 PM - 16 Dec 2009
Twitter
beauman
@BDH_88
bagels are like healthy donuts. muffins are like healthy cupcakes.
2:27 AM - 7 Jun 2010
Twitter
Courtney Rachel
@Crtnyrachel
What if cupcakes are just candy muffins and donuts are just sugared bagels.
11:07 AM - 14 Sep 2010
Twitter
Tom Brent
@TOMBTHEMUSICIAN
Cupcakes are to muffins, as donuts are to bagels.
3:27 PM - 11 Mar 2011
Twitter
Sarah Tucker
@TweetleJuicee
@LittleNettab muffins are to cupcakes as bagels are to donuts
7:43 PM - 2 Jun 2011
Twitter
Mary Smith
@wutzacatloaf
Bagels are to doughnuts what muffins are to cupcakes.
11:58 AM - 2 Jul 2011
Twitter
Barbaedos
@Tri_love03
Bagels are to donuts as muffins are to cupcakes
9:56 AM - 5 Sep 2011
Reddit—StonerPhilosophy
Bagels are to donuts as muffins are to cupcakes. (self.StonerPhilosophy)
submitted August 6, 2014 by Gizmo9682
Think about it. A bagel is just the more bland incarnation of a doughnut, and the same is true about cupcakes and muffins.
ALSO: cupcakes and donuts are also more decorated than muffins and bagels.
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Muffins are to cupcakes what bagels are to donuts
submitted August 29, 2015 by Gimbeam
Twitter
Papa Arch(Ty) ✨
@archertyler278
“Bagels are to donuts what muffins are to cupcakes."-Duncan Harris
5:46 PM - 17 Aug 2016
Twitter
Sadeen
@sadeenabusir
Relevant shower thoughts pt. 2: if donuts without icing are bagels, does that mean cupcakes without frosting are muffins?
2:47 AM - 27 Jun 2017
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Bagels are to donuts, as muffins are to cupcakes.
submitted August 7, 2017 by N013
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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