Other than the well known
cupcake style sweet pastry, a muffin is also a
toasted breakfast food in
Australia,
Britain, etc, bearing little or no resemblence to the more common sweet variety. The most common variety is the
English Muffin although a range of other ingredients are mixed into the dough mix to produce interesting variety. Manufacturers attempt to enhance the percieved value of their muffins by describing them as '
pre-split'.
Secondary meaning: Muffin is the best friend of the Sanrio character Purin.