It was a sweet bet that paid off in mouthfuls for the Canadian Space Agency. <\/p>\n
On the line in the Canada-United States men's hockey wager with NASA was a box of cookies. <\/p>\n
Thanks to Canada's semi-final victory at the Sochi Olympics on Friday, the Americans will eventually ship a box of maple creams to the International Space Station. <\/p>\n
The U.S. space agency had accepted the challenge by wagering a cookie emblazoned with red, white and blue \"Stars and Stripes\" icing. <\/p>\n
The Canadian Space Agency savoured the 1-0 victory, saying on its Twitter account: \"Can't tweet. Mouth full, crumbs abound!\" <\/p>\n
With an eye on Sunday's Olympic gold-medal game against Sweden, the CSA then tweeted: \"How to do you say maple cream cookies in Swedish?\" <\/p>\n
It won't be the first time the creamy biscuits have been in space. <\/p>\n
While on the space station last April, then-Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield took a picture of a floating maple cookie and then ate it. <\/p>\n
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