Posted on Jul 14, 2023
Famous Chocolate Wafers are no more, but the icebox cake lives on
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For many people, the taste of summer is an icebox cake: whipped cream layered with cookies. There are all sorts of variations using different flavored creams slathered on everything from graham crackers to sandwich cookies to shortbreads. And for many Americans, the most iconic version is lightly sweetened whipped cream with Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers.
But earlier this year, after nearly one hundred years of production, Nabisco stopped making them. Mondelēz International, Nabisco's parent company, confirmed this week that they had "delisted" the cookie. That has left fans scrambling for alternatives reminiscent of the beloved classic.
Jessie Sheehan is a baker and author of Icebox Cakes: Recipes for the Coolest Cakes in Town who loves the Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers icebox cake.
"You could eat that cookie by itself. It just has the most delicious kind of slightly bitter but still a teeny bit sweet chocolate flavor," says Sheehan.
For many people, the taste of summer is an icebox cake: whipped cream layered with cookies. There are all sorts of variations using different flavored creams slathered on everything from graham crackers to sandwich cookies to shortbreads. And for many Americans, the most iconic version is lightly sweetened whipped cream with Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers.
But earlier this year, after nearly one hundred years of production, Nabisco stopped making them. Mondelēz International, Nabisco's parent company, confirmed this week that they had "delisted" the cookie. That has left fans scrambling for alternatives reminiscent of the beloved classic.
Jessie Sheehan is a baker and author of Icebox Cakes: Recipes for the Coolest Cakes in Town who loves the Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers icebox cake.
"You could eat that cookie by itself. It just has the most delicious kind of slightly bitter but still a teeny bit sweet chocolate flavor," says Sheehan.
Famous Chocolate Wafers are no more, but the icebox cake lives on
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I remember having those as a special treat when I would visit my grandmother who was the only grandparent I had that spoiled me at all.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Cakes made from home-baked or alternative cookies will of course differ a bit from nostalgic memory. But they're just the latest chapter in the same story: "it's about industrialization and food," says historian Megan Elias. "But also, it's just about delight, right?"
And about a dessert that is perfect on a hot summer day — no matter what the cookie."...
..."Cakes made from home-baked or alternative cookies will of course differ a bit from nostalgic memory. But they're just the latest chapter in the same story: "it's about industrialization and food," says historian Megan Elias. "But also, it's just about delight, right?"
And about a dessert that is perfect on a hot summer day — no matter what the cookie."...
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