Twice-baked Mandel Bread

Company: Papa Ben’s Kitchen, Los Angeles

Introduced: January

Distribution: National

Suggested Retail: $6.99 for an 8-oz. box

Product Snapshot: Papa Ben’s evokes “Mandelicious” thanks to its newest creation—sweet, crispy twice-baked Mandelbread, or Mandelbroyt, as it is traditionally called. These anytime cookies are prepared using simple, fresh and natural ingredients, and are kosher- and pareve-certified. They come in Original Family Recipe, Lemon Blueberry with Poppy Seeds, Minty Dark Chocolate, Chocolate Espresso Bean and Spicy Chipotle with Ginger and Dark Chocolate varieties.

Ingredients (Original Family Recipe): Enriched wheat flour, sugar, eggs, canola oil, chocolate chips, (unsweetened chocolate, sugar dextrose, soya lecithin [an emulsifier], vanilla), raisins, natural maraschino cherries (cherries, water, sugar, vegetable and fruit concentrate [color], natural flavor), pecans, coconut, almonds, natural flavor, vanilla, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, calcium phosphate), salt. Contains: wheat, eggs, soy and tree nuts (almonds, pecans and coconut).

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