Trick or Treat
At my local Whole Foods last Friday, I nearly wept in the baking aisle. Perhaps this product has been on the market awhile, just not in grocery stores. Dairy-free, peanut-free, chocolate FROSTING, courtesy of Cherrybrook Kitchen. Haven’t tried it yet, but can’t wait to do so. I am much more inclined to bake cupcakes if I don’t have to make frosting too. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I really hate making frosting.
Also, just learned about a new website about Halloween with food allergies, where you can learn about safe candies and download a sign for your door saying that you are providing allergy safe Halloween candy. Check it out: http://www.allergyfreehalloween.com/
October 26th, 2008 at 10:41 am
I need to make a trip to whole foods, it is starting to look like it may be worth it for me. Thanks for the information on the website and products, I really appreciate it.
October 28th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Yeah, this stuff is awesome. Cherrybrook kitchen is a lifesaver!
October 28th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I am glad they make the frosting in a tub, but now that I have tried it, I am going to stick with making it from scratch. I think it is fantastic for convenience, but I wasn’t wild over it. I feel awful saying that because I am huge Cherrybrook Kitchen fan and we buy their cookies and cake mixes all the time.
October 29th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Jennifer — am so glad you said it first. But I was really disappointed after trying it. (I thought it was me.) After stirring the frosting in the tub (as per the directions), it only softened up a little bit. It was too thick and hard to spread. And my cake fell apart.
November 1st, 2008 at 9:40 pm
You know, I feel terrible saying anything even remotely negative about any Cherrybrook products b/c I think they’re a wonderful company. They’re mini-cookies are scrumptious! But when I used the CB frosting in a tub, it stuck to the cake and then as I tried to spread the frosting on, I had bits of cake stuck all over the frosting. It wasn’t pretty! Glad someone else had a similar experience. When I make my own frosting, I never run into this trouble so I felt pretty sure it was the frosting and not me, but…one can never tell!
November 4th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Have you checked out brands like Pilsbury. I found that their chocolate and vanilla frosting are actually dairy free. Obviously avoid milk chocolate and cream cheese varities. On of the other major brands is also dairy free but is processed in a plant that processes nuts. Go figure.
November 14th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
I taste-tested the Cherrybrook frosting at the Natural Products Expo last spring. Granted I was only trying it on a spoon, but I thought the chocolate and vanilla were both delicious, and the consistency seemed right. I guess you can’t really tell until you put it on a cake.
But it would still be perfect for the “cheating version” of s’mores that we used to make in Girl Scouts. W used to substitute chocolate frosting for the more traditional chocolate bars. The chocolate bars never seemed to melt in the s’mores, although if we forgot to put them in the ice chest they would always melt all over the rest of the food long before campfire time (I live in Southern California where the weather is usually hot)!
November 14th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
What a great idea. Though I must confess — my daughter and I both prefer “microwave” s’mores to the campfire kind. We melt 2 marshmallows and a bunch of enjoy life chocolate chips for 20 seconds or so, and then spread it on a graham cracker broken in half. Sheer heaven. And no burnt marshmallow taste. (That could be a plus or a minus — depending on your point of view.) Hope you enjoy!