The HUGE recall: Important info

In the last few days, you might have heard that the Strauss-Elite company shut down their chocolate production facility due to a salmonella issue.

They have been forced to recall HUGE amounts of chocolate, as well as other products that contain chocolate. Other companies, that source their chocolate from Strauss-Elite, have also issued recalls.

There's a lot of confusion out there about which products have been recalled. So here's the latest scoop:

The recall includes:

ALL Elite Chocolate Products*

Elite Cakes*

Elite Wafers*

Energy brand snack bars*

Energy brand chocolate covered rice cakes*

Elite Toffees*

Elite Gum*

*ALL expiration dates that are currently available)

Milky puddings with candy-coated chocolate topping exp. dates 26/4/22, 3/5/22, 11/5/22, 12/5/22, 16/5/22

Unilever products:

Magnum Duet exp. dates 1.9.23 - 6.10.23

Magnum White exp. dates 28.8.23 - 13.9.23

Magnum Chocolate exp. dates 29.8.23 - 19.9.23

Magnum Almond exp. dates 7-8.9.23

Magnum White Strawberry exp. dates 31.8.23 - 21.9.23

Magnum White Cone exp. date 7.4.23

Magnum Chocolate Cone exp. date 5-6.4.23

Magnum Mini Almond exp. dates 15.6.23 - 30.6.23

Magnum Mini Chocolate/Vanilla exp. dates 13.4.23 - 14.4.23

Magnum Mini Duet exp. date 15.9.23

Magnum Mini White exp. date 4.9.23

Magnum Mini Dark Chocolate exp. date 18.9.23

Vanilla Mini Ice Cream Treats exp. dates 28.8.23 - 22.9.23

Strawberry Mini Ice Cream Treats exp. dates 3.10.23 - 6.10.23

Bomba Ice Cream Bars exp. date 19.9.23

Mini Pesek Zman Ice Cream Multi-pack exp. dates 15.8.23 - 17.8.23

Shokobo Ice Cream Bars exp. dates 15.8.23 - 27.9.23

Pistachio Goodies exp. dates 3.10.23 - 4.10.23

Cremissimo Vanilla Chip Ice Cream exp. date 22.8.23

Cremissimo White Chocolate and Strawberry Ice Cream exp. date 1.9.23

Cremissimo White Chocolate Pistachio Ice Cream exp. date 8.9.23

Cremissimo Triple Chocolate Ice Cream exp. date 31.8.23

Cremissimo Chocolate Chip Ice Cream exp. dates 29.8.23 - 30.8.23

Solero Coconut Bar exp. dates 14.9.23 - 29.9.23

Mix Round Ice Cream Treat exp. dates 6-7.9.23

To get a refund for the Unilever products, call 1800-780-780 OR WhatsApp 053-7807800 or fill out their customer service form at sherut-unilever.co.il

To request a refund for the recalled products Elite you've purchased but cannot eat, fill out the form here: https://www.strauss-group.co.il/cs_form/elite/#form_all_data_wrap or call *6860 or send a message via WhatsApp to 052-759-9752

If you are reading this from another country, you will likely be able to return your product to the store you purchased it at, or reach out to the importer listed on the label.

Hope that helps make sense of things! And I hope you didn't get sick from tainted chocolate.

Vegan "Ice Cream"! (free of gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, nuts, and added oils!)

I miss ice cream. It's probably the hardest thing to give up when you give up dairy, at least for me. Especially when it's been such a LONG, HOT summer and everyone around me seems to always be finding their way to a scoop (or two) of ice cream!

So this week, someone suggested that we bring vanilla ice cream to a local get-together, as it would go well with all the apple-themed desserts that we're having there. And I did NOT want to be left out again, so I volunteered to create some vegan, nut free "ice cream" to share. And then I wondered if I was crazy to commit to this endeavor!

Yeah.
Well. What happened was this:

Non-Dairy Vanilla Bean Frozen Dessert
1 cup chick pea cooking liquid (reduced)*-see note below
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 cup sugar
2-3 vanilla beans

First, I put the chick pea liquid and cream of tartar in my mixing bowl, and set it to whip for a good 10-15 minutes.

In the meantime I put the sugar and vanilla beans into my coffee grinder and ground them up well.

Once the chick pea liquid had magically transformed, I added the sugar-vanilla bean mixture and whipped it some more. When it was all incorporated and seemed like it was as stiff as it was going to get, I scooped it out into a container, covered it, and dug out a spot for it in the freezer!


*Note: If you are using the cooking liquid from home-cooked chick peas, you will need to remove all the chick peas from the pot, bring the liquid back to a boil, and then simmer for about 1/2 an hour. You will see it "reduce" in volume by about 1/3. It should be about the right consistency at that point. Apparently, the liquid from canned chick peas is often already the right consistency. Done!

Now I just need it to freeze!

And it turns out it is not only dairy free and nut free, it's also gluten free, soy free and free of any added oils!

(I did taste it before putting it in the freezer, it was light and fluffy and very promising as a non-dairy frozen dessert!)

Have you ever tried out this new "aquafaba" technique? I'd love to hear about your creations with this amazing liquid we all just used to spill down the sink! (Making this creation "super frugal", as well!)

Mislabeled Ice Cream!

Some 2 liter containers of Strauss Chocolate with Cookies/ Vanilla with Chocolate Chips were mislabeled PAREVE on the top of the container, and are actually DAIRY. The containers ARE labeled dairy on the bottom.


They are being pulled from grocery store shelves.


The affected products have expiration dates of April 17-18, 2014.

Consumers with this product at home can call 1-800-77-00-88 to arrange a refund.

Printable Coupon

New Skinny Cow coupon available!

Get 5 shekels off your purchase of Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches!

Expires Sept. 30, 2012

Print yours now! You must be a Skinny Cow Israel Facebook fan to access the coupon!

Enjoy!

Printable Coupon (Israel)

Choose your own ice cream coupon.

This deal will probably get taken down in the next few days, so hurry up and print out a coupon while you can!

Printable Coupon (Israel)

You'll have to print it from their page, I wasn't able to print and scan it for you.

Don't forget to print out your Skinny Cow Ice Cream Cone coupon!

It's good for a 5 NIS discount, and expires at the end of August!

So hurry up, and even if you're dieting, save some money on ice cream!


Enjoy your cool, refreshing treat.
I know I could totally use another way to cool off this summer. I don't eat much ice cream, though.

Ice Cream Politics

I heard a little rumbling about the Rabbanut rejecting Haagen Dasz ice cream a couple of weeks ago. And while I thought they were making a mistake, I also figured it didn't really affect me, as I cannot afford to buy it here anyway.
But it seems there are people out there with money to spend on ice cream, and they have created a petition against the Chief Rabbinate's decision to declare Haagen Dasz not-kosher.

So, on the off chance that one day someone would like to gift me with some ice cream, I signed the petition, and I'm sharing it with you here:

Create a Petition by iPetitions.com

Free Ice Cream!

Quick! This coupon expires very soon!
Click here for a coupon for a free scoop of ice cream with the purchase of a regular cone at Ben & Jerry's stores!
Offer good only at the stores in Modiin, Yavneh, and Be'er Tuvia, and expires 23/7/2011.