Emmy Eats Israel - tasting Israeli snacks & sweets

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🥗Healthier: oat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Oat flour is gluten-free and can be less expensive.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is a healthier fat alternative.

rose water

🥗Healthier: orange blossom water

💰Cheaper: vanilla extract

Orange blossom water provides a similar floral note.

Receive a package of Israeli snacks from Todd.

Keep the snacks in the freezer for freshness.

Open the package and describe the first snack: a date-filled cookie with a powdered sugar dusting.

Taste the date cookie and describe its texture and flavor.

Open and describe the peanut snack called 'bomba'.

Taste the bomba and describe its flavor and texture.

Open and describe the halva snack, noting its crumbly texture.

Taste the halva and compare it to a Butterfinger.

Open and describe a barbecue-flavored snack that looks like corkscrew pasta.

Taste the barbecue snack and comment on its crunchiness and flavor.

Open and describe a marshmallow cookie snack coated in milk chocolate.

Taste the marshmallow cookie and describe its airy texture and flavor.

Open and describe honey cookies with a powdered sugar glaze.

Taste the honey cookies and describe their texture and flavor.

Open and describe another 'bomba' snack with a sesame filling.

Taste the second bomba and compare it to a similar treat from Korea.

Open a can of eggplants in brine and express uncertainty about how to eat them.

Describe the appearance and smell of the eggplants and taste them, commenting on their flavor and texture.

Open and describe a snack with a hard shell of white chocolate and a crunchy filling.

Taste the white chocolate snack and describe its flavor and texture.

Open and describe a pistachio snack and prepare to taste it.

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