Event # 8 Breakfast/dessert sweets

 

For Event # 8 I bought multiple sweet items from whole foods. Some fresh bakery items and some frozen.  The items were from and or representing 5 different countries.  We tested these out one at a time over a few month period and ranked our favorites.

 

Gold   Italy   Cannoli

This had a hard but tasty pastry shell, filled with a ricotta filling with chocolate chips.  We really enjoyed these.

Silver   US   cherry turnovers

Triangle shaped turnovers with a good cherry filling. These were very good, and enough for the silver medal!

Bronze   Belgium   Dutch-Style Pancake Bites

These are Dutch-Style and it’s a product of Belgium.  They were frozen and we baked them in the oven.  They were really good topped with powdered sugar, with maple syrup or with both.  This was a nice little breakfast item.

France  Éclair

This was a pastry filled with cream filling and covered in chocolate pretty good but just outside the medals

France   crepes

Made in France.  They were decent crepes but were a little chewy.  These ones were Strawberry filled.  They were good cold and warm.

 

Belgium   Belgian waffles

Made in Belgium.  They were good but very filling.  They had lots of sugar, but maybe too much.