MANISCHEWITZ’S TOASTED COCONUT MARSHMALLOWS
Th is treat from the classic Jewish brand was the fi rst dessert we tried during
our offi ce taste test on March 31 via Zoom. And it may have been the best
dessert, too.

Writer Lindsay Van Asdalan tried it fi rst and immediately started nod-
ding her head.

“It’s good, it’s not too sticky and I love toasted coconuts so ... it’s a win,”
she said.

Th e rest of us agreed.

“I don’t have high expectations for a kosher for Passover marshmallow,
but it really tasted like a marshmallow,” Editor Selah Maya Zighelboim said.

“And these are only 17 calories apiece,” Editor Andy Gotlieb added.

SCHICK’S LEMON RASPBERRY ROLL
Writer Sasha Rogelberg had mixed but ultimately positive feelings about
this one.

“Dryer than the desert we wandered through,” she said upon a fi rst bite.

But then she kept chewing.

“Th e fl avor’s good,” she concluded.

Gotlieb seconded the opinion.

“Actually, it is pretty good and it’s not overly sweet; it’s fairly light,” he
said. JOYVA’S MARSHMALLOW TWISTS
Th e marshmallow twists were the most divisive product of the 5782 MAM
Passover Taste Test Classic.

For some, like myself, they were much too creamy.

“Not a fan,” I concluded.

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But for others, like everyone else, the creaminess was the point.

“I like the creaminess,” Zighelboim said.

“Yeah, the creaminess works for me,” Gotlieb added.

“It’s almost like eating cream instead of chocolate,” Zighelboim
concluded. YEHUDA CHOCOLATE-FLAVORED CAKE
Th e chocolate cake drew rave reviews, even with the unleavened factor.

“Th e chocolate fl avor on this is really good,” Van Asdalan said. “It almost
tastes more like a light brownie. Like a fl uffi er brownie.”
“It’s not too sweet, and I really like that; it tastes like it would be really
good with a cup of coff ee or a cup of tea or something,” Zighelboim said.

SCHICK’S SEVEN-LAYER CAKE AND
MANISCHEWITZ’S MANDEL CUTS
Both teams tried diff erent desserts during this round, and the seven-layer
cake was the expected favorite before the taste test, and it delivered.

“Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Th is cake is really good,” Gotlieb said.

“A little bit of texture, but actually moist and actually good fl avor,”
Rogelberg added.

Others tried the mandel cuts, which looked and tasted like a dry biscotti.

Despite the dryness, though, it wasn’t terrible.

It just could have used a specifi c complement.

“It would be another good one to have with tea,” Van Asdalan said.

Zighelboim agreed.

THE REST
Th ese being Passover desserts, there was plenty that we didn’t like, too.