Chocolate Krembo Mousse

Haifa, the first drops of rain, the neighborhood begins to fill with small puddles, and the area under the house is full of children jumping in boots. I look out the window and see Yochai walking on Oren Street with his blue sweater, thinking to myself, what a joy winter is here.

When the autumn winds arrived in the new Romema neighborhood, they brought with them the Krembos. How we waited for those chocolate teacakes in Nash Nash. We would pass by after school, buy a pack of Lucky Luke cards and Krembo, or more accurately, Krembos. Krembo was the king of autumn and winter, a great comfort at the end of the school day.

What do we eat first? The foam or the biscuit? I never liked the foam at all, only the biscuit. In first grade, we made important contracts among ourselves, Krembo contracts. I buy Krembo with a partner, I eat the biscuit, and the partner gets the foam. Did you have such agreements in your childhood?

Krembo is perceived by Israelis as an Israeli invention. This comforting sweet, so associated with Israel and childhood in the country, is actually originally from Denmark, but Israel is considered one of the leading consumers in the world of this chocolate teacakes.

In Paris, the Krembos usually arrive a few weeks before Christmas, when the Noël markets (Christmas markets) open. Stalls with all kinds of Krembos stand among hot mulled wine stalls, Christmas tree decorations, and roasted chestnuts. The variety of flavors and coatings is confusing: vanilla, chocolate, coffee, nuts, coconut, strawberries, bananas, and more and more. The chocolate and foam of French Krembo taste better in my opinion than those of Israeli Krembo, but the biscuit, there’s no competition for the Israeli Krembo!

And since we’re staying in the current autumn in Israel, I decided to cook a Franco-Israeli dessert, a light chocolate mousse hiding Israeli Krembos inside. Of course, you can hide any Krembo you like in the mousse; I chose the mocha, Gali’s favorite.