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Currently, between 800 and 1,600 pounds of benne wafers are sold across the country and online each week.
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Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
Our not-too-sweet shortbread spiral cookie is made from two doughs, one flavored with chocolate and one flavored with the nutty, buttery benne seeds.
—Omar Tate, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2024
Monsour leans in with the playful touches: a smashburger slicked with Duke’s mayo sweetened with maple syrup and cinnamon, avocado toast dressed with cucumber-mint salsa and whizzed with drizzles of benne tahini.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Stews and soups may be thickened with benne seeds, an heirloom version of sesame seeds brought over on slave ships.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Garnish with benne seeds.
—Whitney Otawka, Country Living, 17 Mar. 2021
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Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
Our not-too-sweet shortbread spiral cookie is made from two doughs, one flavored with chocolate and one flavored with the nutty, buttery benne seeds.
—Omar Tate, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2024
Monsour leans in with the playful touches: a smashburger slicked with Duke’s mayo sweetened with maple syrup and cinnamon, avocado toast dressed with cucumber-mint salsa and whizzed with drizzles of benne tahini.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Stews and soups may be thickened with benne seeds, an heirloom version of sesame seeds brought over on slave ships.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Garnish with benne seeds.
—Whitney Otawka, Country Living, 17 Mar. 2021
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“Benne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benne. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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