What is Cool Whip?

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jeanheasley1@bigpond.com

Thank you to everyone who responded to my request for "what is cool whip", we do have I have discovered whipped cream in a pressure pak can, so thank you all who took the trouble to answer my query Jean, Maffra, Australia

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Stngray

Cool Whip is a artificial whipped cream that will hold up in a recipe. It is made from hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut and palm kernel oils), sweeteners, flavoring, and preservatives. It tastes very good. I prefer to use heavy cream, but if you are making a recipe like pie topping, etc. whip cream might not hold up. I get heavy whipped cream to hold up a little better by adding a melted marshmallow when I am whipping it. Cool Whip might not be sold in your area.

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merlene

There's a good reason you can't find it it your country. Your country is smarter and cares more about your health than the US does. Our country is run by agencies that get pay offs from large food factories that make fake food that is extremely bad for your health. Of course they make it taste good because nobody would pay for health destroying chemicals if they didn't "taste good". By the way they taste good because the food industry has trained our taste buds from a very early age. Did anyone see Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution and what is happening to children's perception of what tastes good. It was shocking. Anyway stay with what Mother Nature created.

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fresca03

Cool Whip is a brand name for frozen ready to use whipped topping.

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Lilac

Cool whip is not whip cream. It is fake whip cream.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Whip

It comes under my list of fake food and I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole no matter how good it is. I do not even use margerine though. The purpose of cool whip was for food companies to use up all the by products from the processed products they were making. Then they pass them off to the public as "low cal" or "non dairy". It is kind of like non fat half 'n half. There is no such thing. I try to keep chemicals out of my kitchen.

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cett

Had the same problem here in Europe a while ago. Packets of whipped topping or birds eye dream whip or dream topping is fine to use instead.

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newnelly

Cool Whip is whipped cream. It is used as a topping on desserts. You can find it in your freezers section of your supermarket. Picture of cool whip included.

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piki viki

If you can't find Cool Whip try a search for stabilized whipped cream, it should hold up in recipes like Cool Whip.

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Patty Lynn

You can find Cool Whip in the frozen food section at your local grocery store in the United States, but I'm not sure about other countries. If you can not find Cool Whip, you can make homemade whipped cream and substitute that for the Cool Whip.

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Keeper

I found this info.for you:
Cool Whip is a brand of imitation whipped cream named a whipped topping by its manufacturer. It is used in North America as a dessert topping and in some no-bake pie recipes. It was generally described as "non-dairy" as it contained no cream or milk and no lactose; however, it did contain the milk derivative casein. Recently, both skim milk and light cream have been added to Original Cool Whip.

Please, could you tell me what Cool Whip is? I live in Malta, Europe and I've never seen it in the supermarkets? I seem to see it in a lot of U.S. recipes. Many thanks.