Mississippi Mud Cookie Bars | Pillsbury Recipe

🇭🇹🍪 Haiti’s Mud Cookies – Survival on the Edge of Hunger In Haiti, bonbon tè or “mud cookies” emerged as a survival food for the poor. Made from clay collected near Hinche, mixed with salt and shortening, and dried under the Caribbean sun, they became a symbol of extreme hunger during the 2007–08 global food crisis. At just 5 cents each, these cookies filled stomachs when rice and beans became unaffordable. Once believed to offer minerals for pregnant women and children, doctors now warn they