Savannah Benne Wafers
Under $25Food & Beverage
Paper-thin sesame seed wafers — benne is the Gullah word for sesame — baked since the 1700s in Savannah as a symbol of good luck, with a nutty, caramel sweetness unlike any other cookie.
The Story
Benne seeds arrived in Savannah with enslaved Africans from West Africa, where sesame had been cultivated for millennia. The wafers that evolved from this tradition are one of the oldest continuous food traditions in the American South.
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