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Eli’s Cheesecakes
& Desserts
About Us
“A CHICAGO LEGEND
and deservingly so.”
Working in his restaurant’s kitchen, he created a
cheesecake so rich and creamy that his customers
Eli’s Cheesecake was the dream of Chicago
restaurateur and celebrity in his own right, Eli
M. Schulman. Over his almost 50-year career,
he developed a reputation for serving up great
food, providing outstanding service and making
every customer feel important. Representing
the spirit of the city he loved, Eli was dedicated
to helping the community. His motto “charity
will never bust you” was exemplified during the
great depression, by a sign hanging in his
restaurant’s window “if you are hungry and
have no money we will feed you for free.”
Eli passed this legacy on to his son Marc, the
President of the Eli’s Cheesecake Company.
proclaimed it Chicago’s finest. In 1980, Eli’s Cheesecake
made its public debut at the first Taste of Chicago and
it was a mega-hit! For the past 35 years, Eli’s has been
Eli Schulman, founder
Eli’s first venture in the restaurant business
began in 1940 with the popular coffee shop Eli’s
Ogden Huddle, later followed by Eli’s Stage
Delicatessen—a celebrity hangout for soon-to-be
famous performers like Woody Allen and Barbara
Streisand. The who’s who of Chicago and the
world followed Eli to Eli’s the Place for Steak
which opened in 1966, where he decided to make
cheesecake his signature dessert.
the #1 dessert at the food festival, selling over 2 million
slices. To keep up with the ever increasing demands, in
1996 Eli’s opened Eli’s Cheesecake World, the 62,000 sq.
ft. state-of-the-art bakery, corporate office and
dessert café, located on Chicago’s northwest side. Eli’s
has grown from a local favorite to one of the country’s
largest specialty bakeries, turning out 20,000
cheesecakes and desserts daily. Eli’s goal is simple:
to create the best cheesecakes and desserts possible,
using the finest ingredients available, and to share the
company’s success with its talented associates and the
community.
As a family-owned business, Eli’s is proud to
support their community, local farmers and
small businesses. Although Eli’s has grown
dramatically over the past 36 years, we still take
our time to bake the highest quality desserts for
your table by slow baking our cheesecakes in
small batches, and allow the finest ingredients to
develop to their optimum flavors. We use slow
cultured cream cheese and sour cream to achieve
the perfect taste and texture, and we
hand-decorate all of our desserts so that they
taste as good as they look.
“The Cheesecake from this Chicago
bakery impressed tasters with its
“King of cheesecake.”
WELL-BALANCED FLAVORS.”
Eli’s first restaurant, the
Ogden Huddle.
1945
Eli’s the Place for Steak
boasted a celebrity clientele
including Sammy Davis, Jr.
and Frank Sinatra.
1955
Eli’s the Place for steak opened
in 1966. This is where Eli created
his famous cheesecake recipe.
In 1988, Eli’s son Marc
became president of
The Eli’s Cheesecake
Company.
1965
Eli debuted his
cheesecake at the first
Taste of Chicago in 1980,
now the country’s largest
food festival.
In 1996 we opened
our current 62,000
square foot bakery
on Chicago’s northwest side.
1975
When Jay Leno filmed
in Chicago in 1990, he
visited our bakery and
smashed his face into a
cheesecake!
1985
We baked a 2,500
pound cheesecake
for our 25th birthday,
In 1997, Eli’s was
cut by rock band
named
Chicago, Ted Allen,
Intermediate
and Mayor Daley.
Wholesale Bakery
of the Year.
1995
Eli’s prepared both of President
Clinton’s Inaugural Cheesecakes.
Shown above was the 1996
Inauguration with special guest
In 2005, Eli’s celebrated
the White Sox World
Chicago Mayor Rahm
Series Victory with a
Emanuel’s Birthday
500 pound cheesecake, President Obama
with Abraham
Cheesecake 2011.
cut by Mayor Daley,
Lincoln’s Official
Jerry Reinsdorf, Ozzie
200th Birthday Cake,
Guillen and Marc
Springfield, IL.
Schulman.
2000
Eli’s prepared a champagne
cheesecake for Chicago’s
Official Millennium
celebration in 2000. It was
cut by Mayor Richard M.
Daley and Mrs. Daley.
Kelsey Grammer cutting
the 2012 Taste of Chicago
Opening Ceremony
cheesecake.
2005
Stacy and Clinton of The
Learning Channel’s hit TV
show What Not to Wear
filmed at our bakery.
In 2013, Eli’s prepared a 75 years in foodservice
culminates in
special cake for the
the publishing of The Eli’s
Presidential
Cheesecake
Inauguration.
Cookbook in 2015.
2010
Eli’s 500-lb. cheesecake at
President Obama’s
Inaugural Commander in
Chief’s Ball in 2009.
A giant strawberrytopped cheesecake for
the James Beard Awards
Welcome Reception in
Chicago.
2016
UN High Commissioner Filippo
Grandi visited Eli’s in 2016 in
recognition of hiring refugees.
Products
Eli’s uses only the finest, highest quality ingredients in our cheesecakes and desserts.
Corporate Responsibility
Ingredients like pure Madagascar bourbon vanilla, Michigan apples, and housemade
Our corrugate packaging
chocolate ganaches make our products special.
is recyclable and part of
Our cheesecakes begin with chefs who are experts at baking a golden brown butter
the Sustainable Forestry
cookie crust or chocolate crust that is the base of our cheesecakes. Then our mixers
Initiative, based on
combine cultured cream cheese, cultured sour cream, real Madagascar Bourbon vanilla,
principles that promote
Grade AA butter, eggs and sugar to make our cheesecake batter. Once the cakes are baked
slowly in our oven, they are decorated by hand by an Eli’s pastry artist to insure that you
sustainable forest
get the best-looking and best-tasting dessert available.
management
• Made in Chicago since 1980
• Handmade & Hand decorated
• Slow-baked in small batches
• Certified Kosher Dairy
• SQF Certified
Where We Get Our...
Honey
Apples, Cherries & Blueberries
Eli’s honey is harvested
by student bee keepers
from the Chicago High
School for Agricultural
Sciences. Proceeds
from honey sales go
toward college
scholarships for
deserving high school
seniors.
Vanilla
We use the finest fruits
from Sill Farms, a thirdgeneration, family-owned
fruit processing company in
southwest Michigan since
the 1950s.
Every summer
we hold the
Eli’s/Wright College
Pumpkins
Eli’s uses only pure
cold-pressed
Madagascar Bourbon
vanilla extract and
vanilla beans from
Nielsen-Massey Vanilla,
headquartered in
Waukegan, Illinois - a
certified Fair Trade
Company.
Our pumpkins come from
Stahlbush Island Farms,
located in Oregon’s lush
Willamette Valley.
Stahlbush is an
environmentally friendly
farm and food processor
committed to sustainable
agriculture and their entire
farm is certified sustainable
by the Food Alliance.
Farmers’ Market,
which supports our
local farmers as well
as people with
disabilities
Chi-town Collection 7"
Give your customers
what they crave!
Eli’s Cheesecake is
a Top 5 branded
refrigerated
cheesecake in the
United States1
IRI 52 WEEKS THRU MAY 9, 2015
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Made with
GMO Free
Ingredients
New!
Cookie Butter Cheesecake
Eli’s Cheesecake swirled with
cookie butter made with speculoos
– caramelized Dutch spice cookies
with a hint of cinnamon. It’s topped
with crunchy speculoos crumbs,
baked on a speculoos crumb crust.
Original Plain Cheesecake
Creamy cheesecake made
with real Madagascar vanilla,
baked on our signature cookie
crust.
Mixed Berry Cheesecake
Juicy blueberries and
raspberries, baked on creamy
vanilla cheesecake and topped
with buttery streusel.
New!
Gingerbread Cheesecake
Creamy cheesecake infused with
real ginger, topped with tumbles
of gingerbread streusel and
baked on an all-butter
shortbread cookie crust.
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
Eli’s Original recipe loaded
with bittersweet chocolate
chips, baked on an all-butter
chocolate cookie crust.
Tres Leches Cake
Moist cake soaked in the
traditional three milks,
topped with creamy mousse.
A Latin American favorite!
Strawberry Topped
Cheesecake
Eli’s Original Cheesecake
topped with juicy red
strawberries, baked on a
shortbread cookie crust.
Turtle Cheesecake
Caramel cheesecake topped
with caramel, chocolate and
pecans, baked on an all-butter
chocolate cookie crust.
Salted Caramel Cheesecake
Creamy cheesecake swirled with
rich caramel, baked on a sweet
and salty almond crust. Made with
Rich chocolate cheesecake made
with Ghirardelli® Chocolate,
baked on a fudgy brownie made
with Ghirardelli® Chocolate.
White Chocolate Raspberry
Cheesecake
White chocolate cheesecake
topped with raspberry fruit gelee
and vanilla mousse, baked on an
all-butter chocolate cookie crust.
Red Velvet Cheesecake
Rich red velvet cheesecake
baked on a deep chocolate
cookie crust, topped with
vanilla mousse and red velvet
cake crumbs.
Key Lime Cheesecake
Refreshing key lime
cheesecake topped with key
lime fruit gelee and vanilla
mousse, baked on our
signature cookie crust.
Tira Mi Su
Espresso-infused sponge cake
topped with creamy vanilla
mousse and a dusting of
cocoa.
Cherry Vanilla Cheesecake
Vanilla cheesecake baked
with tart cherries and
vanilla mousse on our
signature all-butter
shortbread cookie crust.
Fresh Apple Cheesecake
Fresh apples and a hint of
cinnamon baked with crunchy
streusel and creamy
cheesecake on our signature
cookie crust.
Honey Mediterranean
Cheesecake
Honey-sweetened cheesecake
topped with honey-glazed
pistachios and almonds, baked
on our cookie crust. (not Kosher)
Double Chocolate Cheesecake
made with Ghirardelli® Chocolate
gluten free ingredients (manufactured on
equipment that processes ingredients containing
gluten).
Chi-town Collection 7"
Sensational Desserts 7”
Tira Mi Su Sampler
Three slices each of our Classic,
Caramel, Chocolate and White
Chocolate Tira Mi Su varieties.
Fruit Cheesecake Sampler
Three varieties, all in one cake! Four
slices each of our White Chocolate
Raspberry, Key Lime and Cherry
Vanilla Cheesecakes.
Red White and Blue
Cheesecake Sampler
A patriotic combination! Three
slices each of our Cherry, Vanilla
and Blueberry Cheesecakes.
Hot Chocolate Cheesecake
Rich milk chocolate
cheesecake studded with
bittersweet chocolate chunks,
topped with clouds of cream.
Irish Cream Cheesecake
Rich Irish Cream cheesecake
topped with vanilla mousse and a
bittersweet chocolate drizzle.
(not Kosher)
White Chocolate Peppermint
Creamy white chocolate
cheesecake full of festive
crushed red peppermint candies,
topped with creamy mousse.
Dairy Free Cheesecakes 7”
Lemon Blackberry
Cheesecake
Eli’s lemon cheesecake
made with silken tofu,
topped with blackberry
gelee, baked on a layer
of lemon cake.
Seasonal.
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Eli’s Pumpkin
Cheesecake made with
silken tofu, tops a layer
of old-fashioned
pumpkin spice cake.
Seasonal.
Belgian Chocolate
Cheesecake
Rich chocolate
cheesecake made
with semi-sweet
Belgian chocolate
and silken tofu,
tops a layer of
old-fashioned
cocoa cake,
finished with a
dusting of cocoa.
Carrot Cake
Cheesecake
Vanilla cheesecake
made with silken tofu
tops a layer of scratchrecipe carrot cake,
made with pecans,
cinnamon, ginger and
molasses, topped with
a sprinkle of more
pecans and candied
carrots.
Original Plain
Cheesecake
Eli’s signature rich,
creamy cheesecake
baked on an all-butter
shortbread cookie crust.
No Sugar Added Original
Plain Cheesecake
A no sugar added
version of our Original
rich and creamy
cheesecake, made with
Equal® sweetener and
baked on a graham crust.
French Silk Cheesecake
Deep chocolate
cheesecake baked on a
chocolate cookie crust,
finished with clouds of
cream and a
bittersweet chocolate
drizzle.
Tira Mi Su
Espresso-infused sponge
cake topped with clouds
of cream and finished
with a dusting of
imported cocoa.
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Eli’s custardy pumpkin
cheesecake, decorated
with lightly spiced
pumpkin mousse and
crunchy praline sprinkles.
Seasonal.
Best of Eli’s Sampler
The best of Eli’s in one
cake! Contains a sampling
of Original Plain, Apple
Streusel, White Chocolate
Raspberry, and French Silk
Cheesecakes.
Ultimate Cheesecakes 8”
Holiday Sampler
Three slices each of our most festive holiday
cheesecake flavors: Pumpkin, Eggnog, Peppermint
and White Chocolate Raspberry. Seasonal.
Celebration Sampler
Three slices each of our most popular
flavors including Original Plain, Apple
Streusel, Turtle and White Chocolate
Raspberry Cheesecakes.
Cookie Cheesecake
Eli’s original rich and
creamy cheesecake
covered in chocolate
sandwich cookie pieces
and a vanilla drizzle.
Candy Sampler
Contains a sampling of
Chocolate cheesecake
made with Hershey’s®,
Toffee cheesecake made
with Heath® and Turtle
Cheesecake.
Retail Frozen Cheesecakes 7"
Retail Frozen Cheesecakes 9"
Original Plain
A rich creamy cheesecake baked
on an all-butter shortbread
cookie crust.
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
Original Plain Cheesecake
Slow cultured cream cheese and
sour cream, sugar, Madagascar
vanilla, flour and whole eggs,
baked on our signature allbutter shortbread cookie crust.
Lime Coconut Cheesecake
Refreshing key lime cheesecake
topped with toasted coconut
mousse and coconut shavings,
baked on an all-butter shortbread
cookie crust.
An American classic! Eli’s
Original cheesecake loaded with
bittersweet chocolate chips.
Chocolate Praline Cheesecake
A rich combination of
chocolate and smooth hazelnut
praline, topped with chocolate
mousse, baked on a chocolate
cookie crust.
Key Lime Cheesecake
The tartness of the aromatic
key lime juice is softened with
custardy cheesecake then
topped with vanilla mousse and
a sprinkle of buttery crumb.
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Blackberry Cheesecake
Cream cheese combined with
Madagascar vanilla custard, topped with
blackberry mousse and blackberry gelee,
baked on our signature all-butter
shortbread cookie crust.
Eli’s custardy pumpkin
cheesecake flavored with
seasonal spices, on a
butter cookie crust.
Cheesecake Sampler
A sampling of our Chocolate
Praline, Honey Almond, Blackberry
and Original Plain Cheesecakes,
all in one cake!
Art of Cheesecake 9"
Original Plain Cheesecake
A rich creamy cheesecake
baked on an all-butter
shortbread cookie crust.
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
An American classic! Eli’s
Original cheesecake loaded
with bittersweet chocolate
chips.
Strawberry Topped Cheesecake
Eli’s rich and creamy Original Plain
Cheesecake topped with juicy red
strawberries, baked on an all-butter
shortbread cookie crust.
No artificial colors or flavors and no
preservatives. Our strawberry topping is handmade in-house with four strawberry varieties:
Albion, Camarosa, Camino Real and Festival.
These delicious varieties offer a deep red color
and provide a consistently sweet flavor.
5” Cheesecakes
Mini Pies
Apple Pie
Eli’s housemade filling made with fresh
Michigan apples and a hint of cinnamon, baked
to a golden brown in an all-butter shortbread
crust, and sprinkled with coarse sugar.
Pecan Pie
A sweet, traditional pecan pie filling baked to a
golden brown in our all-butter crust, sprinkled
with coarse sugar.
Strawberry-topped Cheesecake
Eli’s Original cheesecake baked on
our all-butter shortbread cookie
crust, topped with strawberries. No
artificial colors or flavors. Packed in
our custom window box.
Cherry Pie
Our all-butter shortbread crust, filled with
tart, juicy Michigan Montmorency cherries and
crowned with a sprinkle of coarse sugar.
Pumpkin Pie
Custardy, lightly-spiced filling made with
pumpkins from Stahlbush Island Farms, baked in
our all-butter crust, sprinkled with coarse sugar.
Heart-Shaped Cheesecakes - 5”
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Heart
Creamy white chocolate cheesecake topped
with raspberry gelee, baked in elegant
heart-shaped European papers. Packed in a
window box. Seasonal.
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
Eli’s Original recipe loaded with bittersweet chocolate chips, baked on
an all-butter chocolate cookie crust. Packed in our custom window
box.
Single Serve Slices
Decadent cheesecakes and delicious desserts,
individually wrapped for the ultimate convenience.
Original Plain Cheesecake Heart
Eli’s signature rich, creamy cheesecake
baked on an all-butter shortbread cookie
crust and packed in a heart-shaped dome.
Seasonal.
Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Heart
Creamy Eli’s Cheesecake swirled with ripe
red strawberries, and packed in a heartshaped dome. Seasonal.
Individual Cheesecakes 3"
Original Plain Cheesecake
Eli’s Original rich and creamy cheesecake made
with Madagascar vanilla, baked on our signature
all-butter shortbread cookie crust. 36 pack
Original Plain Cheesecake
Eli’s Original rich and creamy
cheesecake baked on our signature
all-butter shortbread cookie crust.
Packed in our custom window box.
Dipper®
Eli’s Original Plain Cheesecake-ona-stick, dipped in rich chocolate.
Serve frozen. Individually wrapped.
New!
Dessert Trays
9” Dream Team Desserts
14 cut, 2 pack
Cheesecakes
Blackberry Sour Cream
Chocolate Fudge Cheesecake made with
Ghirardelli® Chocolate
Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch NEW!
Cookie Butter NEW!
Cinnamon Roll Streusel
Hot Chocolate made with gluten free ingredients*
Pumpkin Pie (Seasonal)
Red Velvet
Salted Caramel made with gluten free ingredients*
Turtle Trio
New!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Bar
A tender peanut butter cookie crust
topped with crunchy peanut butter, a
slab of milk chocolate and a crunch of
peanut butter clusters.
Layer Cakes
Salted Caramel Pretzel Bar
Salty pretzels and creamy caramel,
topped with a thick slab of rich
bittersweet chocolate and baked on our
all-butter shortbread cookie crust.
Cuties
48 Cut, 1/4 Sheet, 1”x1” squares
Variety Cases Available
Fudge Brownie · Original Plain Cheesecake
Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake · Seven Layer Bar
Raspberry Macaroon Bar · Caramel Flan Cheesecake
Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake · Pecan Bar
Super Cuties
48 Cut, 1/2 Sheet,
2”x2” squares
Original Plain
Dessert Trays
Uncut, 1/4 Sheet (8”x12”)
Tira Mi Su
Dairy Free Cheesecake
Belgian Chocolate Cheesecake
Carrot Cake Cheesecake
Uncut, 1/8 Sheet
Tira Mi Su
Tres Leches Cake
*Manufactured on equipment that processes ingredients containing gluten.
14 cut, 2 pack
10” Classic Desserts Collection
Cheesecakes
Belgian Chocolate Hazelnut
Big Eli Original Plain
Brown Cow
Honey Almond
Irish Cream
Key Lime Pie
Lemon Mixed Berry
Mochaccino NEW!
Pumpkin Praline (Seasonal)
Totally Turtle
White Chocolate Raspberry
Cakes & tarts
Apple Bavarian Tart
Carrot Cake
Limoncello Cake
Old Fashioned Triple Chocolate Cake
Moscato Berry Tira Mi Su
tarts
New!
Cheesecake Tart
Butter Tart
Salted Caramel Tart
Lemon Tart
A new way to enjoy Eli’s Original Plain Cheesecake...the
one that started it all! Made with the finest ingredients
and pure Madagascar vanilla, baked to a golden brown
baked in an all-butter pâte sucrée crust.
The trinity of butter, sugar and salt is what makes this
dessert so compelling. Layers of rich, gooey house made
caramel and bittersweet chocolate ganache, topped with
a sprinkle of coarse salt, baked in a pâte sucrée crust.
Eli’s spin on Canada’s most celebrated dessert, made
with a sweet mixture of butter, brown sugar and eggs,
resulting in the perfect chewy, gooey contrast to the
crisp all-butter pâte sucrée crust. Serve warm! Heat at
350° F for 6-8 minutes from frozen (4-5 minutes thawed).
A delicious balance between a smooth tart housemade
lemon curd filling and a crispy sweet all-butter pâte
sucrée crust. Dusted with powdered sugar.
Salted Caramel Tart
and Butter Tart available
individually wrapped!
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www.elicheesecake.com . sales@elicheesecake.com . 800.999.8300