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Food	First Bracha	After Bracha
Cabbage cooked/coleslaw/soup	Ho'adama	Boray Nefashot
Cake - all types	Mezonot	Al Hamichyah
Candy	She'hakol	NONE ¹
Cantaloupe	Ho'adama	Boray Nefashot
Carbonated Water/Soda	She'hakol	Boray Nefashot
Carp	She'hakol	Boray Nefashot
Carrots raw/cooked	Ho'adama	Boray Nefashot
Cashew nuts	Ha'etz	Boray Nefashot
Cauliflower	Ho'adama	Boray Nefashot
Celery	Ho'adama	Boray Nefashot
Cereals ² All Bran Alpha Bits Cheerios Corn Chex Corn Flakes Honeycomb Oat Cereal Raisin Bran Rice Crispies	Mezonot Mezonot Mezonot She'hakol Ho'adamah Mezonot Mezonot Mezonot She'hakol	Al Hamichyah Al Hamichyah Boray Nefashot Boray Nefashot Al Hamichyah Al Hamichyah Al Hamichyah Boray Nefashot Boray Nefashot
Champagne	Hagefen	Al Hagefen
Cheese Blintzes Cake Sandwich	Shehakol Mezonot Mezonot Hamotzi	Boray Nefashot Al Hamichyah Al Hamichyah Birkat Hamazon
Cherry	Ha'etz	Boray Nefashot
Chestnuts	Ha'etz	Boray Nefashot
Chick Peas	Ho'adamah	Boray Nefashot
Chicken	Shehakol	Boray Nefashot
Chicken Soup without lokshen with lokshen ³	Shehakol Mezonot & Shehakol	Al Hamichyah & Boray Nefashot
Chocolate Bar with Nuts Chocolate covered Peanuts Chocolate covered Raisins Eclair Fudge Ice cream Drink	Shehakol Shehakol Ho'adamah ⁴ Ha'etz ⁵ Mezonot Shehakol Shehakol Shehakol	Boray Nefashot Boray Nefashot Boray Nefashot Boray Nefashot Al Hamichyah Boray Nefashot Boray Nefashot Boray Nefashot
Coconut	Ha'etz	Boray Nefashot
Coffee	Shehakol	Boray Nefashot ⁶
Coleslaw (Sour kraut)	Ho'adamah	Boray Nefashot
Cookies	Mezonot	Al Hamichyah
Corn On the Cob Bread Soup Chips	Ho'adamah Hamotzi Ho'adamah Ho'adamah	Boray Nefashot Birkat Hamazon Boray Nefashot Boray Nefashot
Cotton Candy	Shehakol	Boray Nefashot
Crackers	Mezonot	Al Hamichyah
Cranberry Juice/Sauce	Ha'etz Shehakol	Boray Nefashot Boray Nefashot
Cucumber	Ho'adamah	Boray Nefashot
Cupcakes	Mezonot	Al Hamichyah
Custard	Shehakol	Boray Nefashot
Dates	Ha'etz	Al Ha'etz
Doughnut	Mezonot	Al Hamichyah
Eclair	Mezonot	Al Hamichyah
Egg	Shehakol	Boray Nefashot
Eggplant	Ho'adamah	Boray Nefashot
Etrog	Ha'etz	Boray Nefashot

Notes:
*1- Candy - One must determine if the candy eaten was a Kazayit and whether it was eaten within the time limit of Kdei Achilat Pras. Since the latter requirement is usually not present when eating hard candies, no Brochoh Acronah would be required.

*2-Cereal - When eating cereal with milk, no Bracha is said on the milk since it is subordinate to the cereal. Even if milk remains after all the cereal has been eaten, no Bracha is to be said on the milk unless a substantial amount of milk is left.

*3-Soup with noodles - There are 3 types of soup (generally)
1) A soup which is cooked separately, and the noodles are cooked separately.
2) Where the Mezonot is cooked together with the soup.
3) Where one cooks the soup in order to make the Mezonot edible.

The most common situation is found with chicken soup, into which we add knedlach, noodles etc. Since each part is cooked separately, one must say 2 Brachot, Mezonot on the solid, Shehakol on the soup.
In a case where the Mezonot is cooked together with the soup, then the soup becomes secondary as in all other instances (vegetable soup etc.), and only a Bracha over the mezonot is said.
In a case where a person desires to eat knedlach or noodles, but since it doesn't taste good when eaten alone, he therefore cooks up a clear broth to improve the taste of the Mezonot, then it is obvious that the soup is secondary, even though it was cooked separately.

*4- Chocolate covered Peanuts - since the peanuts are the main food, therefore the Brachah Ho'adamah is said.

*5- Chocolate covered Raisins - since the raisins are the main food, therefore the Brachah Ha'etz is said.

*6- Coffee - A Boray Nefashot is said only if the required amount is drunk within the required time (approx. 4 min), since its usually drunk while it is hot it could take longer then the required time.

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