# Help me find the name of this cookie
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 16, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835 "2006-02-16T18:06:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/1 "2006-02-16T18:06:44Z")
They’re wafer-like and came in a little plastic tub (like the kind you get out of the deli). I had the chocolate and vanilla flavors, but there could be others. The cookies were not very sweet, and had a crumbly texture. I think they might be an ethnic\*, or specialty item, because I’ve never seen them in my (small) town.
\*I got them from a Jewish person, who got them from a large city. That might be relevant.
Okay, that’s all I’ve got to go on. Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/2 "2006-02-16T18:45:01Z")
Is there any pattern pressed into the wafer? How big and thick are they? (Wow, that sounded bad.) Is the chocolate a flavor baked into the wafer or is it a coating? Are they are golden baked color?
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### Author:  [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/3 "2006-02-16T19:00:29Z")
Chocolate is a flavor. There might have been alternating layers of brown and golden color, but I can’t remember. There also could have been a pattern (criss cross like sugar wafers), but again, I’m not sure. I know it’s not much to go on, but I haven’t seen them in about six years.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/4 "2006-02-16T19:02:52Z")
Did they look like [this?](http://www.figis.com/gifts/offer.asp?offerID=107503&categoryID=687&subcat=717)
If so, they are called Floretine cookies, and they are good.
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### Author:  [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/5 "2006-02-16T19:51:09Z")
I’m willing to bet they looked like this:
[http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?akw=&id=34732&catitemid=](http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?akw=&id=34732&catitemid=)
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### Author:  [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/6 "2006-02-16T20:08:34Z")
**Annie Xmas** and **ddgryphon** , no that’s not them. Those florentine cookies sound good though. The second link is a picture of what’s known as sugar wafers around here. Sugar wafers are much sweeter than the things I’m thinking of.
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/7 "2006-02-17T01:08:09Z")
Cow chips?
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### Author:  [@gerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gerb)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/8 "2006-02-17T02:35:11Z")
You may be tallking about a pizzelle. They are an Italian cookie made on an iron
just like a waffle. They are traditionally anise flavor but I have made chocolate and other flavors. Here is a [Picture](http://www.j3soft.com/recipes/pizzelle.htm) .
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/9 "2006-02-17T19:11:33Z")
The pizelle is what came to my mind too. I just couldn’t remember the name!! (starts with “p”, Italian… 😕 )
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### Author:  [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/10 "2006-02-17T19:33:16Z")
Yes, that’s them (the pizelles)! Thanks everyone.
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### Author:  [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-this-cookie/344835/11 "2006-02-17T20:04:37Z")
Pizelles are not too hard to make, should you be so inclined. You do however, need a special iron. Mine just works on the stove bruner, I don’t have an electric fancy-dancy pizelle maker.
You can fine recipes all over the internet. Most contain anise, but if like me you don’t care for licorice flavor, it’s easy enough to substitute. I like amaretto, or even a little rum to spice it up.