Use our homemade chocolate wafers in icebox cakes, cookie crumb crusts, and more.
The popular cookies were discontinued in 2023.
We aren’t the only ones lamenting the loss of this cookie.
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The wafers have such a devoted following that theres a Facebook fan group dedicated to the product.
Fans of the cookie even created apetitioncalling on Mondelez International, Nabiscos parent company, to bring them back.
We think we’ve come up the solution.
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Especially in a time before most households had air conditioning.
Their size for one, which is key inicebox dessertswhere they are stacked upright.
They were also perfectly thin without being too delicate.
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These are tall orders for just any store-bought cookie to recreate.
Through multiple rounds of testing we’ve cracked the code.
The first ingredient for our homemade wafers might surprise you though: Refined coconut oil.
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Another ingredient in the recipe that might puzzle you slightly is the black cocoa.
These cookies may not taste identical to the original but do come pretty close.
The original famous wafers have this distinct imitation vanilla-like taste which was hard to recreate.
It kind of reminds me of the distinct flavor ofboxed cake mix, Stuedeman says.
