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Amaretti di Saronno Cookies 1 Pound Bag by Lazzaroni

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My first encounter with these darling little treats was while watching Everyday Italian on the Food Network starring Giada De Laurentiis, my favorite chef of the past few years. She crumbled them into deserts, coffees, made pumpkin ravioli with it, baked amaretti apples and always praised their magical taste. Upon finally purchasing a box myself I was blown away by the hypnotic and addictive taste of marzipan in these little gems. These are supposed to be dry and cracked, the other reviewer must have been uninformed to what the cookies are in reality.

Amaretti Cookies are packed as a pair, wrapped in wax paper with Italian writing and insignias, praising its originality. They are two small crackling cookies per wrapper and they are a crunchy shell of delight. The taste is strangely addictive, after having a few I couldn't stop thinking about them! I have even purchased three more boxes two days after getting the first one. They taste like the holidays, spicy and lusciously laden with almonds and crispy sugary goodness with a tiny tang of bitterness of the almond. They flavor is royal and time stopping, on busy days, one bite of this cookie and I am transfixed into magical fields of luxurious old world taste that has been popular to Italians for years.

Incredibly aromatic crispy almond cookies that are a luscious addiction to coffee, tea or wine and are great for cooking and baking with. They really grew on me, I think I am an addict to their taste now, no wonder Giada is so smitten with them!

- Kasia S.

I get these in a 200g (7.5 oz?) bag for just over $4, at a Chicagoland grocer in the western burbs that carries lots of ethnic products.

They are not wrapped in pairs...the packaging is the Lazzaroni label, just bulk in the bag....yum...also, at Christmas, Trader Joe's sold chocolate bars from Lazzaroni with bits of the cookies in the candy bar...talk about addictive!

I'll bet in NYC you'd find them in a similar store. If you have to order...it is worth it!

Amaretti di Saronno cookies are one of those little pleasures in life that make it worth living. They have a crunchy, almondy taste, probably from the amaretto they are infused with. Yes, as noted in another review, they are supposed to be crunchy.

They are also the absolutely most perfect thing to eat while sipping expresso on a lazy afternoon on a patio overlooking -- well just about anywhere. There's a suggestion in the name that amaretti have something to do with love (they are packed in pairs). Your mileage may vary. But if you seat a loved one at the table with you while you're idling away the afternoon, who knows what may happen.

If you're looking for something like amaretto cupcakes, this ain't it. For more info, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaretto

First tried these around Christmas time after purchasing them from a local store. Couldn't find them anywhere and was happy to see them at Amazon.com Willing to pay the high price to get it. Very disappointed when receiving them. They were stale and totally dried up. Felt like a sucker.