OUR STORY

You can find the history of stroopwafels on any web search, and it will tell you the same thing: some baker in 18th century Netherlands--Gerard Kamphuisen, if you like those sorts of details--was tired of wasting scraps, so he got resourceful, mixed some stuff together, and toasted in into a delicious cookie. Then he thought, "Hey! I bet this would taste better with caramel!" (Only he thought it in Dutch.) So he cut the cookie in half, slapped some caramel on one side, and put the other half back on top. Voila! The stroopwafel was born.

But why us? And why stroopwafels? We're not even Dutch! It all started with a trip to Europe and a whim. In a little shop, a package of some strange-looking cookies was purchased and immediately devoured. That fateful bag was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with the delicious cookie and a desire to make it available for lots of people on a continent that still thinks, "If it's a wafel it must be breakfast!"

 

Try them over a steaming cup of hot coffee or chocolate to soak up the flavor and aroma of the drink. Softening the caramel so it oozes with each bite is a plus, too! You might also try crumbling some on top of ice cream. And if you're feeling especially adventurous, try one of our delicious specialty flavors for a new spin on an old classic.