“bonfire” at the brooklyn flea: the good batch

i waited until the penultimate week to hit the brooklyn flea, but the weather was perfect, almost balmy–what’s the equivalent of an indian summer in november?

among the treats i enjoyed: the bonfire stroopwafel, courtesy of ms. anna gordon and “the good batch.”

this stopped me in my tracks–at first glance i thought it was a whoopie pie. i loved all that white filling, wildly smeared along the sides.

but this dutch “stroopwafel”  is more streamlined than its american counterpart. it is wafer thin and made with cocoa–it’s not a deep, dark chocolatey knoll.  there’s a slick of salted caramel (a bit more wouldn’t hurt the cause, in my opinion). and the roasted meringue? it was light, shimmery rather than blindingly sweet, and properly sticky. you should beware the meringue traces, but there will be no crumbs–this is a chewy sandwich cookie.

if you visit the flea next weekend, you can delight in special flavors, like pumpkin cream pie–pumpkin & spice waffle cookies, with a maker’s mark cream cheese frosting filling. it’s not my favorite variation (i will always prefer meringue to a cream cheese frosting) but it is like holding thanksgiving in your hands…

otherwise, you can find them at various outposts in brooklyn, a couple in manhattan, and two points north and south of the city…or you can order a batch or two online (if you ask me, 12 caramel or cocoa caramel stroopwafels for $12 dollars is an absolute steal. it could be a really special accompaniment with coffee or hot chocolate, especially when winter returns…

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