Bahlsen Ohne Gleichen First Class Dark Cookies (12 boxes) - Hazelnut wafers covered in rich dark European chocolate - 4.4 oz boxes

These are my favorite cookies from Bahlsen or any other company. Unfortunately they're are not being sold around here anymore. I now have to order we r in bulk for this particular treasure and have it shipped in. This is not a great thing to do in hot weather as part of this cookie is chocolate. The great joy is that even though they started to melt thay still tasted good.

The cookies are heavenly. They use a good quality dark chocolate. I've been sharing them with my friends

Blissful in taste and fresh when it arrived. It consists of unsweetened (or so it seems) wafers with truffle-like milk chocolate / hazelnut layer and OH JOY, topped with a generous thick solid slab of fine dark chocolate. It is not overall syrupy sweet like most American confections tend to be. If you compare the sweetness to KIT KAT which I also like, the KitKat is a 8 on the sugar taste scale and the bahlsen wafers are about 5. (0 not sweet at all - 10 syrupy sweet)

I love dark chocolate and have bought these Bahlsen wafer cookies before and they're delicious, but somewhat difficult to find and somewhat pricey. When I discovered these on Amazon in a bulk case, I thought I'd give them a try and figured I could give the extra boxes (I don't need all 12 boxes in the case) as gifts to friends and family. The case arrived in good shape and since it has been about 60 degrees outside for the whole past week, I wasn't concerned about the chocolate melting or anything like that. When I opened up the first box, I was dismayed to see the dark chocolate looked discolored or oxidized. The cookies I had in the past were topped with a smooth, dark, glossy chocolate that clearly showed the Bahlsen logo and name, like the picture on the box. The chocolate on the ones I received were rough, dull, and inconsistent in color. They looked like really really old, ancient dark chocolate. I checked the expiration date to make sure these weren't boxes that slipped through the cracks and expired for decades, but the expiration date is 11/30/25, which is 8 months away, so not expired. I opened another box and it was the same dull, rough, oxidized-looking chocolate. I took a chance and ate one cookie from the first box I opened, and it tasted fine. The wafer cookie under the dark chocolate was still crisp. I just don't know why the chocolate looks like something that came over on the Mayflower with the Pilgrims. If I don't experience gastro-intestinal distress later in the day, I will assume the cookies aren't bad and still edible. Again, the cookie tasted good like the others I've eaten in the past, so I still gave 2 stars (which I will retract if Montezuma gets his revenge on me a few hours later). I'm hoping this is just an aesthetic issue and not a food safety issue, but either way, the chocolate looks so bad I can't imagine giving these boxes as gifts to anyone I care about, and since these aren't returnable on Amazon, I'm stuck with 12 boxes of cookies with suspect-looking chocolate. *Update* So I didn't have any issues after eating the cookies, they tasted great, so it is only a cosmetic issue with the chocolate. I want to report that Bahlsen reached out to me after I posted my review and they offered to make things right, which is extremely commendable and shows a level of customer service you don't see too much anymore and I have raised my rating accordingly.

I will still eat them as they are delicious! But if you plan to impress your guests with some tasty treats you should rethink your strategy as these delicious "First Class Dark Cookies" will land to your door as a messy block of wafers and chocolate, far from resembling a first class cookie or even a cookie. I will wait for winter time to order this again. LOL

I use these for a wedding order treat of 120 mini s'mores. I wanted to write a review because many documented the cookies arriving melted or smashed or in otherwise not good condition. Mine arrived in perfect condition, not melted or with any defects. These were priced much better than in store and worked perfectly for my needs.

Perfect and much better price than in the store buying packages individually. I wouldnt suggest ordering this in the summer though. Chocolate might melt.

Not sure if these are edible. Came pretty quick but all a melted mess. Not very good for $50+ dollars. They were for a party, but I don't think this unappetizing cookie will be a hit. What a mess !!