Christina – I haven’t tried the Gille cookies, but I do enjoy the Dubbla chocolate cookies from IKEA. MMMM….

Anon- I have no idea why they’re called digestives. They’re kind of like a firm graham cracker. Personally, I use them as a chocolate delivery device (the chocolate-covered ones are best). If you’ve ever seen “Love, Actually,” the dark-haired girl brings Hugh Grant a plate of cookies, and tells him she brought him the “nice ones.” She means chocolate digestives.

Eurotrippen-Must go to Movenpick – they have a restaurant by the airport here.

Nicole-Jeff is a HobNobs fan, but I am more of a chocolate digestive purist. When they both appeared at the WorldMarket about year before we moved, I practically camped out in the parking lot to buy them.

I had a minor addiction problem with Manner chocolate covered wafers… Evilly good, I tell you.

Now, I’m assuming you’re Hobnobbing in the UK? I found some Hobnobs at World Market last summer and almost started crying out of sheer joy.

Now, the brownie is a baked good on which we Americans could base world domination. And they are a cinch to make abroad, unlike the occasionally hard-to-find chocolate chip items.

The Lotus Karamellgebäcks put American graham crackers to shame… and they’re cheap to boot!

I’m a huge fan of Mövenpick. Anything mövenpick really… their cookies, yogurts, smoothies, and their caramel chocolate bars (with tiny flakes of crystallized caramel) are to die for.

I’ve wanted to ask for years, but have never gotten up the nerve:

what is a digestive: Is that like a cookie that’s going to help your digestion? Or do they just call them that but it’s really just a
plain ol’ cookie?

Somebody please enlighten me.

American cookies are great, but only if they’re homemade. The store-bought ones blow.

Have you tried Gille Haferflockengebäck aus Sweden? These are my new favorite cookies.

Now if only Oliver would get his feet out of my ribs I could sit down and enjoy my Kaffee und Kekse!