A Ferrero Rocher cookie tastes like toasted hazelnut and milk chocolate with a soft creamy center. If you like the candy, the cookie hits the same notes with more richness and less crunch.
What is in a Ferrero Rocher cookie?
The flavor is built around two things: hazelnut cream and chocolate. The original candy layers a whole hazelnut, hazelnut cream, a thin wafer shell, and chopped hazelnuts coated in chocolate. A cookie version keeps the hazelnut and chocolate and rebuilds the texture around soft dough instead of a wafer.
What does hazelnut taste like?
Warm, buttery, and slightly sweet, with a roasted quality that reads almost like coffee at the edges. It is less sharp than almond and less green than pistachio. Hazelnut pairs unusually well with chocolate, which is why the combination shows up across European confectionery.
Is it the same as Nutella?
Related but not identical. Nutella is a chocolate hazelnut spread where the chocolate leads. A Ferrero Rocher profile pushes the hazelnut forward and keeps the chocolate as support. Side by side, the Ferrero version tastes nuttier and the Nutella version tastes more like chocolate.
We make both, and people tend to have a firm preference once they have tried them next to each other.
Is a Ferrero Rocher cookie very sweet?
Less than you would expect. Hazelnut cream carries a lot of the flavor without needing much sugar behind it, so it reads rich rather than sugary. It is sweeter than our pistachio and less sweet than our cookies and cream.
Why is it so popular?
Ferrero Rocher is our single best selling flavor. Part of it is recognition, since almost everyone knows the candy and can guess what they are getting. The other part is that hazelnut and chocolate is one of the most reliable flavor pairings in dessert. It is hard to get wrong and it appeals across a wide range of tastes.
Frequently asked questions
Does it contain nuts?
Yes. Hazelnuts are the main ingredient in the filling. Anyone with a tree nut allergy should avoid it.
Is there a whole hazelnut inside?
The filling is a hazelnut cream rather than a whole nut in the center.
What is similar if I do not like hazelnut?
Try Chocolate Chip Nutella for a more chocolate forward version, or Pistachio if you want a nut flavor that is completely different.