Best Italian Cookies

Best Italian Cookies: Our Blind Taste Test Winners!

The Swiss may have their chocolate, but we love Italy for their amazing cookies.

There’s something magical about the cookies from Italy—they are rich and delicious.

For future research purposes, we are going to have to travel to Italy and inspect these bakeries first-hand. You know, quality control.

For now, however, our blind taste tests had to suffice—we took nine popular cookie brands made in Italy and had the cookie enthusiasts among our staff rank their favorites.

If you are looking to give Italian cookies as a gift (and if so, you are a special person indeed), we liked these choices best. . . with this tin of assorted cookies as a good place to start:

Here’s what the cookies look like inside the tin—note how each type of cookie is individually wrapped:

Here are the cookies unboxed from the tin . . . with a quarter at the bottom as a size reference:

Here are the best Italian cookies from our taste tests:

Why Trust Us

We’ve been rating and reviewing products for the home and families since 1994. We do hands-on testing—we buy the products with our own money and evaluate with an eye toward quality, ease of use and affordability.

Here’s another key point: we don’t take money from the brands we review. No free samples, no sponsors, no “partnerships.” Our work is 100% reader-supported!