bix bakery lemon pizzelle

I received a pack of 3 cookies as part of my February Foodie Pages tasting box.  The photo below is just of the box the cookies came in - I didn't bother taking a picture of the cookies as, to my disappointment, they were crushed in transit.

Bix Bakery is based in Toronto, Ontario.  Their products are handmade, all natural, and are free of gluten, dairy, soy and nuts.  Their current product line consists of pizzelles and sorbetto.

Pizzelle are are traditional Italian waffle cookies that are typically made of flour, eggs, sugar, butter or vegetable oil, and some kind of flavouring.  These cookies can be hard and crisp or soft and chewy (depending on ingredients and how the pizelle are prepared).  Bix Bakery's version leans toward the hard and crisp side.

While I wasn't impressed with the shape these wafers were received in, I enjoyed the taste of the pizzelle.  They were light and crispy, with just a hint of lemon flavouring.  I have purchased mass-produced pizzelle from the grocery store before and there definitely is a difference in freshness and the resulting taste.  

Buy again?  Maybe.  These are a little bit on the pricy side, but the other flavours available (chocolate, caramel, ginger spice) look pretty intriguing.  Given these cookies are quite fragile, I would only buy them if I could go to the store and pick them up.  ~3 x 10 pizzelles, C$17.97 + shipping, available through foodiepages.ca.