Cookie Football

What is more fun than a Cookie Football? Absolutely nothing, and if you bring this to game day, you’ll be a hero.

As Super Bowl gets near, more and more of my mind is overtaken by the game.

No, not downs and drop kicks, but rather delicious desserts. Not comebacks and chip shots, but cookies. Not wildcats and wishbones, but wafers. Not sacks, snaps, and safeties, but sweets.

And so, my contribution to game-day grub is going to be this Cookie Football. That’s right, we’re cookie-fying the icon of the most famous game on the planet.

And if you bring this dessert to game day, you’ll be the MVP. Pinkie swear…I promise.

For this recipe, I’m using Loacker Wafers, which are high-quality crispy wafers with various fillings. They’re known as “The Keebler of Italy,” for their light, airy, crispy wafer cookies that are perfect with a cup o’ tea or as a wonderful snack or dessert. They’re indulgent, but with all-natural, better-for-you ingredients sourced from Italy — the finest Italian hazelnuts, real “Bourbon” vanilla pods, aromatic cocoa and the finest quality milk. (Stay tuned after the recipe for your chance to win a gift box of these sweets!)

Wafer cookies have a waffled texture that kind of speaks to me when I think pigskin.

Let’s get started, shall we? 

I started with all the Loacker wafers I could find in the house. That was a LOT, granted, because the Loaker folks sent me a variety to use for this recipe.

For today’s recipes, I am using

• Loacker Cocoa & Milk wafer cookies
• Loacker Gran Pasticceria Dark-Hazelnut biscuits
• Loacker Gran Pasticceria Creme Noisette biscuits
• Loacker Cremkakao milk chocolate with cocoa cream filling and crispy wafers
• Loacker Quadratini Vanilla bite-size wafer cookies
• Loacker Quadratini Chocolate bite-sized wafer cookies

So I chose the brownest ones (football brown!) and began building my shape on my largest platter.

I had to cut some to make the curve. Little pieces that break off or don’t quite fit are the creator’s treat.

You could use any technique you like, but I like to stand some on their side to show the edge and lay some flat to show the top. Suit yourself.

In addition to the wafer cookies, I used some of the Loacker chocolates. I may have eaten some while building this football. Just the little cut-off corners though. 

It’s starting to shape up, eh?

OK, who wore it better?

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