Generous Chocolate Cookies – Charlotte Chocolat. Organic chocolate cookies from Belgium, gluten-free, with hazelnuts and fleur de sel.

Generous Chocolate Cookies - Charlotte Chocolat are organic chocolate cookies from the Generous biscuit bakery in Tubize, Belgium. Baked with buckwheat, butter, chocolate, Piedmont hazelnuts, and a pinch of fleur de sel, gluten-free and in a 100g pack.

Charlotte Chocolat by Generous has a story, and it goes like this: Charlotte is forgetful. To ensure she doesn't forget her recipe, she adds chocolate chips to the dough. That is how Generous tells it, as every variety at this biscuit bakery bears the name of a character with their own personality. Behind the story lies a serious commitment: The cookies are gluten-free. That is a strictly regulated term. In the EU, a food product may only be called "gluten-free" if it contains no more than 20 mg of gluten per kilogram. Generous specifies exactly this value. Instead of wheat flour, a mixture of buckwheat, potato starch, and tapioca is used in the dough. The ingredients are from organic farming, controlled by Certisys (BE-BIO-01).

Taste

Charlotte Chocolat has an intense chocolate flavor, as the manufacturer describes it. The dough contains cocoa powder and chocolate chips. Added to this are hazelnuts from Piedmont, which contribute a nutty note.

The pinch of fleur de sel makes the difference. The salt highlights the chocolate and takes some of the richness out of the sweetness. This makes the cookie taste more grown-up than childishly sweet. Butter gives the pastry a rounded, full flavor.

The buckwheat provides a slightly grainy, nutty note that goes well with cocoa and hazelnut. Anyone looking for a sugary children's cookie will find it too tart. For those who like dark chocolate, that is exactly the appeal.

Usage

Charlotte Chocolat is a cookie for your coffee break. The combination of cocoa and salt goes particularly well with an espresso or a cappuccino. It is also great with a glass of cold milk or a hot chocolate on a winter afternoon. In a lunchbox or picnic basket, the pack is a handy companion.

In the kitchen, you can crumble the cookies and use them as a topping for vanilla ice cream, yogurt, or quark dishes. For a quick dessert, layer cookie crumbs, whipped cream, and cherries in a glass. For gluten-free guests, this is an easy solution, as the entire dessert remains gluten-free, provided the other ingredients are.

Allergen information: The cookies contain milk (butter) and hazelnuts. They may contain traces of eggs and almonds.

Our tip: Place two cookies briefly next to a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The salt in the cookie and the cold of the ice cream together make for a little dessert with no effort.

Origin

The idea for Generous began with an intolerance. Co-founder Christophe Harou realized that he was gluten-intolerant. He and his wife Théodora discovered the gluten-free address "L'Arrière-Cuisine" by Jean-Benoît and Aurélie Ghenne in Brussels. The four of them subsequently founded the Generous brand. The recipes do not use wheat; the base is buckwheat, supplemented by tapioca flour and potato starch. According to the label, the organic ingredients come from EU and non-EU agriculture.

Since 2013, Generous states it has been baking gluten-free organic cookies. Today, they are produced in the studio in Tubize in Walloon Brabant. Generous describes itself as a family-run, artisanal biscuit bakery. Charlotte Chocolat is one of the varieties in the 100g pack.

For whom

These cookies are for anyone who eats gluten-free and still wants a proper chocolate cookie. But they fit just as well in any other cookie jar, because the taste stands on its own. As a small gift for friends who eat gluten-free, they are a great idea. The Céline Citron lemon cookies are fresher and more tart. There is even more hazelnut in the Nicole Noisette hazelnut cookies. You can find all varieties on our Generous page. They are not suitable for those with a hazelnut or milk allergy.

Chocolate, Piedmont hazelnut, and a pinch of fleur de sel – the gluten-free organic chocolate cookies from Belgium for your coffee break.