Overview

• Taste Atlas updated its '100 Best Cookies' list on April 27, 2025, naming the Argentine alfajor as the top-ranked cookie globally.
• The ranking was based on 15,592 audience ratings, with 10,002 validated through anti-bot and bias-filtering mechanisms.
• Argentine alfajores are described as two crumbly cookies filled with dulce de leche or jam, coated in chocolate or dusted with powdered sugar.
• The term 'alfajor' originates from the Arabic word 'al-hasú,' meaning 'filling,' with roots in Andalusia, Spain, later adapted across Latin America.
• Argentina’s culinary prominence was further highlighted by its empanadas, ranked 36th on Taste Atlas’s list of the 50 best street foods.