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Taste Atlas Names Argentina’s Alfajor No. 1 on Global Cookie List

The social post prompted debate over whether the alfajor qualifies as a cookie.

Overview

  • Taste Atlas published a 50-best “galletitas” ranking on X that drew wide coverage in Argentine media.
  • The next top entries were melomakarona (Greece), chocolate chip cookie (U.S.), stroopwafel (Netherlands), and marranitos (Mexico).
  • Users questioned the list’s definitions and some challenged the treat’s national attribution, with a number asserting it belongs to Uruguay.
  • The alfajor is commonly described as two soft biscuits filled with dulce de leche and often coated in chocolate.
  • Taste Atlas, created by Croatian journalist Matija Babi, operates as an online gastronomic guide and interactive map of traditional foods worldwide.