{"id":2981,"date":"2018-11-28T16:25:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recolo.nl\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2018-12-08T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T17:29:28","slug":"amsterdam-has-the-best-cookies-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recolo.nl\/en\/amsterdam-has-the-best-cookies-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam has the Best Cookies in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAmsterdam Has
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Who:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Van Stapele – Cookie shop
\nWhere:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Heisteeg 4, a small street next to Spui
\nWhen:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Everyday from 10:00 to 18:00. On peak season, inform the guests they may have to queue up to 45 minutes!
\nWhat:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Only cookies, and one single variety!
\nHow much:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>1.95\u20ac
\nWho is it for:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Locals, foodies, people who have a sweet tooth, but who also love the highest quality!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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1. Investigating that incredible claim<\/h2><\/div>
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I will be honestly French with you.
\nA few weeks ago, customers arrived at my front desk and showed me the box of cookies they had just bought.
\n“They are the best in the whole world according to the internet!” they said.
\nI smiled politely but thought “How could Amsterdam ever beat Paris when it comes to pastries?”
\nOf course, I had to investigate. So I went to the little shop full of curiosity and disbelief.
\nPeople were queuing! Can you believe?<\/p>\n

I waited patiently about 15 minutes. Inside, the employees were just taking a baking tray out of the oven. The shop smelled like butter, chocolate, and gezellig<\/em>-ness.
\nI bought a box and brought it back to the Recolo office, the box was still warm, and the smell mesmerizing.
\n“Who wants to give it a try? I was told they were the lekkerste<\/em>\u00a0ever”.<\/p>\n

In front of my coworkers, I took away the plastic lid that was decorated with a light-bue ribbon, and an instruction card about how to store and re-warm the cookies for the best experience. A few seconds later, everyone was making “hmmm” sounds, their eyes closed, nodding as a way to express how much they were agreeing with my hotel guests…
\nAnd I had to admit that they were well worth queuing for!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2. Van Stapele, you say?<\/h2><\/div>
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The cookie is soft inside, with white chocolate filling, but is also the right amount of crusty on the outside.
\nYou have to eat them within 4 days (that’s easy).<\/p>\n

Van Stapele opened only\u00a0\u00a05 years ago. The\u00a0 concept was to bake and sell only one recipe of home-made cookies, but to bake them with high-quality ingredients (Valrhona chocolate).
\nIt was a small local shop, that people got to know from word-of-mouth.<\/p>\n

But the shop’s reputation grew quickly at the age of online reviews! Two years later, it\u00a0 was celebrated in many blog, press articles and many food experts. It has been fatured on the Michelin Amsterdam tourist guide, and on an article from Lonely Planet.
\nEven as a local, you may have never heard since it is not that old, in which case you truly are missing out!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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