It was 2001 when the innovative genius of MEC3 launched Cookies The Original, an exciting, unique, and unprecedented flavour. A combination of consistencies never tried before. The first gelato flavour for artisanal gelato parlours to become a brand known and loved worldwide which many try to imitate, but whose original recipe remains unmatched.
More than twenty years have passed, and Cookies the Original continues to maintain its undisputed supremacy in terms of longevity, quality, taste, and crunchiness.
Have you ever wondered how an icon is created? With just a few simple ingredients, such as cocoa, flour, milk, and sugar, all of the highest quality and artfully combined to create the famous shortbread biscuit.
The crunchiness has always been the secret of Cookies The Original Gelato, born from the combination of a Biscuit Paste with the mouth-watering Cookies Variegate, a soft cocoa and hazelnut cream enriched with an irresistible cocoa shortbread grain.
Cookies The Original is not just a gelato flavour, but an endless world of applications designed to conquer every palate. From irresistible cakes to mouth-watering snacks and single portions such as gelato on sticks, cones, and biscuit gelato.
Its success is such that over the years, MEC3 has chosen to create a true ‘family’, launching new interpretations of the famous Biscuit gelato, each one better than the last:
2025 - Cookies Pecan& Maple, the new Gluten Free biscuit variegate that combines a buttery shortbread grain with the crunchiness of toasted pecan nuts and the natural sweetness of maple sugar.
2024 - Cookies CoffeeWow revolutionised the classic coffee gelato and made it surprising by combining the intense taste of coffee with crunchy shortbread biscuits and delicious grains of hazelnut praline. A gluten free recipe for a combination never tried before.
2023 - Cookies created with Lotus Biscoff to enjoy one of the best-loved flavours in the gelato parlour, created from the combination of two of the world’s most famous biscuits, where the delicious Cookies Caramel Variegate, blends with the irresistible crunchiness of the famous Lotus Biscoff.
2020 – Cookies Cocoboom transports the senses to exotic paradises and gives the palate an explosion of unique sensations that can be proposed in the classic version or as a cremino.
2019 - Cookies Caramel intercepts the growing international consumption of caramelized biscuits and transforms it into a mouth-watering gelato inspired by the warm, fragrant atmospheres of Northern Europe and their typical biscuits. A mouth-watering caramel cream embraces a crunchy caramelized biscuit grain, creating a sweet explosion on the palate in this original recipe.
2018 - Cookies Lemon Meringue, the inimitable crunchiness of the legendary shortbread combines perfectly with the tantalizing freshness of the lemon cream and the sweetness of meringues to create a fresh and appealing palm oil-free product.
2017 - Cookies Spicy, the biscuit gelato is enriched with an embracing aroma of ginger and cinnamon and the caramel flavour is combined with the crunchy and spicy shortbread biscuits.
2014 - Cookies Black, a black & white recipe for an irresistible taste, a soft embrace between the cream with black cocoa shortbread biscuits and a special fior di panna.