Canestrelli Biellesi or in dialect "Canestrej di Biella" have been produced in the picturesque Piedmontese town of Biella since the 1800s. They consist of two thin, crispy chocolate wafers joined together with a layer of chocolate-hazelnut cream in the middle. This luscious chocolate cookie is even protected as a traditional agricultural product of the region, and to assure their authenticity, the top wafer is usually stamped with a mark of canestrelli Biella, combined with the name of the pastry shop that prepared them.