While eating biscuits for breakfast may sound quite wonderful, bear in mind that the Italians are very strict about portion control. Whole generations of Italian kids have grown up eating these dense cacao biscuits dotted with tiny white stars. Pan de Stelle is one of the most popular brands of breakfast biscuits in Italy. You will see their large bags of biscuits sold in all Italian supermarkets and delis. The most important producer of Italian breakfast biscuits is Mulino Bianco. I took it in my local shop in Italy when I used to live in a small city called Vicenza there.Ībbracci (as well as many other types of Italian breakfast biscuits) are sold on Amazon, so it’s easy to order them from abroad if you want to have a taste. They are pressed in different shapes and have names to match.įor example, a circular biscuit with cacao- and cream-flavoured halves is called Abbracci which in English translates as ‘hugs’. Nowadays, there are many dozens of biscuit varieties sold in Italy. These are shortcrust-based biscuits made of flour, butter, sugar, and eggs. Italy’s breakfast biscuits are known as frollini. Hence, biscuits quickly gained a footing as a flour-based yet richer and sweeter breakfast alternative. With the industrial advances of Italy and specifically, the Italian Economic Miracle between 19, eating dry bread for breakfast suddenly had too many connotations of poverty. Up until that moment, dry bread dipped in milk had been a staple of Italian breakfasts. This is a habit that started back in the 1960s. Biscuits are the most popular Italian breakfast food!Īccording to a poll on the breakfast habits of the Italians conducted in 2019 by YouGov Italia, 57% of all Italians eat biscotti first thing in the morning.
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