Michel et Augustin Chocolate Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies, 15 Count

Michel et Augustin began in Paris in 2004 as a two-man baking project, and the little square cookie is still the thing the brand is known for: a thick tile of French shortbread with a chocolate lid set over the top, in the loud, hand-lettered packaging the founders started with. The brand has been part of the Ferrero group of companies since 2024.

Each square is sealed in its own wrapper, fifteen to the bag, which is what makes them useful past the cookie jar. Coffee bars set one on the saucer with an espresso. Hotels and offices keep bags for meeting rooms and turndown service. Caterers use them as the small sweet at the close of a boxed lunch, and they hold up in a bag or a desk drawer because each one stays wrapped until someone takes it. At home they are the cookie you put out when people come by without warning.