Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers – Premium Chocolate Cookie Wafers
Our Famous Chocolate Wafers have been an American baking staple since 1924, beloved for their deep chocolate flavor and delicate, crisp texture. These thin wafer cookies are made with real cocoa and contain no artificial flavors, delivering authentic chocolate taste in every bite.
Perfect for creating classic icebox cakes, pie crusts, and layered desserts, our wafers soften beautifully when layered with whipped cream or pudding. Home bakers and professional pastry chefs alike trust these versatile wafers for their consistent quality and ability to transform into show-stopping desserts. Each 9 oz package contains approximately 40 wafers, giving you plenty for multiple recipes or snacking straight from the box.
What Makes These Wafers Special
Ingredients & Nutritional Information
Our Famous Chocolate Wafers are crafted with enriched wheat flour, sugar, cocoa processed with alkali, palm oil, and corn syrup. We include leavening agents like baking soda and monocalcium phosphate to achieve the signature crisp texture, plus salt and natural flavor to enhance the chocolate taste.
Each serving of 5 wafers (28g) contains 120 calories, 3.5g total fat, 21g total carbohydrates, and 1g protein. The wafers contain wheat ingredients and are manufactured in facilities that also process milk, soy, and eggs. We maintain strict quality standards to ensure every batch meets our heritage recipe specifications that have remained largely unchanged for nearly a century.
How to Use Chocolate Wafers in Recipes
The classic application for our chocolate wafers remains the traditional icebox cake, where you layer whole wafers with sweetened whipped cream and refrigerate overnight. The moisture from the cream transforms the crisp wafers into tender cake-like layers with an incredible texture contrast.
Creating Crusts & Toppings
Crush our wafers in a food processor with melted butter to create a rich chocolate cookie crust for cheesecakes, cream pies, and tarts. The fine crumbs also make an excellent topping for ice cream sundaes, parfaits, and mousse cups. Many bakers prefer our wafers over chocolate sandwich cookies for crusts because they deliver pure chocolate flavor without competing cream filling sweetness.
Storage & Shelf Life
Store your unopened package of Famous Chocolate Wafers in a cool, dry pantry away from direct sunlight and heat sources. The wafers maintain optimal crispness for up to 12 months when stored properly in their original packaging. We print a best-by date on every box to help you track freshness.
Once opened, transfer any unused wafers to an airtight container or resealable plastic bag to prevent moisture absorption and maintain crispness. Stored this way, the wafers will stay fresh for 2-3 weeks. If your wafers do become slightly soft, you can restore some crispness by placing them on a baking sheet in a 300°F oven for 3-5 minutes, then cooling completely before use.
More Classic Nabisco Cookie Favorites
Rated 4.8 by verified buyers
Questions About Our Chocolate Wafers
While you can substitute other chocolate cookies in recipes, the results will differ. Chocolate graham crackers offer the closest texture for crusts, while chocolate sandwich cookies (with filling removed) can work but will be sweeter. For layered desserts like icebox cakes, the thin profile and specific moisture absorption of our wafers is difficult to replicate, so we recommend using the authentic product when possible.
European chocolate tea biscuits may provide similar thinness, though the flavor profile varies. Most substitutions work better in crumbled applications like crusts rather than in recipes requiring whole wafers.
For best results, refrigerate your icebox cake for at least 6 hours, though overnight (8-12 hours) is ideal. This gives the wafers enough time to absorb moisture from the whipped cream and transform into tender, cake-like layers.
The wafers will soften progressively, so if you prefer a bit more texture contrast, you can serve after 6 hours. The dessert will keep well in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, with the wafers continuing to soften over time.
Our Famous Chocolate Wafers contain wheat flour and are not gluten-free. The wafers do not contain eggs or dairy as direct ingredients, but they are manufactured in facilities that process milk, eggs, and soy, so they may not be suitable for strict vegan or allergy diets.
The wafers are kosher certified. Always check the current package label for the most up-to-date ingredient and allergen information, as formulations can occasionally change.
Our Famous Chocolate Wafers are thinner and crispier than graham crackers, with a more intense chocolate flavor from real cocoa. Graham crackers have a coarser, more substantial texture with honey and whole grain notes.
For layered desserts, our wafers soften more elegantly and create thinner, more delicate layers. Graham crackers work better when you want a sturdier structure or more pronounced honey-grain flavor. For pie crusts, both work well but deliver different flavor profiles.
Yes, icebox cakes and other desserts made with our wafers freeze beautifully for up to 2 months. Wrap the dessert tightly in plastic wrap, then aluminum foil to prevent freezer burn.
Thaw frozen icebox cake in the refrigerator for 4-6 hours before serving. The texture of the softened wafers holds up well through freezing, making this a great make-ahead dessert option for entertaining.
Our Famous Chocolate Wafers are available at most major grocery stores, typically in the cookie aisle near other Nabisco products. Look for the distinctive red and black package. They’re stocked at supermarkets nationwide including Walmart, Target, Kroger, Safeway, and Publix.
If your local store doesn’t carry them, ask the store manager to order them – many stores will stock products upon customer request. You can also purchase them through online grocery retailers and have them delivered or available for pickup.
A standard 8×8-inch or 9×9-inch icebox cake typically requires one full 9 oz box of our Famous Chocolate Wafers, which contains approximately 40 wafers. This allows for 4-5 layers of wafers with whipped cream between each layer.
For a larger cake or more generous layers, you may want to use 1.5 to 2 boxes. The classic recipe is printed on every package and uses one box for a dessert that serves 8-10 people.