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You Won’t Guess What Secret Ingredient Fuels the Craze for Wafer Cookies! The small, crisp, perfectly flaky wafer cookies have taken the snack world by storm, sparking excitement across social media and food blogs alike. But beyond their irresistible crunch and buttery aroma lies a little-known secret ingredient that’s quietly driving this cookie craze: sand sugar with irony—structure and chemistry working together to create the ultimate crunch. ### The Hidden Magic Behind the Crust While most cookie enthusiasts admire the classic appeal of butter, flour, and sugar, a more technical ingredient is quietly revolutionizing wafer cookies: finely milled structural sugar blended with ultra-fine baking soda. Combined in precise ratios, this duo creates a unique browning reaction during baking—known as the Maillard reaction—resulting in a cookies with an exceptionally delicate, shatteringly thin crust and a light, airy interior.