Christmas “Linzer Augen” | Recipe

Sandwich cookies filled with VIVANI's "Fine Dark Milk" chocolate and peanut butter

Text:
Katharina Kuhlmann

Photography:
© Marzia Balza

4 December 2025

Weihnachtliches Linzer Auge mit Schokoladenfüllung und Erdnüssen.

Our festive Linzer Augen cookies are the perfect choice for anyone who loves classic cookies but fancies a sophisticated, chocolatey and nutty twist. Instead of the jam, this traditional Austrian biscuit now features creamy peanut butter and melt-in-the-mouth VIVANI ‘Fine Dark Milk’ chocolate – a full-bodied organic chocolate with 50% cocoa, which gives the biscuits a caramel-like sweetness thanks to coconut blossom sugar.

Ingredients

For about 30 sandwich cookies

For the shortcrust pastry:

300 g

flour

100 g

icing sugar

40 g

Baking cocoa powder

200 g

cold butter

egg yolk

For the filling and decoration:

80 g

VIVANI Fine Dark Milk 50 % Cocoa Chocolate

Peanut butter (as needed)

Chopped peanuts (unsalted)

Also:

Cookie cutter for "Linzer Augen"

making

working time
15 minutes

baking time
10–15 minutes

waiting / cooling time
30 minutes

level of difficulty
easy

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For the shortcrust pastry, place the flour, icing sugar and cocoa powder on the work surface. Cut the cold butter into pieces, add to the mixture and work in.

Add the egg yolk and knead everything into a smooth dough. Then shape into a ball, cover and leave to rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Roll out the dough between two sheets of baking paper to a thickness of 3 mm and cut out about 30 tops with holes and 30 bottoms without holes using a Linzer Augen cookie cutter.

Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 10 to 15 minutes and then leave to cool completely.

In the meantime, carefully melt the chocolate in a bain-marie.

Now spread each bottom part of the"Linzer Augen" first with a teaspoon of peanut butter and then with a teaspoon of melted chocolate. Then place the top parts with the holes on top and press down lightly.

Decorate the "Linzer Augen" with the rest of the melted chocolate, sprinkle with chopped peanuts and leave to set.

This is VIVANI

For more than 25 years, VIVANI has been producing high-quality chocolate from certified organic cocoa. The brand from Bochum (Germany) was awarded the German Sustainability Award in 2024 for its projects in organic cocoa farming.

VIVANI chocolates stand out visually thanks to their packaging, which features artwork by various artists. This also makes them ideal as attractive gifts. As well as chocolate bars, the range also includes other products such as pralines, cooking chocolate, chocolate snack bars, drinking chocolate and a wide selection of vegan, alternatively sweetened or sugar-free varieties.

Production takes place at Weinrich chocolate factory in Herford, where every bar is crafted with a wealth of expertise and craftsmanship.

VIVANI's organic Fine Dark Milk Chocolate with 50 percent cocoa content and coconut blossom sugar.

Fine Dark Milk
50% Cocoa

Panama Cocoa | with coconut blossom sugar

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