For New Year’s Eve, choose a large pack if you want to fill one platter with regular stroopwafels at home, minis for bite-sized treats, or duo portions if you want to divide the waffles up in advance or send them home with guests. Compare the number of pieces with the net weight, and check the label on the pack you’re actually serving if anyone has a food allergy.
If you’re serving stroopwafels to several guests over New Year’s Eve, choose a pack that suits the number of people you expect. PLUS lists a 480 g multipack, Jumbo a 468 g pack, and ALDI a pack of 12 weighing 378 g. If you only know the weight of a pack, you can’t work out how many waffles it contains from that alone.
A bag of mini stroopwafels is a different option from regular waffles if you’re putting together a platter of bite-sized treats. If you want to send portions home with guests or pack them in a lunchbox, check whether the pack actually contains individually divided portions: PLUS lists a Daelmans bag of 25 minis, while Jumbo lists a Kanjers pack of 4 × 2 pieces.
If someone has a food allergy, checking the ingredients and allergen information is more important than choosing a size. According to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, allergen information for prepacked products is shown on the label. So check the pack of the exact stroopwafels you’re going to share.
First decide whether you’ll mainly serve the stroopwafels on one platter, offer them as bite-sized treats or take them along in portions prepared in advance. Then check the quantity and the label on the pack you’ve chosen.
| What to consider | What should you check? | Who is this most important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Quantity for one platter | Compare the net weight and, if listed, the number of pieces. PLUS lists 480 g for a multipack; ALDI lists 12 pieces weighing 378 g. | If I’m having several guests over, I want to know how many waffles I can serve without relying on the word ‘multipack’ alone. For around 42% of consumers, quantity matters most. |
| Small or pre-divided portions | Check whether you’re buying minis or a pack of individually divided duo portions, and count how many portions the pack contains. | If I’m putting together a platter of bite-sized treats or sending waffles home with guests, I don’t want to assume they’re regular-sized. Around 33% of consumers prioritise how portions are divided. |
| Ingredients and labelling | Read the current ingredients, allergen information and use-by date on the pack. Check any cross-contamination warnings too, if needed. | If a guest has a food allergy, I want to be able to read the label on that specific pack before serving it. Around 25% of consumers prioritise this check. |
A large multipack, a bag of minis and a pack of duo portions are all divided up differently. The stated weight alone doesn’t tell you how many individual portions you can serve.
Check the number of pieces and the pack format before deciding how many packs you need for your guests.
Ingredients and allergen information can change. According to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, allergen information for a prepacked product is shown on the label.
Just before serving, read the label on the pack you’ve bought, including any warnings that may be relevant to your guest.
A product listing doesn’t tell you whether a pack will be available when you do your festive food shopping.
Check availability with the shop or online retailer you plan to order from before settling on how much you need.
These brands offer examples of different stroopwafel formats. Always compare the specific product and its label; the brand name alone doesn’t tell you how the portions are divided.
PLUS lists a bag of 10 regular Daelmans stroopwafels and a bag of 25 mini stroopwafels.
Jumbo lists Kanjers Original Stroopwafels as 4 × 2 pieces, with a net weight of 320 g.
Jumbo lists 468 g butter stroopwafels and 300 g mini butter stroopwafels.
PLUS lists a 480 g stroopwafel multipack and a bag of 10 caramel stroopwafels.
Lidl lists Sondey butter stroopwafels in regular and mini sizes.
ALDI lists 300 g packs of Heerlijck Banket mini stroopwafels.
These two Kanjers packs suit different ways of serving: duo portions to divide up in advance, and a pack of ten regular stroopwafels for sharing on a platter or enjoying with coffee. Compare the pack information before choosing how much to buy for New Year’s Eve.
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Pre-portioned packs are handy if you want to send stroopwafels home with guests. This pack contains 8 pieces in four duo portions; Jumbo lists a net weight of 320 g for Kanjers Original Stroopwafels in this format.
Check the current ingredients and allergen information on the pack before sharing.
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A pack of 10 regular stroopwafels gives you a clear quantity to plan for a shared platter or coffee break. Check the net weight on the pack if you want to compare it with other packs.
If anyone has a food allergy, read the current ingredients and allergen information before serving.
First decide how many guests you want to offer a regular stroopwafel to, or how many bite-sized treats you’d like to put on a platter. ALDI lists a pack of 12 regular stroopwafels; PLUS lists a bag of 25 Daelmans minis. Check the number of pieces on the pack you choose before deciding how much you need.
Minis are a good fit for a platter of bite-sized treats or for sharing out several small portions. If you’d rather offer each guest a regular stroopwafel with their coffee, choose a pack with a number of regular waffles that suits your gathering.
A pack of duo portions is a practical choice if you want to send two waffles home with someone at a time, without splitting up the whole pack. Jumbo lists Kanjers Original Stroopwafels as 4 × 2 pieces; check the format of the pack you actually buy.
Read the allergen information on the label of the stroopwafels you’re going to serve. According to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, this information should appear on the label of prepacked products. Also check for any cross-contamination warnings that may be relevant to your guest.
Follow the storage instructions and use-by information on the specific pack. Seal an opened pack as directed on the label, and check the date before serving stroopwafels bought earlier for New Year’s Eve.
