About us

Our history

As written by Pellegrino Artusi, author of the cookbook "The Science of Cooking and the Art of Eating Well", an Italian culinary masterpiece: "just passion, a lot of attention and precise accustom, then always choose the most fine materials, this will make you appear. " Here is what are the foundations which since more than thirty years enhance the firm "Il Croccantino": passion, precision and refinement. 

The tradition which find its roots in time, combined with meticulous knowledge of Giacomo Maffioli, artisan and manager of the company, make this product a unique sweet. The extreme attention to the phase of the production process and selection of raw materials, led to the correct identification of the brittle in fragrance and lasting maintenance. Il Croccantino takes on your table various forms processed individually by hand, starting from the smallest line suitable for your pastries, moving from monoportion, perfect to end off an important dinner, and finally coming to the larger forms which will make original and inimitable your cakes. The handworking, is another key factor which characterizes our brand, each brittle waffle is processed with our hands and assumes a selfstanding form, capable to combine the aesthetics to the taste: high quality combination.