Wafer
A wafer is a crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, light and dry cookie, often used to decorate ice cream, and also used as a garnish on some sweet dishes. Wafers can also be made into cookies with cream flavoring sandwiched between them. They frequently have a waffle surface pattern but may also be patterned with insignia of the food's manufacturer or may be patternless. Some chocolate bars, such as Kit Kat and Coffee Crisp, are wafers with chocolate in and around them. Communion wafers. A communion wafer is a type of unleavened bread consumed after transubstantiation as  part of the Christian ritual of communion. Spa wafer. Special "spa wafers" (Czech: "lázeňské oplatky", Slovak: "kúpeľné oblátky") are produced in the spa towns of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic (e.g. Piešťany). The production of the wafers in Karlsbad and Marienbad was traditional to the towns' German-speaking population, who, after the ethnic cleansing of the area, brought the craft to Germany. Christmas wafer. Christmas wafers are made of only wheat flour and water. Their patterns often depict religious scenes, are a Central European Roman Catholic Christmas tradition celebrated in Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian and Italian families on Christmas  Eve. These do not have sacramental value like the communion wafer. Christmas wafers are symbolic bread to share among guests to emphasize the close relationship by eating bread together. This gesture has a positive meaning, but additional wishes are often made as well. They are called "opłatek" (Latin: oblatum) in Polish, as opposed to "wafel", which denotes a common wafer. Section::::"Oblea". A variation of a wafer, considered a part of the traditional cuisine in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Venezuela, and México, is known as an "oblea". It is usually eaten as a dessert with two pieces filled with  arequipe, "dulce de leche" (milk caramel), and/or condensed milk in the middle. In some places, they might contain cheese, fruits, or chantilly cream, among others. Pink wafer. The pink wafer is a wafer-based confectionery originally made by Edinburgh's Crawford's Biscuits in the United Kingdom. It is now made by United Biscuits, the company that took over the firm in 1960, still using the Crawford's name. The snack consists of crème sandwiched between wafers (dyed pink). There is a similar product branded Pink Panther wafers. Section::::"Freska". "Freska" is an Egyptian wafer sold only on beaches in the  summertime. It is made from two thin circular wafers filled with a thin layer of honey syrup. Variations. Flavours. Some wafers are produced with a chocolate covering. Another popular flavor is lemon. Shapes. Piroulines and Barquillos are wafers rolled in a tube, and sometimes filled with cream.