I haven’t made chocolate but you certainly can try it. Try reducing the flour by 1/4 cup and adding 1/4 cup cocoa would be my recommendation.

Yes you could add any extract flavor you’d like, orange or lemon. Sound yummy, so does maple 😊 I have not make a chocolate version but if you’d like to give it a go, I’d remove 3-4 tablespoons flour and use unsweetened cocoa and see how that tastes and what the texture is, adding back a tablespoon flour if needed.

I don’t think so as they aren’t typically French, they are often Scandinavian, German, Mexican fried cookies. I haven’t see French cookies like this at a fair.

That sounds yummy! I find when I have someone helping me it goes smoothly versus doing it all myself 🙂