Is speculoos the same as cookie butter?
No, cookie butter is the same as speculoos. I'm not being a smartass. Quick history of cookie butter: Speculoos are a traditional cookie from Belgium/Holland/Germany. Sometimes they are made in elaborate molds which create cookies that are works of art. But yummy. I have seen some of the elaborate ones, they are amazing! These days speculoos cookies are very popular and are eaten year round in these parts. They are sort of the chocolate chip cookie of Belgium. Well back in the day (which is about as specific as I can get with a timeline, because hey, not a historian), poorer folks took to making sandwiches of buttered bread and speculoos cookies. They'd make them in the morning, and by lunchtime the cookies would be softened to an almost paste-like consistency. Thus, the birth of speculoos spread, which you can now buy in a jar. This miracle of deliciousness has only made its way to other parts of the world in the last few years. Its called cookie butter in America simply because nobody knows what the hell speculoos is! I am sure this useless trivia will make a huge difference in all of your lives.
Callaluna, I didn't know any of that. Thank you. I love learning new things from buffistas. I probably wouldn't even know what cookie butter is if I didn't shop at Trader Joe's.
I love speculoos, but I had no idea that there was a spreadable form! I'll have to look for it in the import aisle of the grocery store as I've never seen it in the aisle with PB and Nutella.
So, it's like cookie dough?
Can I have some ~ma for my friend T's dad? I just found out that he is having bypass surgery on Tuesday.
No, not like cookie dough. More like peanut butter that got into a fight with a gingerbread man and lost. The spice mix for speculoos is like a milder form of gingerbread. Kinda.
Amyth, it's an investment, but I hope you love it. I would say as much as I do, but that might be unpossible.(It's probably good that you won't be running into Ray Cole's wake for a while.(I remember the save our show campaign where the head of programming, who had a myriad of issues and got fired said "Yes, I've heard from all 250 devoted Wire fans."(I hope he's had a lot of time to think better of that. Dick.)
I was thinking that was skin stuff so I was like "People want their skin to smell like chocolate...rock on."
Interesting. I wonder if I go to TJ's, will they let me try it. I don't eat enough sweets to make it useful unless I'm making a batch of something. I'm the weirdo who has to throw out pints of ice cream because they get all gross and crystally because I eat it 2-3 spoonfuls at a time.
It is, surprisingly, not terribly sweet, particularly if you eat it like I usually do, which is to spread it thinly on toast.
I had wondered where the idea came from.
I actually find it too sweet. Not for an occasional bite but I donated the remainder of my container to my boss. I find a lot of things too sweet for anything but occasional eating.
Oddly, I do eat more sweet stuff as occasional things now because my boss also loves to bake (but not keep the results) and she's likely a full sugar baker. But she's good.
