Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter Review

Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter

Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter. SpecuWhat? What in the world? Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter?!?! I thought Trader Joe’s had a misspelled label when I first saw this. I’ve traveled and eaten all over the world, but I don’t remember anything called “speculoos”. So I did what any modern human does… I turned to Google and searched the word “Speculoos” to find out what the fuss was about. Oh boy, did I hit a gold mine!

What is Speculoos? Speculoos are a traditional cookie that is made around the holiday season in Holland, Belgium, and northern France. They have all the traditional holiday spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Trader Joe’s, has in the past, carried the real cookie version of this spread. They are usually in the freezer section on shelves above the frozen food.

Trader Joe's Speculoos Cookie Butter on a spoon
Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter on a spoon

So how did speculoos make their way into a spread? A couple of years ago some genius decided that having cookies wasn’t enough, how about we grind them up (or actually never make it to cookie stage) and make a butter-like spread out of them? I guess if you add enough oil or butter to something it will thicken up into a spread. What a real genius!

In this case, this hits the nail on the head. It has the consistency of peanut butter and you could be mistaken to think it has nuts in it by looking at it, but there are none! It’s basically cookie dough in a spreadable form.

What Do You Do With Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter?

So what do you do with Speculoos? I’m sure you could bake with it. Maybe put it into a pie or bread or something else. Put it back in cookies. Make a milkshake out of it. The uses are endless. I think the main intent is to use it as a spread on toast and maybe something like sandwiches instead of peanut butter.

Trader Joe's Speculoos Cookie Butter On Bread
Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter On Bread

First I tasted it straight out of the jar and found it quite interesting. The flavors had a mild mixture of the familiar holiday spices we are accustomed to. Consistency is just like creamy peanut butter. No spice sticks out on the palate, but you can tell they are all nicely blended together.

Next I put it on hot toast and it melted like peanut butter would into a gooey rich mess on my toast. That’s when all the flavors woke up and came alive. It was totally pleasing. I gave some to my older son and he loved it! On the label, it says it’s a product of the Netherlands so I can only assume it’s authentic. For all you Dutch people out there having a hard time getting your Speculoos fix, run to Trader Joe’s!

My Final Thoughts on Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter

As much as I think this tastes awesome, there is nothing healthy about Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter. It’s essentially fat and sugar with some spices thrown in for flavor. At least with peanut butter, there are some redeeming qualities. This is about 30% sugar and each tablespoon has 90 calories, which is similar to peanut butter but again nowhere near as healthy. But sometimes you just have to stick a spoon in and go for it because it tastes so good!

I’m going to rate this Speculoos  8 Bells!

Trader Joe's Speculoos Cookie Butter Jar
Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter Jar

Ingredients

  • SPECULOOS COOKIES (WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED WHEAT FLOUR], CARAMELIZED SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL BLEND [PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL, CITRIC ACID AND LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE {TO PRESERVE}], CANE SUGAR, SOY FLOUR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF INVERT SUGAR SYRUP, WHEAT GLUTEN, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CINNAMON, NUTMEG)
  • VEGETABLE OIL BLEND (CANOLA OIL, PALM OIL, CITRIC ACID [TO PRESERVE])
  • SUGAR
  • CANOLA LECITHIN
  • CONTAINS SOY, WHEAT.
  • MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF MILK, EGG, ALMOND, HAZELNUT.

11 Comments

  1. hey steve, so sorry i forgot to link to your image, i always remember and my pregnant brain has been very spacy this week. adding right now, thanks again:)
    p.s. isn't this stuff amazing?

  2. I really hope the cookie butter is still here after the holiday! It is not on the shelf at my local trader joe's. Could you imagine having to wait a year to get more of this great product!?

  3. The Trader Joe's near my house in Tucson, AZ just got this in and I couldn't believe my eyes. Perfect spread on a Brussels Waffle, or just by the spoonful.

  4. I may sound a little crazy but I don't care… I called every week for 3months to see if they had got it in…I don't think anyone comes close to how much I love this stuff…its just simply heaven sent..and is also known to heal the broken heart lol. .Even gave it to 3 friends as a Valentines Day gift with a loaf of the plain white trader joes bread and a bundle of bananas (thats how we have our cookie butter) sliced bananas in it yumm.!

  5. In most cases I love the Trader Joe’s version of any product, but in this instance, I prefer the original Biscoff spread, and particularly the new (to me) “Biscoff Crunchy.” This TJ’s version seems to have a slightly different, smoother consistency that I don’t like, and maybe a little too much cinnamon too. However, I’d love to see TJ’s do a crunchy version.

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