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{{Short description|Type of biscuit}}
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{{distinguish|Speculaas}}
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[[File:Vermeiren speculoos 02.jpg|thumb|Vermeiren speculoos]]
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[[File:Sweetbird Speculoos Syrup.jpg|thumb|Speculoos syrup used in a hot drink.]]
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'''Speculoos ('''{{Lang-fr|spéculoos}}''',''' {{Lang-de|Karamellgebäck}}''')''' is a [[biscuit]] originally manufactured in Belgium, different from [[speculaas]], without the mixture of [[spice]]s used in Dutch speculaas. The main ingredients are wheat flour, candy syrup (from [[Sugar beet|beet sugar]]), fat, and sometimes [[cinnamon]].
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Fewer spices are involved in the process of making Belgian speculoos than in Dutch speculaas, as the spices were much more expensive to import to Belgium than to the Netherlands. Speculoos was developed in the 20th century around the area of Verviers, as an alternative for people who could not afford Dutch speculaas. The origins of speculaas are much older. In the 2020s the names ''speculaas'' and ''speculoos'' are sometimes used interchangeably in Flanders.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Bob Struijcken|date=February 3, 2021|title=Speculaas vs. speculoos. De verschillen tussen speculaas en speculoos|url=http://royale.nl/nl/actueel/item/17-speculaas-vs-speculoos|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=Koekjes Royale|language=Dutch}}</ref>
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| main_ingredient = [[Wheat flour]], [[sugar syrup|candy syrup]], [[fat]], [[cinnamon]]
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'''Speculoos''' ({{IPA|nl|speːkyˈloːs|lang|nl-speculoos.ogg}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Lotus Speculoos - Craving Cups |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2Y-4nkGFE |website=YouTube |access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref> {{Langx|fr|spéculoos}} {{IPA|fr|spekylos|}}; {{Langx|de|Karamellgebäck}} {{IPA|de|kaʁaˈmɛlɡəˌbɛk|}}) is a [[biscuit]], originally manufactured in [[Belgium]], made from wheat flour, candy syrup (from [[Sugar beet|beet sugar]]), fat, and sometimes [[cinnamon]]. Speculoos were developed in the 20th century around the area of [[Verviers]], as an alternative for people who could not afford Dutch [[speculaas]]. Belgian Speculoos includes fewer spices than Dutch speculaas, as the spices were much more expensive to import to Belgium than to the Netherlands. The origins of speculaas are much older. In the 2020s the names ''speculaas'' and ''speculoos'' are sometimes used interchangeably in Flanders.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Bob Struijcken|date=February 3, 2021|title=Speculaas vs. speculoos. De verschillen tussen speculaas en speculoos|url=http://royale.nl/nl/actueel/item/17-speculaas-vs-speculoos|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=Koekjes Royale|language=Dutch}}</ref>

== Brands ==
== Brands ==
In Europe, [[Lotus Bakeries|Lotus]] Speculoos is the most recognized brand. This manufacturer supplied the biscuits individually packaged to the catering industry. In the United States and the United Kingdom, the same company is branded as Lotus Biscoff, short for ''biscuit with coffee''. In October 2020, Lotus Bakeries decided to omit the word "speculoos" from local markets, to harmonise their brand.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lotus zegt vaarwel tegen 'speculoos' en kiest voor internationale naam|url=https://www.hln.be/consument/lotus-zegt-vaarwel-tegen-speculoos-en-kiest-voor-internationale-naam~a31b3510|date=October 30, 2020|language=nl|newspaper=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Obdeijn|first=Laura|date=2020-11-10|title=#jesuisspeculoos strijdt tegen de naamsverandering van Speculoos|url=https://www.parool.nl/gs-b7bdb781|access-date=2021-12-24|newspaper=[[Het Parool]]|language=nl-NL}}</ref> Several chains of supermarkets have started their own product under their generic name. In the US, windmill or almond windmill cookies are mostly based on speculoos.
In Europe, [[Lotus Bakeries|Lotus]] Speculoos is the most recognized brand. This manufacturer supplied the biscuits individually packaged to the catering industry. In the United States and the United Kingdom, the same company is branded as Lotus '''Biscoff''', short for ''biscuit with coffee''. Company founder Jan Boone Sr. created the original recipe in 1932.
In October 2020, Lotus Bakeries decided to omit the word "speculoos" from local markets, to harmonise their products with their Biscoff brand.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lotus zegt vaarwel tegen 'speculoos' en kiest voor internationale naam|url=https://www.hln.be/consument/lotus-zegt-vaarwel-tegen-speculoos-en-kiest-voor-internationale-naam~a31b3510|date=October 30, 2020|language=nl|newspaper=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Obdeijn|first=Laura|date=2020-11-10|title=#jesuisspeculoos strijdt tegen de naamsverandering van Speculoos|url=https://www.parool.nl/gs-b7bdb781|access-date=2021-12-24|newspaper=[[Het Parool]]|language=nl-NL}}</ref> Several chains of supermarkets have started their own product under their generic name. In the US, windmill or almond windmill cookies are mostly based on speculoos.


== Spread or paste ==
== Spread or paste ==
[[File:Lotus Biscoff pomazanka.jpg|thumb|[[Lotus Bakeries]]' Biscoff spread]]
Workers in the [[Low Countries]] traditionally made a sandwich in the morning with butter and speculaas or speculoos cookies. This took on a spread-like consistency by lunchtime.<ref name="war2" /> In 2008, two competitors entered a contest on the Belgian television show, ''The Inventors (de Bedenkers)'', with a spread made from speculoos cookies<ref name="war2" /><ref name="revoked">{{cite web|date=February 2011|title=Belgian's popular bread spread not ''[sic]'' longer protected|url=http://kluwerpatentblog.com/2011/02/02/belgian%E2%80%99s-popular-bread-spread-not-longer-protected/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623063500/http://kluwerpatentblog.com/2011/02/02/belgian%E2%80%99s-popular-bread-spread-not-longer-protected/|archive-date=2015-06-23|access-date=2016-04-08|website=[[Wolters Kluwer]] Law and Business}}</ref> — Els Scheppers, who reached the semi-finals, and the team of chef Danny De Mayer and Dirk De Smet, who were not selected as finalists. Spreads made from crushed Speculoos cookies went into production by three separate companies and become popular.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
Workers in the [[Low Countries]] traditionally made a sandwich in the morning with butter and speculaas or speculoos biscuits. This took on a spread-like consistency by lunchtime.<ref name="war2" /> In 2008, two competitors entered a contest on the Belgian television show, ''The Inventors (de Bedenkers)'', with a spread made from speculoos cookies<ref name="war2" /><ref name="revoked">{{cite web|date=February 2011|title=Belgian's popular bread spread not ''[sic]'' longer protected|url=http://kluwerpatentblog.com/2011/02/02/belgian%E2%80%99s-popular-bread-spread-not-longer-protected/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623063500/http://kluwerpatentblog.com/2011/02/02/belgian%E2%80%99s-popular-bread-spread-not-longer-protected/|archive-date=2015-06-23|access-date=2016-04-08|website=[[Wolters Kluwer]] Law and Business}}</ref> — Els Scheppers, who reached the semi-finals, and the team of chef Danny De Mayer and Dirk De Smet, who were not selected as finalists. Spreads made from crushed Speculoos biscuits went into production by three separate companies and become popular.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}


By 2007, several Belgian companies began marketing a speculoos paste, now available worldwide under various brands and names: as ''Speculla'', ''[[Cookie butter|Cookie Butter]]'', and ''Biscoff Spread''. As a form of spreadable speculoos cookies, the flavor is caramelized and [[gingerbread]]-like, with a color similar to [[peanut butter]]<ref name="cbutter">{{cite web|title=Speculoos Cookie Butter|url=http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=561|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131194114/http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=561|archive-date=31 January 2013|date=2012-04-30|website=Trader Joe's}}</ref> and a consistency ranging from creamy to granular or crunchy. The spread consists of 60% crushed speculoos cookies and vegetable oils.<ref name="cbutter" /><ref name="war2">{{cite news|author=Castle, Steven|date=February 15, 2011|title=A Cookie Paste Squeezed in the Middle of a Debate|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/dining/16cookies.html?_r=0}}</ref> In the United States the grocery chain [[Trader Joe's]] sells its own brand of cookie butter and cookie butter ice cream.<ref name="cbutter"/>
By 2007, several Belgian companies began marketing a speculoos paste, now available worldwide under various brands and names: as ''Speculla'', ''[[Cookie butter|Cookie Butter]]'', and ''Biscoff Spread''. As a form of spreadable speculoos biscuits, the flavour is caramelized and [[gingerbread]]-like, with a colour similar to [[peanut butter]]<ref name="cbutter">{{cite web|title=Speculoos Cookie Butter|url=http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=561|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131194114/http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=561|archive-date=31 January 2013|date=2012-04-30|website=Trader Joe's}}</ref> and a consistency ranging from creamy to granular or crunchy. The spread consists of 60% crushed speculoos biscuits and vegetable oils.<ref name="cbutter" /><ref name="war2">{{cite news|author=Castle, Steven|date=February 15, 2011|title=A Cookie Paste Squeezed in the Middle of a Debate|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/dining/16cookies.html?_r=0}}</ref> In the United States the grocery chain [[Trader Joe's]] sells its own brand of cookie butter and cookie butter ice cream.<ref name="cbutter"/>


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Latest revision as of 11:38, 23 November 2024

Not to be confused with Speculaas.
Speculoos
TypeBiscuit
Place of originBelgium
Region or stateFlanders
Main ingredientsWheat flour, candy syrup, fat, cinnamon

Speculoos (Dutch: [speːkyˈloːs] ⓘ;[1] French: spéculoos [spekylos]; German: Karamellgebäck [kaʁaˈmɛlɡəˌbɛk]) is a biscuit, originally manufactured in Belgium, made from wheat flour, candy syrup (from beet sugar), fat, and sometimes cinnamon. Speculoos were developed in the 20th century around the area of Verviers, as an alternative for people who could not afford Dutch speculaas. Belgian Speculoos includes fewer spices than Dutch speculaas, as the spices were much more expensive to import to Belgium than to the Netherlands. The origins of speculaas are much older. In the 2020s the names speculaas and speculoos are sometimes used interchangeably in Flanders.[2]

Brands

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In Europe, Lotus Speculoos is the most recognized brand. This manufacturer supplied the biscuits individually packaged to the catering industry. In the United States and the United Kingdom, the same company is branded as Lotus Biscoff, short for biscuit with coffee. Company founder Jan Boone Sr. created the original recipe in 1932.

In October 2020, Lotus Bakeries decided to omit the word "speculoos" from local markets, to harmonise their products with their Biscoff brand.[3][4] Several chains of supermarkets have started their own product under their generic name. In the US, windmill or almond windmill cookies are mostly based on speculoos.

Spread or paste

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Lotus Bakeries' Biscoff spread

Workers in the Low Countries traditionally made a sandwich in the morning with butter and speculaas or speculoos biscuits. This took on a spread-like consistency by lunchtime.[5] In 2008, two competitors entered a contest on the Belgian television show, The Inventors (de Bedenkers), with a spread made from speculoos cookies[5][6] — Els Scheppers, who reached the semi-finals, and the team of chef Danny De Mayer and Dirk De Smet, who were not selected as finalists. Spreads made from crushed Speculoos biscuits went into production by three separate companies and become popular.[citation needed]

By 2007, several Belgian companies began marketing a speculoos paste, now available worldwide under various brands and names: as Speculla, Cookie Butter, and Biscoff Spread. As a form of spreadable speculoos biscuits, the flavour is caramelized and gingerbread-like, with a colour similar to peanut butter[7] and a consistency ranging from creamy to granular or crunchy. The spread consists of 60% crushed speculoos biscuits and vegetable oils.[7][5] In the United States the grocery chain Trader Joe's sells its own brand of cookie butter and cookie butter ice cream.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Lotus Speculoos - Craving Cups". YouTube. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ^ Bob Struijcken (February 3, 2021). "Speculaas vs. speculoos. De verschillen tussen speculaas en speculoos". Koekjes Royale (in Dutch). Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Lotus zegt vaarwel tegen 'speculoos' en kiest voor internationale naam". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). October 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Obdeijn, Laura (2020-11-10). "#jesuisspeculoos strijdt tegen de naamsverandering van Speculoos". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  5. ^ a b c Castle, Steven (February 15, 2011). "A Cookie Paste Squeezed in the Middle of a Debate". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Belgian's popular bread spread not [sic] longer protected". Wolters Kluwer Law and Business. February 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  7. ^ a b c "Speculoos Cookie Butter". Trader Joe's. 2012-04-30. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013.
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