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{{distinguish|Speculaas}}
{{Infobox prepared food
| name = Speculoos
| image = Vermeiren speculoos 02.jpg
| caption =
| country = [[Belgium]]
| region = [[Flanders]]
| associated_cuisine =
| creator =
| course =
| type = [[Biscuit]]
| served =
| main_ingredient = [[Wheat flour]], [[sugar syrup|candy syrup]], [[fat]], [[cinnamon]]
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'''Speculoos''' ({{IPA|nl|speːkyˈloːs}};<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> {{Lang-fr|spéculoos}}, {{Lang-de|Karamellgebäck}}) is a [[biscuit]], originally manufactured in [[Belgium]], made from wheat flour, candy syrup (from [[Sugar beet|beet sugar]]), fat, and sometimes [[cinnamon]]. Speculoos was 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 ==
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 ==
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 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"/>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Biscuits]]
[[Category:Belgian desserts]]' |
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{{distinguish|Speculaas}}
{{Infobox prepared food
| name = Biscoff
| image = Vermeiren Biscoff 02.jpg
| caption =
| country = [[Belgium]]
| region = [[Flanders]]
| associated_cuisine =
| creator =
| course =
| type = [[Biscuit]]
| served =
| main_ingredient = [[Wheat flour]], [[sugar syrup|candy syrup]], [[fat]], [[cinnamon]]
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'''Biscoff''' ({{IPA|nl|speːkyˈloːs}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Lotus Biscoff - Craving Cups |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2Y-4nkGFE |website=YouTube |access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref> {{Lang-fr|spéculoos}}, {{Lang-de|Karamellgebäck}}) is a [[biscuit]], originally manufactured in [[Belgium]], made from wheat flour, candy syrup (from [[Sugar beet|beet sugar]]), fat, and sometimes [[cinnamon]]. Biscoff was developed in the 20th century around the area of [[Verviers]], as an alternative for people who could not afford Dutch [[speculaas]]. Belgian Biscoff includes fewer spices than Dutch speculaas, as the spices were much more expensive to import to Belgium than to the Netherlands.
== 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''. 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 ==
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 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"/>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Biscuits]]
[[Category:Belgian desserts]]' |
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-'''Speculoos''' ({{IPA|nl|speːkyˈloːs}};<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> {{Lang-fr|spéculoos}}, {{Lang-de|Karamellgebäck}}) is a [[biscuit]], originally manufactured in [[Belgium]], made from wheat flour, candy syrup (from [[Sugar beet|beet sugar]]), fat, and sometimes [[cinnamon]]. Speculoos was 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>
+'''Biscoff''' ({{IPA|nl|speːkyˈloːs}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Lotus Biscoff - Craving Cups |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH2Y-4nkGFE |website=YouTube |access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref> {{Lang-fr|spéculoos}}, {{Lang-de|Karamellgebäck}}) is a [[biscuit]], originally manufactured in [[Belgium]], made from wheat flour, candy syrup (from [[Sugar beet|beet sugar]]), fat, and sometimes [[cinnamon]]. Biscoff was developed in the 20th century around the area of [[Verviers]], as an alternative for people who could not afford Dutch [[speculaas]]. Belgian Biscoff includes fewer spices than Dutch speculaas, as the spices were much more expensive to import to Belgium than to the Netherlands.
== Brands ==
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<p><b>Biscoff</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Dutch pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[speːkyˈloːs]</a></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">spéculoos</i>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Karamellgebäck</i>) is a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Biscuit" title="Biscuit">biscuit</a>, originally manufactured in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, made from wheat flour, candy syrup (from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sugar_beet" title="Sugar beet">beet sugar</a>), fat, and sometimes <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cinnamon" title="Cinnamon">cinnamon</a>. Biscoff was developed in the 20th century around the area of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Verviers" title="Verviers">Verviers</a>, as an alternative for people who could not afford Dutch <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Speculaas" title="Speculaas">speculaas</a>. Belgian Biscoff includes fewer spices than Dutch speculaas, as the spices were much more expensive to import to Belgium than to the Netherlands.
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<p>In Europe, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lotus_Bakeries" title="Lotus Bakeries">Lotus</a> 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 <b>Biscoff</b>, short for <i>biscuit with coffee</i>. Company founder Jan Boone Sr. created the original recipe in 1932.
</p><p>In October 2020, Lotus Bakeries decided to omit the word "speculoos" from local markets, to harmonise their products with their Biscoff brand.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.
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<p>Workers in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a> traditionally made a sandwich in the morning with butter and speculaas or speculoos biscuits. This took on a spread-like consistency by lunchtime.<sup id="cite_ref-war2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-war2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, two competitors entered a contest on the Belgian television show, <i>The Inventors (de Bedenkers)</i>, with a spread made from speculoos cookies<sup id="cite_ref-war2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-war2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-revoked_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-revoked-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> — 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.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>
</p><p>By 2007, several Belgian companies began marketing a speculoos paste, now available worldwide under various brands and names: as <i>Speculla</i>, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cookie_butter" title="Cookie butter">Cookie Butter</a></i>, and <i>Biscoff Spread</i>. As a form of spreadable speculoos biscuits, the flavour is caramelized and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gingerbread" title="Gingerbread">gingerbread</a>-like, with a colour similar to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Peanut_butter" title="Peanut butter">peanut butter</a><sup id="cite_ref-cbutter_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbutter-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a consistency ranging from creamy to granular or crunchy. The spread consists of 60% crushed speculoos biscuits and vegetable oils.<sup id="cite_ref-cbutter_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbutter-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-war2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-war2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States the grocery chain <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Trader_Joe%27s" title="Trader Joe's">Trader Joe's</a> sells its own brand of cookie butter and cookie butter ice cream.<sup id="cite_ref-cbutter_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbutter-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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