The cookie butter craze started late last year, I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of Biscoff vs. Trader Joes Speculoos Cookie Butter showdown on Instagram. I heard someone said, it’s like peanut butter. So I thought, I’ll just make do with my peanut butter instead. Okay…another reason is that ALL cookie butter sellers don’t have on-hand stocks anymore. One seller has a waiting list until July, yeah, that long!
What is Biscoff?
Biscoff Spread is a sweet, creamy spread made with Biscoff Cookies (57%). It is a delicious European alternative to peanut butter or chocolate spread. It is excellent on toast, in a sandwich with jam or even on apples.
When I chanced upon Cookie Butter Philippines on IG announcing that she has 1 jar of Biscoff left for Php 480, I immediately reserved and paid for it first thing in the morning. Hoooray! I’ll be having my first jar of Biscoff cookie butter!
So it arrived…
I got the Creamy variant. Upon opening, it did looks like peanut butter.
I immediately got a whiff of cinnamon upon opening. Uh-oh and I dislike cinnamon. Still being curious about its taste, I just tasted a small amount on a spoon. Nothing amazed me, really. I didn’t get the craze on why people would go as far as waiting for 2 months just to have a jar of Biscoff.
When I arrived home, I immediately spread a generous amount of Biscoff on a bread, and I loved it. The cinnamon flavor must have started to grow on me and all I can taste is the sweetness of the spread. I tried it with bananas too!
Aside from putting it on breads and bananas, I just discovered that it’s so addicting eating it straight from the jar, heaping spoonfuls straight to my mouth =).
I can say that Biscoff spread is your peanut-butter-but-better kind of spread. But I would not go as far as hoarding jars of it. It’s a nice treat once in a while, but if you haven’t tasted this, you’re really not missing out on something big.
For the curious, you can buy Biscoff at https://www.facebook.com/CookieButterPhilippines/ or search cookiebutter_philippines on Instagram.
Php 480 is too expensive! My friend sells this and TJ for only Php 350. 🙂
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Badet Reply:
May 19th, 2013 at 2:57 pm
Saan yan? PM me.
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Oh, so expensive! Pwede na sa akin ang Lily’s Peanut Butter ; p
xoxo
MrsMartinez
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Badet Reply:
May 20th, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Yeah, masarap din papakin ang Lily’s
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Cherry is selling at P350! I’ve never tried Biscoff yet but I love Trader Joe’s crunchy cookie butter. May cookie butter bits sya…
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Badet Reply:
May 20th, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Biscoff has the Crunchy variant. I got mine higher siguro kasi on-hand na sya. But I’ll order from Cherry too =)
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I love Biscoff. They are selling for only US$3.99 a jar at Target stores here in the US.
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Badet Reply:
May 20th, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Ang mura lang dyan =).
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last time i tasted this was probably WAY WAY back and it was my cousin from LA who introduced this to me. masarap naman, too expensive nga lang when we buy it here in Manila.
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I’ve only tried the cookie butter spread on GoNuts’ Cookie Butter Donuts, but I’m not sure what brand they used. I like how it has warm and earthy spices, but I’m very interested to try both the Trader Joe’s Speculoos and this Biscoff spread 🙂 I’m curious to know din which is better.
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Badet Reply:
May 21st, 2013 at 12:02 pm
Yeah, I ordered Trader Joe’s too, just to compare. Haven’t tried the donuts.
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honestly, many of my friends are raving and talking about this butter and i can’t relate actually, i would really love to try thought but i’m not allowed to eat peanuts 🙁
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Badet Reply:
May 21st, 2013 at 12:01 pm
It’s nut free sis, quoting from the packaging, “It’s Europe’s alternative to peanut butter”. It’s made of crushed cookies.
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I can’t wait to get my hands on these 🙂 Tagal pa ng sa akin 🙁
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Badet Reply:
May 21st, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Yung next order ko, sa July pa.
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It’s a bit expensive compared to our local spread but I want to try it because it looks so yummy! I bet my kids will love it. 🙂
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The price of this and Speculoos are both steep but I think, I deserve to buy at least once. I have yet to try these. I just tried a Speculoos-flavored gelato and I liked that immediately so how much more the real thing. =)
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please do check out our site on facebook…..
we sell nutellas, biscoff….unfortunately trader joes has stopped selling their cookie butter by the bulk so its a very rare find nowadays….
Thanks , and good review!
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