Speculaas and speculoos are 2 different biscuits. Speculaas is typical cookie from the Netherlands based on the specific flavour of "speculaas"herbs. At Lotus Bakeries, we produce Speculoos, a biscuit that obtains it taste by the special production proces of the karamelisation of sugar in the biscuit.
Speculoos, the cookie family to which Biscoff belong, are often described as a type of gingerbread, but that's a little misleading. Aside from their use of caramel sugar, speculoos don't have quite the same bite; their spice blend tends toward aroma rather than heat.
Today when speaking of speculaas, the cookie will contain a variety of spices, but when speaking of speculoos, we mean the Lotus Biscoff biscuit, which contains only a tiny bit of cinnamon, getting its warm flavor from kandij syrup and caramelizing sugar.
But while it's been known as speculoos in Belgium since its invention, when Lotus took the brand to international markets in the 1990s, it abandoned its native name. Instead, it gave it the name Biscoff — a portmanteau of “biscuit” and “coffee” — easier to say for an international audience.
Speculaas (Dutch: speculaas, French: spéculoos, [spekylos], German: Spekulatius) is a type of spiced shortcrust biscuit baked with speculaas spices originated from the County of Flanders territory in present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
Speculoos – also called biscoff – is similar to gingerbread and 'pumpkin spice' flavour. It also goes well with caramel to make sweet recipes that need a hit of warming spices.
Everything about the Biscoff® cookie is iconic: its unique taste, crunchy bite and typical shape. Its distinctive red wrapping is recognized by people all over the world. Even though Biscoff® started out small, today more than 7 billion cookies a year are savored by consumers across the globe.
Speculoos (French: spéculoos, German: Karamellgebäck) is a biscuit, originally manufactured in Belgium, made from wheat flour, candy syrup (from beet sugar), fat, and sometimes cinnamon.
The vandotsch speculaas spice mix is the definitive sweet tasting spice mix. It contains high quality, high grade organic 'real' ground cinnamon from Sri Lanka (55%), organic ground cloves (14%), organic ground ginger (14%) and six other organic ground spices to give our spice mix that unique kick.
Biscoff biscuits, also known as speculoos cookies, are a type of sweet treat that is typically high in sugar, refined carbohydrates, and unhealthy fats. Consuming excessive amounts of these biscuits on a daily basis can lead to several health issues.
The irony of Biscoff is that it's from a Belgian-based company, but the Belgians invented speculoos (and not speculaas), which typically only has cinnamon (and not the wonderful spice assortment below).
Description. A traditional spiced Dutch biscuit, Speculaas are the essential tea time treat. Perfect served with tea or coffee or even used in replacement of shortbread biscuits for a cold-set cheesecake base. Product of The Netherlands.
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