At long last, it’s back.
I almost tore into the Cookie Butter spread on my long (1 mile) car ride home, but figured I’ve waited this long, what’s another 5 minutes.
As soon as I got home, I found a spoon.
Then I got busy baking and although I didn’t actually bake with cookie butter, it’s on my baking radar screen of to-be-baked-with ingredients.
Instead, I invited my chocolate friends, white and dark, to the baking party.
In between doing baking dishes and folding laundry, there were quite a few BLT’s (bites, licks, tastes) of cookie butter. Oh how I have missed it.
It went out of stock right after Christmas and although I heard that some other San Diego area Trader Joe’s apparently got it back in stock about a month ago, it finally made it’s way to my store. Bonus for not having to drive around on a cookie butter scavenger hunt but I was getting close.
If you have extra cookie butter, Biscoff spread, or even peanut or almond butter that’s just burning a hole in your cupboard, I’d recommend:
Softbatch Cookie Butter Brown Sugar Cookies
“Egg”-in-a-Nest Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites (No-Bake, Vegan, Gluten Free) – I made these originally with peanut butter, but cookie butter will work in them. No candy-coated almonds? Try jelly beans, a mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, M&M’s, or any sort of chocolate “egg” that’s popular around Easter time. It’s about the dough itself more than what gets stuffed into it for me anyway.
No Bake Peanut Butter Biscoff Cookie Dough Bites (Vegan, almost GF, see notes for easy adaptation) – Made with peanut butter + Biscoff cookies.
Try it with cookie butter spread + graham crackers or any number of combinations based on what you have.
Biscoff Marshmallow Chocolate Bars (no-bake)
Chocolate Banana and Biscoff Graham Bars
Cookie Butter Spread Ginger Molasses Cookies (No Bake, Vegan, with GF option)
Creamy Cookie Butter White Chocolate Banana Smoothie
No-Bake Peanut Butter Biscoff Cookie Dough Bites (Vegan, almost GF with easy adaptation) – Made with peanut butter + Biscoff cookies or make them with Biscoff + Biscoff Cookies
Cookie Butter Funfetti Triple Chip Bars – sweetened condensed milk and cookie butter are so gooey and great – I loved these
Cookie Butter Brown Sugar Streusel Bars – Cookie butter, brown sugar, and streusel topping are three of my favrotie ingredients, all rolled into an easy, fast, dense, chewy and robustly-flavored bar
I’m convinced that the Dutch Speculaaspasta spread that I found in Aruba is the same exact product as Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter. The taste, the texture, even the jars are the same size, the same kind of glass with the same words molded into the glass. I think that spread itself is being privately labeled, worldwide, apparently.
Have you tried Cookie Butter or Biscoff Spread?
If you haven’t tried cookie butter, I’d order some Biscoff if you can’t find any in stores in your area. You’ve gotta try it, at least once. Crushed graham crackers or molasses cookies, with a nice cinnamon-and-spice seasoning, sweetened, and thick like thick peanut butter. You can’t go wrong.
What’s your favorite nut butter or spread?
Peanut Butter, Nutella, Sunflower Seed Butter, and Cookie Butter are some of my favorites.
I am not really a big almond butter fan and never have been because it’s too runny and a little too neutral-tasting for me. I like my nut butters and spreads to be thicker and on the sweeter side. Basically, I love frosting.
OMG, Why have I not heard of this before?!?! I’m buying this ASAP!!
Nutella, peanut butter, and sunbutter are my absolute favorites! Although, now that I’m dairy free, I’m thinking of replacing Nutella with Justin’s chocolate hazelnut butter =)…gotta have the chocolate!
Oh dear, I never noticed Cookie Butter at TJ ‘s – now I’m in trouble…
Liz, it’s off the hook delicious. You have GOT to try it!!! And go now and hoard it…before I do :)
Read this tonight and had to try making a batch. i only had 1/4 cup of cookie dough butter left so I just made it. you know its a good recipe when you just have to get out of a warm c
ozy bed after 12 hours of work today,just so you can eat one MORE! Thanks Averie for introducing us all to this wonderful spread:-) I think they turned out perfect hhtp:/cannedtime.blogspot.com
Wow they look fabulous and anything that gets you out of bed after 12 hours of work is a keeper :)
it look good to eat for me
I haven’t seen you in my Google reader for several days, and came here from another blog. I am confused. Ok, signing up with the e-mail subscription.
hazelnut and sunflower (although, it’s not a nut, but a tasty one!)
Just replied to you on email. LMK!
I am not sure if they have cookie butter in Canada, I have never seen it, However, I think I need to find some and try it, stat! :)
You can always order the Biscoff I linked up!
OMG!!!!! this post just made my day!! i’m going to TJ’s asap.. i hope they aren’t sold out!!
awesome recipes.
is the cookie butter much different than biscoff spread, or is it the exact same?
it’s not very different at all…it’s the difference between Puffs and Kleenex. Super similar :)
I saw the Cookie Butter yesterday and thought of you!! I didn’t buy a jar, I’m trying, I repeat trying to be good. ha ha
Don’t even try to be good…just cave in like me :)
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve opened up a container of something tasty while on my ride home from the store. Sad part is, the store is literally 3 minutes from my house!
Well it was wait or use my thumb or index finger…so I waited the 1 mile. Lol
I tried some Biscoff at a sampling event at a store a couple weeks ago. I couldn’t buy it because HOLY SHIT I would eat that jar in a millisecond. I went back for three samples! Luckily the sample lady just nodded and smiled and said, “I know, right?” and winked. She got it.
I know. I understand. Why do you think I’ve been in hot pursuit of it ever since January 1!
Seriously, the jar is gone…didn’t even get around to baking anything with it.
I’ve never tried cookie butter but recently spotted the Biscoff brand at Kroger–need to put that on my list to try this week. I love nut butters and it’s easy to whip them up in the food processor or vita mix. I’m into an almond-macadamia nut butter (with a small handful of pecans). I think adding macs or cashews in with the almonds helps with the processing.
Get it! It’s really in a league of it’s own and if I thought I could make it, I would. But not re-inventing any wheels on this one :)
I still have never tried cookie butter, even after seeing it on so many blogs! I need to get some :-)
Do you know I STILL haven’t tried cookie butter? This needs to change, stat. :-)
Change it, asap! And glad to see your comment came in, no snags!
Oh goodness, I just ran out of cookie butter and Biscoff last week. I compared them side-by-side and think I like Biscoff better but love the cookie butter too. I think creamy peanut butter (Peter Pan!) will always be my favorite!
Did you know that Christina Tosi uses Skippy? When I read that, I was so happy. Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan….that’s Americana for you. Nothing highbrow and I loved that factoid!
Oh my gosh, I am SO glad that cookie butter is back! Bring on the cookie butter recipes! :-D