Cookie butter is a food paste made primarily from speculoos cookie crumbs, fat, flour, and sugar. It is a creamy spread that looks like nut butter but tastes like gingerbread, with a rich, deep caramel flavor augmented by toasty, spiced cookie notes. The spread gained a cult following in the United States in 2015 and is often served during holidays. It can be used in various ways, such as on toast, waffles, or pancakes, as a dip for fruit or crackers, in baked goods, or melted on top of ice cream or stirred into hot chocolate

. Trader Joe's Speculoos Cookie Butter and Lotus Biscoff Cookie Butter are popular brands, but it can also be made at home by blending speculoos cookies, fat, and other ingredients