Comment by lbreakjai
4 days ago
Can you just let us have this one? The other countries already have plenty to talk about!
More seriously, the biscoff variant is quite distinctively Belgian, as it's using caramel rather than a traditional mix of spices.
Oh no question, biscoff is yours, I will give you that any day of the week (and then ask if I could have one, of course). Even speculoos is pretty much Belgian. But speculaas... come on author, you clearly did _some_ research, why get this wrong?
The nomenclature is quite loose. Speculaas and speculoos will be used interchangeably in parts of Belgium. "Spéculoos" will refer to both in the french-speaking part, while I anecdotally noticed Flemish people will use "speculaas" even for biscoffs.
That's why I only eat kruidnoten, less of a linguistic quagmire.