Speculoos Cookie Butter Craze :-)

I'm a huge fan of sweets!  I munch and nibble on almost everything sweet and pleasing to my taste buds. Well, okay, i'm a huge fan of FOOD so to speak :D

I love sweets and that includes cookie butter in the long list.  I got my first taste of speculoos cookie butter back in December 2012 when my cousin brought me a jar of Trader Joe's Cookie Butter spreadables from the US.  He says its a big hit back there and so I was eager to try.  It was good and I must admit my taste buds really welcomed the idea of it everyday in the breakfast table (with or without bread :D).  Needless to say, the poor TJ's jar ended up as history in my tummy after a couple of weeks. So when this whole cookie butter thing became a big hit in Manila, I went beaming with grin ---> : D  H-E-A-V-E-N-L-Y!

That's the good news! The bad news is, people went gaga over it and stocks went out as fast as it came.  Blame it on the hype, it was so addicting people are so into it.  I had my share of speculoos hunting too.  I tried to look for it at PX stores around the metro and end up frustrated.  I checked online and saw a couple of online sellers but well, i was made to wait for few more weeks for the shipping so I finally gave up.

Yesterday, I went cruising along the isles of S&R Aseana to do a little gastronomic shopping when I stumbled on a pile of little jars neatly stacked in the middle of the main isle.  I was curious so I snatched a jar and it spelled S-P-E-C-U-L-O-O-S!  Good heavens! S&R is already selling these precious little jars to satisfy the public's demand!  Nope. They don't sell TJ's, they have different brand called Jules Destrooper Speculoos Pasta (but it's the same cookie butter spread, I wonder why it's called pasta?--probably because its paste?) It's a lot smaller than my TJ's spread at 200g (7oz) and sells at Php199.95 a jar.  So for all of you who's still raving about the speculoos fever, its already on hand at your nearest S&R Membership Stores :)