If you want to serve biscuits with coffee on New Year’s Eve without any preparation, chocolate-coated speculoos is one option. For a dessert in individual glasses or on a platter, you can use filled speculaas or crumbled biscuits, but you’ll also need other ingredients and time to prepare it. Check the packaging of any variant you choose for its ingredients, allergens and storage advice.
If you want to make individual dessert glasses or a trifle, first decide how you’ll layer the biscuits and how much time you have to prepare everything. Recipes from Jumbo and Lidl combine speculaas with creamy layers; the ingredients you’ll need depend on the recipe you choose.
If you want biscuits with coffee without preparing a dessert, a ready-to-serve option is handy. For example, Albert Heijn lists Lotus Biscoff Speculoos Belgian chocolate, with six packs of three biscuits. This is different from regular Biscoff biscuits.
If a guest needs to avoid certain ingredients, check the specific packaging rather than relying on the product category. The chocolate variant listed by Albert Heijn contains wheat, milk and soya; Jumbo lists wheat and possible traces of nuts for Echte Bakkers Speculaas.
First decide whether you’ll serve the biscuits as they are or use them in a dessert. Then you can assess the finish, quantity and ingredients of a specific pack.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who is this important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Dessert layers | Choose biscuits to crumble or filled speculaas to break into pieces; remember to plan for the other dessert ingredients too. | If I want to make dessert glasses with visible layers, the biscuits I choose need to work with the recipe, and I’ll need time to assemble the dessert. For around 33% of consumers, presentation comes first. |
| Serving straight away | Check whether the biscuits are already finished and how many you can serve from the pack. | For coffee without any preparation, I want to be able to put biscuits out without making a dessert as well; around 25% of consumers prioritise this. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Read the current packaging, including for chocolate-coated or filled biscuits; check the ingredients, allergens and storage advice. | If guests need to avoid certain ingredients, I want to check what each variant contains before serving it. For around 25% of consumers, this is the first thing they look for. |
| Quantity and portions | Match the net weight to the number of guests and the amount of biscuit you’ll use in a dessert. | If I’m filling a platter for a group, I want enough biscuits without having lots left over; for around 17% of consumers, the quantity needed is the most important factor. |
Chocolate or filling affects which ingredients you need to check. Albert Heijn’s product information lists wheat, milk and soya for Lotus Biscoff Speculoos Belgian chocolate.
Read the current packaging for the exact variant you’re serving. If someone has an allergy, don’t rely on the biscuit’s name or on information for another variant in the same range.
A trifle needs more than biscuits. Lidl’s recipe with filled speculaas also uses ingredients such as mascarpone, whipping cream, apple, raisins and caramel sauce.
Choose your recipe first, then make a note of the speculaas, the other ingredients and the preparation time you’ll need.
Lidl lists its 600 g bakers’ speculaas as available in store only. ALDI warns that special offer items can sell out quickly.
Check which variant is available locally shortly before New Year’s Eve, and have another type of biscuit in mind if your dessert depends on it.
You’ll need a different quantity for a platter than for a crumb layer. Jumbo uses 60 g of speculaas in its mascarpone speculaas dessert for four people.
Decide whether you’ll serve the biscuits on their own or use them in a recipe, then choose a pack with the right net weight.
These brands and shops offer ideas for different types of biscuits and desserts. Check the product variant and packaging you choose before shopping for guests.
Biscuits and speculoos spread for coffee or as an ingredient in a dessert.
A range that includes filled speculaas and Lotus Biscoff Speculoos Belgian chocolate.
Bakers’ speculaas and recipe inspiration for a mascarpone dessert.
Bakers’ speculaas and recipes that use speculaas as a layer in a trifle.
Filled speculaas and bakers’ speculaas in a range of pack sizes.
These products suit different New Year’s Eve plans: biscuits with coffee, speculaas to use in a dessert, speculoos spread as an ingredient, or bakers’ speculaas to share. The spread isn’t a biscuit you can serve as it is, and regular Biscoff biscuits aren’t the chocolate-coated variant.
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An option if you want to serve speculaas with coffee or need biscuits to crumble into a dessert. A layered dessert in individual glasses will also need other ingredients.
Pack size: 400 g. Check the current ingredients and allergen information on the packaging before serving the biscuits to guests.
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For anyone who wants to serve regular speculoos biscuits with coffee without preparing a dessert. This isn’t the chocolate-coated Belgian chocolate variant.
Pack size: 250 g. If you have specific ingredient requirements, check the current packaging, particularly the soya information.
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A smooth speculoos spread for anyone who wants to make their own dessert or bake. It’s not a substitute for biscuits you can serve with coffee straight away.
Pack size: 720 g. Choose a recipe first so you know what other ingredients you’ll need.
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Bakers’ speculaas to share as biscuits or use in a dessert. If you want to make a layered dessert, plan for the other ingredients and preparation separately.
Pack size: 450 g. Read the current packaging for ingredients, allergens and storage advice.
Choose filled speculaas for pieces with a filling, or regular biscuits for a crumb layer, depending on the dessert you want to make. Recipes from Jumbo and Lidl combine speculaas with ingredients such as mascarpone, cream, mousse or fruit. If you want to serve biscuits without any preparation, a finished chocolate-coated variant is another option.
Yes, if the recipe you choose includes preparation and chilling. For Jumbo’s mascarpone speculaas dessert, the cream goes into the fridge for around an hour after preparation. Follow the recipe and ingredient instructions for storage and serving; that preparation time doesn’t tell you how long an assembled dessert will keep.
Check the ingredients and allergen information on the specific packaging, as variants differ. Albert Heijn lists wheat, milk and soya for Lotus Biscoff Speculoos Belgian chocolate; Jumbo lists wheat and possible traces of nuts for Echte Bakkers Speculaas. According to Your Europe, allergens must be clearly identified in the ingredients information for prepacked foods.
