{"id":5249,"date":"2024-12-06T15:34:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T15:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/?p=5249"},"modified":"2025-03-22T15:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T19:27:48","slug":"aldi-butter-spekulatius-cookies-bentons-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/06\/aldi-butter-spekulatius-cookies-bentons-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldi Butter Spekulatius Cookies (Benton’s) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author\u2019s Note: Not a paid review. Not sponsored. These are my own buttery opinions. I have no affiliation with Aldi what-so-ever.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t drown the cookies.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve been reading my reviews, you already know I get all excited<\/em> about stuff made with butter. Butter is just better<\/em>. So, I was already<\/em> pretty hopeful that these Aldi Butter Spekulatius would be yummier than the spiced version I reviewed last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m pleased to report that these cookies are delish<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best part is the strong, aromatic butter flavor. It’s super rich. In fact, it’s such<\/em> a strong butter taste, I had to double-check the ingredients to make sure it wasn’t something artificial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, nope. Just butter<\/em>. Literally nothing else here, flavor-wise. Not even vanilla. Just the dang butter. Must be gobs of it, to taste this rich. I was expecting some unholy abomination of weird stuff, but it is entirely natural. Huzzah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cookies even have a deep, buttery smell<\/em>. It hits you as soon as you open the bag. I mean. I think it is THEE most pervasive butter smell I’ve ever smelt with my smeller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ok, enough of that. Onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are thin, delicate cookies. They are not as crunchy as I expected (no where near as crunchy as the Aldi Spiced Spekulatius Cookies \u2014 you can read my salty review here<\/a>), but a bit more tender. The buttery texture gives them a fine (but crisp) crumb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I personally found them a tad<\/em> too sweet, but nothing offensive. They’re sweeter than average shortbread cookies, if that helps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There aren’t any<\/em> spices in these cookies. Alas. I do<\/em> love spices. But, at the same time, I can see how strong spice flavors would drown the delicate butteriness. Maybe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aldi’s Butter Spekulatius come neatly packed in a plastic tray. Not a single one of my cookies was broken or damaged. Which is nothing short of a miracle. I mean. This flimsy tray is just shoved into a wobbly cellophane bag and shipped half-way across the world. Kind of amazing these survived so well. Must be the Christmas magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secret Saga of the Cookie Couple<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Unfortunately, you get just two<\/em> cookie patterns in the entire package. At least, I did. There’s a man and a woman. The dude looks like he just finished eating Thanksgiving dinner, and now he needs to lie down for the rest of the day. Maybe tomorrow, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not sure about the lady \u2014 probably his wife. She looks like she’s been hitting the cheap wine before dinner. Or maybe she recently won the lottery and isn’t going to tell anyone. She’s simply going to smile, and tip-toe away. She says, “keep your butter-fingers away from my dough!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My friend Ansley says she likes to dunk these poor cookie-souls souls in milk before consuming them. I mean. Are you a monster, or what? This dude’s clearly got a wife. How can you do that to him? Look deep into his cookie-eyes, and tell him he deserves to drown in milk! Gah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plus, he didn’t win the lottery. You know. Have a heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(I really want some cookie-children to go with this family. I hope Aldi can make this happen next year. Cookie-children! And maybe a cookie-dog and cookie-cat. A cookie-hamster? Come on. We really need this to happen. I will pay more for this. I’m invested in this story now.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serving the Butter Spekulatius<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These are elegant party cookies. The crisp designs and thin, delicate shapes make them a great addition to a party tray or char-cookie-rie board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I opted to serve mine with contrasting colors and shapes by arranging them with Aldi’s Fudge Covered Peppermint Cremes (read my silly review here<\/a>) and some Strawberry Pretzels (from Costco).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the heck are Spekulatius?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spekulatius<\/a> (pronounced “shpeck-you-lat-ee-us”) are a type of crisp German shortcrust cookie. Typically, they include a variety of spices \u2014 like cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamon, and nutmeg \u2014 although this Aldi “butter” version obviously does not<\/em>. Traditionally, Spekulatius cookies were shaped in wood molds<\/a> to give them distinctive (and festive) designs. The most common patterns were windmills and people. In fact, sometimes these are simply called “Windmill Cookies.<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients in Aldi Butter Spekulatius Cookies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are the ingredients, from the label:<\/p>\n\n\n\n