They're... cookies. A treat.
replyLooking at the nutritional profile of cookies doesn't make sense. You're supposed to eat them in such low quantity/frequency that it doesn't matter.
Yes, cookies are not the most healthy thing, but there are better and worse ones. It is not just even about it containing some sugar. Why replace the spices that made a traditional cookie special, with more sugar? What is distinctive about sugar?
replyBiscoff is a highly spiced cookie that's less sweet than most American cookies.
replyAnd sugar is special because it's essentially a drug that our brains are programmed to seek out and eat more of.
> So the Belgians enshittified speculaas to create speculoos
replyYes and no. This "Speculoos is actually cheap Speculaas" isn't completely true. That's what people like to say today, but the "Speculoos" name has been around much longer than Lotus bakeries. It's just a dialect thing and there is no reason. Some people called it "Speculaas", some people called it "Speculoos", and _then_ a cheaper variant got made and they choose the "Speculoos" term for it.
It all just sounds really fitting because the "-loos" suffix in Dutch means "without".
Thanks for the explanation. I agree the -loos suffix is indeed (amusingly) fitting, if that's what it means. Specu-loss?
replySpecu-less would be the English etymological equivalent. Like careless or tasteless.
replyYes things made with sugar have sugar.
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