This delicious cookie butter latte recipe is a MUST TRY for those who love Biscoff cookie spread and/or Lotus Biscoff cookies! Ready in minutes and made with four simple ingredients, this cookie butter latte is decadent and packed with awesome cookie butter flavor.
I first fell in love with Biscoff cookies on an airplane, since those yummy cookies are often one of the choices on Delta flights. And then I learned about cookie butter… oh. my. goodness.
As someone who’s developed over 90 drink recipes for this website, with over 20 of them being specialty coffee drinks, I’ve made a lot of flavored lattes in my 20 years of being a home barista. Many are flavored using syrups, but this one isn’t, and that’s what sets it apart. Through testing, I landed on stirring real cookie butter directly into hot espresso, which melts it into the drink and gives you actual speculoos flavor instead of something vaguely sweet. I also worked out how much cookie butter you need so the flavor comes through without the latte turning heavy or overly rich.
Apparently at some point in 2021 the cookie butter latte was a “secret menu drink” at Starbucks. These off-menu drinks are generally popularized on TikTok, and are drinks customers and baristas have created on their own by modifying regular menu drinks. Starbucks baristas aren’t trained on how to make them, and oftentimes don’t know what they are. But coffee plus cookie butter was too hard to resist, so I decided to create the ultimate DIY version.
If you’ve ever enjoyed a big spoonful of Biscoff spread (or perhaps like to sneak a spoonful of cookie butter when your kids aren’t looking), this latte may be your new favorite drink!
Love this cookie butter latte recipe? Then you’ll love this gingerbread coffee recipe too! I also have a ton of other Starbucks copycat recipes on the site, like this DIY iced brown sugar shaken espresso and this DIY pumpkin cold foam for a homemade pumpkin cream cold brew! Search ‘copycat’ in the search bar for even more fun DIY coffee recipes.
What Is a Biscoff Latte?
A Lotus Biscoff latte is an espresso drink flavored with Biscoff cookie butter, the sweet spread made from crushed speculoos cookies. The cookie butter gets stirred into hot espresso until it melts, then the whole thing is topped with steamed milk, so you get warm caramel and cinnamon notes running through every sip.
What sets this Biscoff coffee recipe apart from a standard flavored latte is that the flavor comes from real cookie butter rather than a syrup. You get more depth, a little more richness, and the cookie flavor actually reads as cookies. If you’ve ever eaten a spoonful of Biscoff spread straight from the jar, you already know exactly what you’re in for.
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- What Is a Biscoff Latte?
- Why You’ll Love This Cookie Butter Latte Recipe
- Ingredients Needed for a Biscoff Latte
- How to Make a Cookie Butter Latte
- Biscoff Latte Expert Tips
- Biscoff Latte Recipe Variations
- Biscoff Cookie Butter Latte FAQs
- Love This Recipe? You May Also Enjoy
- More Recipes You’ll Love
- Starbucks Cookie Butter Latte Copycat Recipe
Why You’ll Love This Cookie Butter Latte Recipe
Real cookie butter, not syrup. Most flavored lattes get their flavor from a pump of syrup. This one uses actual Biscoff spread, which means you get that genuine speculoos cookie flavor with warm caramel and cinnamon notes instead of something that just tastes vaguely sweet.
Four ingredients and five minutes. Measure, stir, froth, and top. No special equipment beyond a handheld frother, and no complicated technique to learn.
Cheaper than the coffee shop. This started as a Starbucks secret menu drink, which means baristas were never trained on it and half of them don’t know what you’re asking for. Making it at home means you get it right every time, for a fraction of the cost.
Endlessly customizable. Swap in oat milk or almond milk, make it iced, add a caramel drizzle instead of cookie butter, or dial the sweetness up with a little brown sugar. The base recipe works, but there’s plenty of room to make it your own.
The ultimate treat yourself drink. Between the whipped cream, the warm cookie butter drizzle, and the crushed Biscoff cookies on top, this feels like a treat before you even take a sip. It’s a nice one to make when you want your afternoon coffee to feel like an occasion.
Ingredients Needed for a Biscoff Latte
- Hot espresso. A true latte is officially made using espresso coffee. See the ‘Recipe Substitutions and Variations’ section below for how to make this cookie butter latte recipe with coffee if you do not make espresso at home.
- Lotus Biscoff Cookie Butter (or Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter). This is the star ingredient (and in my opinion, the best part) of this fun latte recipe! Added in the latte and as a drizzle on top too.
- Milk of choice. I prefer to use dairy milk, and recommend using 2% milk or whole milk when making lattes. One of my favorite dairy milk alternatives for coffee recipes is oat milk as it still creates a lovely and creamy latte. However, you can use whatever dairy-free milk you prefer like unsweetened almond milk, cashew milk, soy milk, etc.
- Whipped cream. While this *technically* could be optional, I do not recommend skipping it! Used on top of your latte, choose homemade whipped cream or canned squirt whipped cream… whatever you like! Whichever you choose, be generous with it on your delicious Biscoff latte.
- Additional optional toppings:
- Biscoff cookie crumbles. I mean, you really can’t go wrong when adding some crushed Biscoff cookie pieces on top of this latte.
- A sprinkle of cinnamon. This plays nicely off of the warm spices in the cookie butter. A nice dash of cinnamon will sit nicely on frothed milk or whipped cream.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Helpful Equipment
- Handheld Milk Frother – an inexpensive and small piece of equipment that can be used daily!
- If you’d like to make espresso at home, but don’t want the expense (or size) of an espresso machine, a Moka Pot is a great investment! I love and use mine a ton.
How to Make a Cookie Butter Latte
Brew espresso (or strong coffee) and set aside.
Place cookie butter into your mug.
Pour hot espresso (or strongly brewed coffee) onto the cookie butter.
Stir to combine / melt the cookie butter.
Heat milk and then use a handheld frother to make it frothy/foamy.
Pour the frothed hot milk over the coffee and cookie butter mixture in your mug. Spoon milk foam on the very top.
Top with whipped cream.
Place a scoop of cookie butter into a small, microwave safe bowl and warm it up for 30 seconds. Drizzle melted cookie butter on top of the whipped cream.
Optionally sprinkle crushed Biscoff cookie pieces on the very top. Then sip and enjoy!
Possible Dietary Restrictions?
This recipe is vegan and vegetarian as written. According to the Lotus website, Lotus Biscoff Cookie Butter is vegan friendly! Be sure to select a non-dairy milk for a vegan latte.
Biscoff Latte Expert Tips
Make sure to use a liquid measuring cup (or vessel) that has at least 2x the capacity needed for the milk. Bigger is better here because frothing your milk will nearly double your liquid’s volume! Having a large enough liquid measuring cup (or whatever vessel/mug you want to use) to heat your milk in helps ensure you’re not creating a tidal wave over the edge (I maybe know this from experience…learn from my mess, no need to create your own).
Biscoff Latte Recipe Variations
- Use strongly brewed coffee instead of espresso. Don’t have a way to make espresso at home? No worries! Brew strong coffee instead by increasing the amount of coffee grounds used in your normal brewing method to make a more concentrated coffee. A good place to start is by adding one or two extra scoops of grounds to your normal brewing method.
- Add more sweetness with brown sugar or a few pumps of brown sugar syrup. I personally do not find that this cookie butter latte needs any more sweetness, but everyone has different preferences. 1 teaspoon of brown sugar added along with your cookie butter should do the trick. Or if you’ve made homemade brown sugar syrup (or like to use the Torani or Monin premade simply syrups) add a pump or two to meet your sweetness preference.
- Add a caramel drizzle. Want to add some fun toppings but not take the time to warm up more cookie butter? Use a drizzle of caramel sauce on top instead!
Iced Biscoff Latte (Biscoff Iced Coffee Recipe)
Prefer an iced latte to a hot one? No problem. Add the cookie butter and hot espresso to a tall glass and stir to combine and melt the spread. Fill the glass with ice and top with cold milk. Add your optional toppings and enjoy!
A quick tip: stir the cookie butter into the hot espresso before you add any ice. Cookie butter won’t dissolve into cold liquid, and you’ll end up with clumps at the bottom of the glass.
Biscoff Cookie Butter Latte FAQs
Speculoos cookies are the generic name for the style of cookie that the Lotus company calls Biscoff (it was originally called Lotus Speculoos and was rebranded in the US). This crunchy, spicy cookie originated in Belgium and is often made around Christmastime to celebrate St. Nicholas Day (or Sinterklaas).
Yes! Biscoff cookie butter is also known as Biscoff spread or speculoos spread. This yummy spread is made from crushed speculoos cookies and has a texture that is similar to smooth peanut butter.
Biscoff cookies, also know as speculoos or speculas, are a crunchy style of cookie (or biscuit) that has warm winter spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Some say they have a deep caramel flavor as well.
A single shot of espresso coffee is approximately 1 oz of fluid coffee. Therefore two shots of espresso (often called a double shot of espresso) is approximately 2 oz, which is the same volume in ¼ cup.
Lattes are best enjoyed fresh and hot. The whipped cream will deflate and the cookie butter drizzle loses its appeal once cooled. If you do have leftovers, you can reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave and top with fresh whipped cream and cookie butter. But honestly, these are so quick to make that a fresh one is always better!
You can! A homemade Biscoff syrup recipe is just cookie butter thinned out enough to pour. Warm a couple tablespoons of cookie butter in a small microwave safe bowl for about 30 seconds, then stir in hot water a teaspoon at a time until it reaches the consistency you want.
For this latte though, you don’t need it. I stir the cookie butter straight into the hot espresso, where it melts on its own, and the drizzle on top is just melted cookie butter with nothing added. Thinning it with water only dilutes the flavor.
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Starbucks Cookie Butter Latte Copycat Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon cookie butter (recommend Lotus Biscoff Cookie Butter or Trader Joe's Creamy Cookie Butter)
- 2 oz hot espresso (*if using strongly brewed coffee, increase to 3 oz)
- ¾ C milk of choice (I use 2% or whole dairy milk, see notes below for alternatives)
- whipped cream for topping
- 1 tablespoon cookie butter, melted for drizzling
Instructions
- Brew espresso (or strong coffee) and set aside.
- Heat milk in a microwave safe container (such as a liquid measuring cup or mug) for 1 minute on normal power. Use a handheld frother to make it frothy/foamy. *Alternatively you can warm up your milk in a small saucepan over low-to-medium heat on the stovetop.
- While the milk is heating up, place cookie butter and espresso into your mug. Stir until the cookie butter is melted.
- Pour the frothed hot milk over the coffee and cookie butter mixture in your mug. Spoon milk foam on the very top.
- In a small, microwave safe bowl, add the additional 1 Tablespoon of cookie butter and heat for 30 seconds in the microwave.
- Top with whipped cream and a generous drizzle of warmed cookie butter. Option to also add a sprinkle of crushed Biscoff cookies, and/or a dash of cinnamon.
Notes
- Use strongly brewed coffee instead of espresso. Don’t have a way to make espresso at home? No worries! Brew strong coffee instead by increasing the amount of coffee grounds used in your normal brewing method to make a more concentrated coffee. A good place to start is by adding one or two extra scoops of grounds to your normal brewing method.
- Add more sweetness with brown sugar or a few pumps of brown sugar syrup. If additional sweetness is desired, add 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, or a pump or two of brown sugar syrup, along with your cookie butter in ‘Step 3’.
- Add a caramel drizzle. Option to use a drizzle of caramel sauce instead of the drizzle of melted cookie butter.
- Make it into an iced Biscoff latte. Simply add the cookie butter and hot espresso to a tall glass and stir to combine. Fill the glass with ice and top with cold milk. Add toppings and enjoy!
Marie W says
Delicious! Added white chocolate sauce to the coffee too! My new morning coffee! Thanks for posting this recipe!
Meredith says
oooooh, now I need to try this with some white chocolate sauce too Marie!! yum!! so happy to hear you’re loving this cookie butter latte
Dave says
Definitely in the “trick shot” category of lattes, but it is very tasty and makes for a special treat!
Meredith says
Glad to hear you enjoyed this one too, thanks for giving the recipe a try!