cookie butter

noun

plural cookie butters

: a sweet creamy food that is made of crushed cookies (such as speculoos or gingersnaps) typically mixed with butter or oil, sugar, and sometimes flavorings and that is often eaten as a spread or in desserts

… cookie butter is made from Belgian speculoos cookies and has a caramel-like flavor with warm spice tones. Spread it on graham crackers or vanilla wafers, use it as a fruit dip or serve with warm waffles or pancakes.

—Krista Marshall

… spoon the cookie butter on top of the brownie batter.

—June Albertson-Dick

… I can tell you all about cookie butters. They are like peanut butter in color and texture but are made with crushed cookies.

—Betty Shimabukuru

… gently spiced cookie butter spread.

—Vaughn Vreeland

Word History

First Known Use

2012, in the meaning defined above