These Jules Destrooper Belgian Butter Biscuits don’t look super exciting, but they’ve been back at Costco for a few holiday seasons now, so they must have quite a few fans out there! I first reviewed them back in 2020. The flavors in the box have changed since then and the price is a lot higher now. Are these crispy cookies good enough that we should expect them to keep showing up at Costco during the holidays for many years to come?
Other packaged cookies from Costco are the Kelsen Danish Butter Biscuits, Kirkland Signature European Biscuits, Pierre Biscuiterie French Butter Biscuits, Desserts on Us Lacey’s Macadamia Milk Chocolate Cookies, Lotus Biscoff Cookies, David’s Cookies Cranberry Pistachio Biscuits, David’s Butter Pecan Meltaways, Rondoletti Rolled Wafers and the Karen’s Bakery Danish Puff Pastries.
Location in Store
These are located in the Christmas seasonal aisle at Costco, near all the chocolates and Christmas treats. The item number is 1743767.
Taste
I originally reviewed these in 2020 and at the time there were three different kinds of butter biscuits in the box, butter crisps, butter waffles and almond thins. They’re way better now with original, caramel dipped and dark chocolate-dipped butter biscuits. I found them pretty bland in 2020 but the addition of chocolate and caramel improves the flavor a lot.
The original butter biscuit is a bit boring but still tasty. It reminds me of a sweeter waffle cone in the form of a cookie with a hint of caramel flavor. It would be great dunked in tea or coffee or served with ice cream or gelato.
The caramel-dipped cookies are tasty, the caramel side is delicious. The caramel is buttery and sweet and kind of reminds me of the Skor chocolate bar.
The chocolate is pretty much what you’d expect, it’s the same butter cookie with a very thin layer of high-quality dark chocolate. It’s not overly chocolaty and reminds me of a chocolate-dipped waffle cone in a cookie form.
All three kinds of Belgian butter biscuits are crispy, crunchy and thin.
Cost
I paid $8.99 Canadian for the 650-gram box of Jules Destrooper Belgian Butter Biscuits in 2020. This year in 2023, the 700-gram box costs $11.99 Canadian but has different biscuits than it did in 2020. You get four sleeves of cookies in the box.
Convenience
These biscuits are extremely simple but also versatile. They can be served with chocolate fondue, with ice cream or hot drinks like hot chocolate, coffee and tea. The best-before date is about 7 months from the date I purchased the biscuits.
There are four sleeves of biscuits in the box, two of the original butter biscuits, one chocolate and one caramel. I’d prefer less plain butter biscuits and more chocolate or caramel ones!
Nutrition
Calories
Three butter biscuits contain 140 calories, five grams of fat, zero grams of fibre, 12 grams of sugar, two grams of protein and 50 milligrams of sodium.
Two caramel-dipped biscuits contain 120 calories, four a half grams of fat, 18 grams of carbohydrates, zero grams of fiber, 11 grams of sugar, two grams of protein and 55 milligrams of sodium.
Two chocolate-dipped biscuits contain 120 calories, four grams of fat, 18 grams of carbohydrates, zero grams of fibre, 10 grams of sugar, two grams of protein and 35 milligrams of sodium.
Ingredients
The original butter biscuits have the fewest ingredients with flour, sugar, butter and eggs being the main ones. They may contain soy, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pecans, macadamia nuts and other gluten.
The caramel-dipped biscuits have a few ingredients I don’t love to see in cookies like soy, and palm oil but the rest of the ingredients are pretty straightforward. The biscuits contain soy, dairy, egg and wheat and may contain almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pecans and macadamia nuts.
The chocolate-dipped biscuits contain the same simple ingredients as the butter biscuit but with chocolate. These contain milk, wheat, eggs and soy. They may contain almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pecans and macadamia nuts.
Scoring
Taste: 7/10
Cost: 7/10
Convenience: 10/10
Nutrition: 2/10 Not healthy but I like the short and simple ingredients.
Overall
Give it a try!
These aren’t amazing biscuits, they’re simple and good but I feel like they’re the kind of cookie that you tire of easily and it ends up sitting in your pantry unused.
Have you tried these Jules Destrooper Butter Biscuits from Costco? What did you think of them?
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Me and my brother were fighting over them, they’re like cookie crack.
I tried it and liked it right away. Reminds me of Butter waffles we made from scratch with my aunt who passed away. Such a nostalgic flavour, dear to me.
Those nostalgic flavours you sometimes get are so special. I get them from time to time that remind me of my Nanny.
Where and how to purchase Jules Destrooper Butter Biscuits
You can check your local Costco
Love them all, but I have to say the almond thins are my favorite….wish they had them all year round !