Speculoos

Speculoos, the spiced biscuit of brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and clove, to the founder's family recipe, pressed in wooden moulds. By tradition Saint Nicholas brings it to good children: we'd take a box home.

Also on our table

A Brussels waffle at a table in the tearoom

See it on Maison Dandoy's site ↗

Maison Dandoy

Belgian · biscuit house and tearoom · speculoos · Galeries Royales (centre), Brussels

Galerie du Roi 2, 1000 Bruxelles

The baker Jean-Baptiste Dandoy opened a Brussels shop in the early nineteenth century, and seven generations of the family have kept it since. The speculoos, spiced biscuit, is still pressed into handmade wooden moulds.

The proof, in the house's own words

Why the speculoos

Strong evidence

Craft
Real butter, brown sugar and handcrafted wooden moulds, still.
Menu ↗
Tradition
The founder's own family recipe, seven generations on.
Menu ↗
Peak timing
Saint Nicholas's biscuit, the reward for good children every December.
Menu ↗

We'd add

Our runner-up

Gaufre de Bruxelles

The Brussels waffle, light and square, served in the house's tearoom in the Galeries. We'd have it at a table there.

Been here?

Eaten at Maison Dandoy? Tell us how the room felt and which plate you'd go back for. A photo, if you took one, goes up under your name.

Add plate photosOpen →

Pictures of the Speculoos or anything else from Maison Dandoy help the next person order. Tag each one with its dish and it carries your name.