Speculoos Relapse

Speculoos Relapse

Many of the long term readers will already know the story of my long and difficult struggle with Speculoos addiction. For a long time I was powerless against the desire and the uncontrollable need for its delicious goodness. My addiction to the Speculoos sandwich paste was particularly bad.

When the addiction was at its worst I was on two, sometimes three jars of the stuff a month. Sometimes the need would get so bad that I would lick the empty jars clean. In fact, I would continue to eat the stuff even when it made me feel unwell. I tried to seek help but apparently you can’t actually OD from Speculoos addiction according to the so called doctors who dismissed me from the hospital emergency room.

I just couldn’t stop myself. One time, when the shops were shut and I desperately needed a fix, I tried crushing Speculoos biscuits and mixing them with butter to make my own. It was not a pretty sight (also, it didn’t work) .

It took hitting rock bottom to make me realize just how serious my problem was. I knew something had to be done.

It was not easy. It was a long and difficult road to recovery but I got myself clean. I got my addiction under control and I got my life back. I have not touch Speculoos for three years. I am no longer tempted by its delicious goodness. I am free of its control… At least I thought I was until I saw this…


Speculoos Relapse 2

Oh my god. It’s sooooo good! I can’t help myself.

Stuart

Stuart is an accident prone Englishman who has been living in the Netherlands since 2001. Even his move to the country was an unintentional accident, the result of replying to a cryptic job advertisement he found one day in a local British magazine. Since then he has learned to love the Dutch (so much so that he married one of them) and now calls the country home. He started the blog Invading Holland in 2006 as a place to share his strange stories of language misunderstandings, cultural confusions and his own accident prone nature.

26 Responses

  1. Alison says:

    Oh dear. I’m going to need to avoid the grocery stores until I forget this exists.

  2. Deepa says:

    This looks like just the thing to get me off my Nutella addiction. Perfect!

  3. Nathalie in NL says:

    Oh man, I might have to give that a go when my partner leaves the house. XD I have actually gone off the original stuff, conveniently.

  4. Invader_Stu says:

    Alison – Lock yourself in doors. It’s the only way.

    Deepa – Oh god know. Speculoos is much worse. That would be like using cocaine to get over your coffee addiction.

    Nathalie – Yes. Wait until he leaves the house. Then you won’t have to share it with any body.

  5. Heather says:

    Oh no! But I have to admit I thought of you when I saw it in the shops.

  6. Invader_Stu says:

    Heather – It’s good to know that I am such a speculoos addict that it makes people think of me when they see it :p

  7. O_O

    I WANT SOME!!!! I can’t to see that in French supermarkets!!!

  8. Invader_Stu says:

    Barb – You need to get some smuggled into France :p

  9. dragon lady says:

    Don’t you dare bring any with you when you come over. It looks extremly fattening and I can only resist so much. I have lost weight and don’t want to put it back on.

  10. Invader_Stu says:

    Dragon Lady – Would I be that evil :p

  11. Terri says:

    Too funny Stu, especially the gradually enlarged close-ups.

    Now, however, I desperately want to try this, and don’t stand a chance of finding it anywhere in my known universe. Is is possible a person could become addicted just by thinking how good this would taste?????)

  12. Rasa says:

    I think I’m the only one here who doesn’t understand Speculoos…. I always was wondering how you can eat it especially on bread :)
    But I should confess – I’m addicted to Vla and I’m trying do not buy it anymore. I think I made good half a year but yesterday…. oh…yesterday..all my troubles seemed so far away…

  13. Invader_Stu says:

    Terri – Yes. It is that powerful that you can become addicted even when you know nothing about or have ever seen Speculoos.

    Rasa – Oh yes. Vla can also be very addictive. If they ever make Speculoos flavoured Vla we are both screwed.

  14. iooryz says:

    When I was a kid and visiting my grandparents, I allways had speculaas on bread (with butter or nutella), so i first thought it was silly to buy it in a spread. But the crunchy one is quite delicious to be honest.

  15. Invader_Stu says:

    Iooryz – That’s how the addiction starts.

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