# Lotus Biscoff cookies

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/biscoff-cookies/

19 people recommended Lotus Biscoff cookies in Hacker News comments and 17 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

19 of the 19 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Delta’s Biscoff cookies were supposed to be temporary”.

**Verdict:** People recommend these spiced, not-too-sweet cookies as cheesecake and pie crusts, with coffee, and as a treat. The most common caveat is that critics find them bland and chalky.

Summary written by Claude from 30 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Crumbled as cheesecake or pie crust (4 comments in the sample): "you can crumble these cookies and use them as a (cheese)cake bottom. It's nice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50109457)) "They make a great graham-cracker style crust for a skyr cake." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50108367)) "Grinding them up as bottom for cheesecake is heaven!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50108143))
- Spiced but not overly sweet (4 comments in the sample): "Biscoff is a highly spiced cookie that's less sweet than most American cookies." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50109238)) "It's like eating a cinnamon-y, ginger-y oreo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50107999)) "it's just perfect, not too sweet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50107842))
- Enjoyable occasional treat (2 comments in the sample): "Biscoff is a saviour for a little treat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50107034)) "once in a while as a treat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50106565))

## What people warn about

- Bland or chalky taste (4 comments in the sample): "this bland brand was suddenly pushed so heavily everywhere" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50114728)) "like eating chalk. never understood the hype about it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111205)) "so filling, imho. like eating chalk" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111194))
- Cheap airline snack, poor packaging (3 comments in the sample): "They were clearly optimized for weight: packaged in a super lightweight plastic tray" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111762)) "there could be no cheaper or worse snack that airlines can offer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50107773)) "the worst flight snack ever" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111620))
- Dislike new branding and recipe (2 comments in the sample): "As a Belgian I still dislike this new branding." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50106147)) "the manufacturer stopped using butter" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50106856))

## What people recommend instead

- [Oreos](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oreos/): 5 recommend, 5 mixed, 4 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Lotus Biscoff cookies", https://hackerapproved.com/p/biscoff-cookies/ (19 recommend, 0 mixed, 17 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.