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Specunana Chocolate Brownies (Speculoos, Banana & Chocolate Brownies)

Updated 16 March 2021 Published 13 June 2013 65 Comments

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Specunana Chocolate Brownies are made with Speculoos (Lotus Biscoff spread), banana, melted dark chocolate and white chocolate chunks. An utterly yummy teatime treat!

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A while ago I bought some Biscoff Lotus Biscuit Spread which on the continent is known as Speculoos.

I’d seen much hype about this product on twitter so my curiosity got the better of me and I bought some.

We’re big fans of Lotus Biscuits in this house. I have many fond memories of trips to the hairdresser with my mum as a child and whilst she was sat under one of those huge driers with a head full of curlers I would be enjoying an individually wrapped Lotus biscuit as she sipped her Rombouts.

3 Specunana Brownies stacked on a plate.

Anyway, as Ronnie Corbett would say “I digress”, so it came to pass that the Speculoos after an initial flurry of interest just sat there in the cupboard unused. It was just a bit too sickly sweet to eat on its own as a spread we found. Not wanting to waste my Speculoos I got thinking and decided that incorporating it into a Brownie with some banana and chocolate would be a good way of using some up. So that’s how these Specunana Chocolate Brownies came to be!

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This recipe isn’t based on one recipe but a conglomeration of several and my own experimentation. The result was delicious but if you’re wanting a predominantly Speculoos flavour then this is not the recipe for you.

The longer you can wait to eat your Brownies the better as this really allows the flavours and texture to mature and improve. They keep really well in a air tight container for several days.

You can even serve these Specunana Brownies as a dessert with ice cream!

Specunana Brownies with ice cream in a bowl.

As this recipe used value chocolate, a ripe banana and the Lotus Biscoff Spread (Speculoos) from my cupboard I am entering it into this month’s Credit Crunch Munch which is run by myself and Helen at Fuss Free Flavours and being hosted by Anneli at Delicieux this month.

Credit Crunch Munch

Here’s a quick step-by-step overview of how to make these brownies!

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More Brownies Recipes

Once you’ve tried my gooey Specunana Brownies you should also try the following brownie recipes:

Oreo Brownies cut up on a platter.

Oreo Brownies

  • Oreo Brownies
  • Creme Egg Chocolate Brownies
  • Black Bean Chocolate Brownies
  • Salted Caramel Brownies
  • Black Forest Brownies

If you’re after a pudding made with Biscoff then check out my Slow Cooker Double Chocolate Speculoos Puddle Pudding!

I’m sure you’ll love these yummy Lotus Biscuit Spread, banana and chocolate brownies so do leave a comment and rating below when you make them. You can also share a photo with me by tagging @FabFood4All on social media. I love seeing my creations come to life!

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Specunana Chocolate Brownies

Specunana Chocolate Brownies are made with Speculoos, banana, melted dark chocolate and white chocolate chunks.
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 23 minutes minutes
Total Time 38 minutes minutes
Servings 16 slices
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 125 g Butter
  • 100 g Dark chocolate broken up
  • 50 g Speculoos sold as Lotus Biscuit Spread alternatively use Nutella
  • 1 Egg large
  • 100 g Light brown Muscovado Sugar
  • 1 Medium sized ripe banana 130g mashed
  • ½ tsp Vanilla extract
  • 90 g Plain flour
  • 25 g Cocoa
  • 50 g White chocolate chopped into small chunks

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  • Grease and line a 20cm shallow square cake tin with baking parchment.
  • In a saucepan melt the butter and off the heat add the dark chocolate and melt.
  • Then whisk in the Speculoos (Lotus Biscuit Spread).
  • In a bowl, beat the egg and add the sugar, mashed banana, cocoa and vanilla extract.
  • Stir in the melted chocolate mixture.
  • Add the white chocolate chunks.
  • Sift in the flour and fold in.
  • Spread the mixture into the prepared tin.
  • Bake on the middle oven shelf for 20 – 23 minutes. The Brownies are ready when they form a crust, are coming away from the edges and don’t wobble in the middle when tin is shaken. Do not over bake or they will become cakey.
  • Allow to cool on a wire rack in the tin and mark out into 16 slices.
  • Dust with icing sugar to serve, also great with ice cream as a pudding.

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Comments

  1. Paul Wilson

    10/08/2015 at 7:48 pm

    These would go well with a nice cup of coffee.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      10/08/2015 at 9:30 pm

      I’ll have a tea please;-)

      Reply
  2. Ursula Hunt

    24/01/2015 at 1:30 pm

    Making these with my granddaughter tomorroe

    Reply
    • Camilla

      25/01/2015 at 1:10 am

      Fabulous:-)

      Reply
  3. Sam Bresnahan

    28/12/2014 at 9:43 am

    Oh my, these look absolutely fabulous! I would try it with nutella and maybe even the biscuit spreads from Tesco.
    Fab idea for the kids, going to get baking next week! Thanks x

    Reply
    • Camilla

      28/12/2014 at 11:11 am

      Thanks, glad to inspire:-)

      Reply
  4. Maddy

    06/11/2014 at 11:03 am

    Anything with chocolate in gets a thumbs up from me

    Reply
  5. Anne Dalzell

    20/10/2014 at 1:38 pm

    Another triumph Camilla!

    Reply
  6. Fiver Feeds

    11/10/2014 at 5:22 pm

    Somehow I haven’t seen this lovely recipe before so I’m very happy that you brought it back! 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      11/10/2014 at 11:11 pm

      Thank you – good to share all the recipes:-)

      Reply
  7. Ursula Hunt

    12/09/2014 at 11:04 am

    another great use of Speculoos

    Reply
    • Camilla

      12/09/2014 at 4:42 pm

      Thank you:-)

      Reply
  8. Amy Jo McLellan

    29/07/2014 at 7:48 pm

    Belgique biscuit butter is the one I love – I can eat it by the spoonful though haha but if I ever do any left over, I’d consider making these 🙂

    Reply
  9. bev

    21/07/2014 at 1:02 pm

    Cheap n cheerful!

    Reply
  10. Ursula Hunt

    26/06/2014 at 10:58 am

    the banana adds a nice touch

    Reply
  11. Pm Liu

    01/06/2014 at 4:56 pm

    This looks delicious

    Reply
  12. Ursula Hunt

    24/05/2014 at 12:00 pm

    Perfect with ice cream as a gorgeous dessert

    Reply
  13. K Mayers

    03/02/2014 at 5:56 pm

    I saw the title and thought ‘what on earth is Specunana?’ lol. I must admit I’d never even heard the word Sepuculoo before but at least now I know. I must admit, I’m not an out and out lover of brownies but as this is so different I’d be happy to give it a go sometime. 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      05/02/2014 at 2:46 pm

      Thanks, let me know how you get on:-)

      Reply
  14. Judith Allen

    09/01/2014 at 11:29 pm

    Why did I look at this? It’s January and I’m supposed to not be eating sweets, cakes or chocolate. But these look so good.

    Reply
  15. Paul Wilson

    09/01/2014 at 4:19 am

    They look amazing.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      09/01/2014 at 1:45 pm

      Thanks:-)

      Reply
  16. Ursula Hunt

    04/01/2014 at 5:09 pm

    Looks delicious, perfect with a cuppa

    Reply
    • Camilla

      04/01/2014 at 10:35 pm

      Thanks, it is:-)

      Reply
  17. victoria thurgood

    17/12/2013 at 8:23 pm

    These look yummy im looking forward to making them

    Reply
  18. victoria thurgood

    17/12/2013 at 8:18 pm

    These look yummy i will be trying to make this myself

    Reply
  19. Tracy Nixon

    19/11/2013 at 7:16 am

    These sound delicious! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  20. Paul Wilson

    16/11/2013 at 5:14 am

    I’ve never heard of Speculoos

    Reply
    • Camilla

      16/11/2013 at 5:36 pm

      It’s called that on the continent but came over to the UK this year called Lotus Biscuit Spread, you might be familiar with Lotus Biscuits it tastes of those:-)

      Reply
  21. Tracy Nixon

    03/11/2013 at 5:16 am

    This sounds a lovely recipe to follow on a dark, wet and windy Sunday! I think I will get my apron on this afternoon and make these for tea time!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      03/11/2013 at 6:34 pm

      Hope you enjoy them:-)

      Reply
  22. Lisa Williams

    30/10/2013 at 1:31 pm

    so fantastic this is my go to brownie recipe everybody who has tried it loves it 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      30/10/2013 at 7:24 pm

      Aah, thank you so much, that’s made my day:-)

      Reply
      • Lisa Williams

        12/11/2013 at 1:47 pm

        I have been roped into bringing them into work a fair bit too haha 🙂

        Reply
        • Camilla

          12/11/2013 at 2:00 pm

          Oh fabulous:-)

          Reply
  23. Tracy Nixon

    04/10/2013 at 6:57 pm

    These look so lovely!

    Reply
  24. Heather Haigh

    03/10/2013 at 1:37 pm

    These look and sound incredibly delicious. I am a choccy cake fan.

    Reply
  25. Tracy Nixon

    30/09/2013 at 4:42 am

    This recipe sounds wonderful thanks!

    Reply
  26. Tracy Nixon

    25/09/2013 at 5:08 am

    Persfect for my dad! I am going to bake this for his birthday!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      25/09/2013 at 7:47 am

      Hope he enjoys it and his day:-)

      Reply
  27. Tracy Nixon

    22/09/2013 at 5:35 am

    These look delicious! Thanks

    Reply
  28. Lisa Williams

    20/09/2013 at 12:02 pm

    you cant beat a brownie and these look spot on 🙂

    Reply
  29. Susan Hall

    18/09/2013 at 5:04 pm

    Mmm they look spot on 😀

    Reply
  30. Maya Russell

    17/09/2013 at 6:28 am

    I have not seen Speculoos. Anyway my kids love anything with nutella in or on.

    Reply
  31. Annie Costa

    22/08/2013 at 5:21 am

    Looks yummy!

    Reply
  32. AMcCutcheon

    09/08/2013 at 8:22 pm

    This is a lovely recipe. I am certainly going to try this!

    Reply
  33. Christina @ChristinasCucina

    16/07/2013 at 7:26 am

    OMG, what a fabulous recipe! You are a genius! I’m not big on brownies, but these sound fantastic!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      16/07/2013 at 2:23 pm

      Aah, thank you so much:-)

      Reply
  34. mandyfuller2002

    07/07/2013 at 3:01 pm

    These sound tasy, mashed banana with the chocolate…yum! Am off to make some of these. Don’t think they will last long 🙂

    Reply
  35. Jacqueline

    20/06/2013 at 10:39 pm

    They look wonderful. I do love a good chocolatey brownie. My friends keeps talking about that spread. Here is his Blondie Recipe using it.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      20/06/2013 at 10:45 pm

      Thanks Jacs, it is the ultimate comfort food:-) I’ll check out the Blondies soon!

      Reply
  36. Jacqueline @How to be a Gourmand

    14/06/2013 at 9:44 am

    Ha! Love the name – great creativity Camilla! These look just the thing when you need a chocolate and speculoos hit 😉 Were they a hit with your kids?

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/06/2013 at 10:14 am

      Thanks Jacqueline. Kids loved the brownies:-)

      Reply
  37. Ang

    13/06/2013 at 11:51 pm

    I love the name – very clever. I’ve never tried speculoos so will have to keep an eye out for some next time I’m out shopping.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/06/2013 at 7:35 am

      Thanks Angela, I like my name combining, it all started when I had Banoffee Pie;-)

      Reply
  38. Jen @ BlueKitchenBakes

    13/06/2013 at 10:18 pm

    Yum yum yum yum, bet these are really moist and gooey from the banana. Need to get round to buying some of the speculoos spread to see what I’m missing out on!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/06/2013 at 7:37 am

      Thanks Jen, hope you can find some near you:-)

      Reply
  39. DANIELLE VEDMORE

    13/06/2013 at 10:10 pm

    Have just googled where to buy – might have to send someone out for some for me. Sounds delicicious 🙂 xoxo

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/06/2013 at 7:38 am

      Maybe I should be on comission LOL!

      Reply
  40. Mel

    13/06/2013 at 9:52 pm

    This sounds good, but now you really have me thinking that Speculoos Ice cream could be a good one to experiment with. And great with chocolate things.

    Thank you, I now know what I am going to try with some Speculoos a friend bought for Australia, but could not get on the plane for weight reasons.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/06/2013 at 7:40 am

      Thanks. Every cloud has a silver lining as they say:-)

      Reply
  41. Janice

    13/06/2013 at 9:48 pm

    How very perfect those brownies look! Great invention.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/06/2013 at 7:41 am

      Thanks Janice:-)

      Reply
  42. Anneli (Delicieux)

    13/06/2013 at 6:43 pm

    What a great recipe! I have seen this ‘Speculoos’ spread here in the shops – the French love it!! (they love a very sweet breakfast) and I have been tempted to try it. I have had it as ice cream and I must say it was lovely. So I am guessing that your brownies are just yummy. Great use of a languishing jar of spread so a brilliant entry for Credit Crunch Munch. And one I shall store away for when I finally buy myself a jar! xx

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/06/2013 at 7:43 am

      Thank you Anneli! You must be one of the few people in France who don’t have a jar in their cupboard LOL:-)

      Reply

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