Etymology

cookie butter

Today it means: A spread, similar to peanut butter, made from pulverized speculoos cookies (and often sugar and flour) and a fat such as vegetable oil. Full definition →

First used since the 2010s
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The story

From cookie + butter by analogy with peanut butter, which is made from pulverized peanuts.

First known use, by meaning

  • since the 2010s A spread, similar to peanut butter, made from pulverized speculoos cookies (and often sugar and flour) and a fat such as vegetable oil.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.