The Aldi Bread And Cheese Combo Sweet And Savory Fans Are Drooling Over

Social media is nothing if not creative in the food choices and combos that it highlights — think cottage cheese ice cream or bone broth hot chocolate. One of the latest getting shared on TikTok and elsewhere involves constructing a sweet-and-savory cheese toast out of two unique offerings at Aldi: a loaf of Specially Selected croissant toast bread and Emporium Selection Wensleydale cookie butter cheese. People are sharing when they manage to score the ingredients and, occasionally, their reactions to actually making and trying the toasted results. 

Cheese toast, a sort of open-faced grilled cheese variety, is easy to make: Top bread with cheese and cook it in a pan or on a griddle, in a toaster oven, or make toast in a toaster and finish off the dish in the microwave. It can involve adding seasonings, diced meat, or even fruit. Alternatively, just slice or spread unheated cheese on toast. In this case, people are taking a soft, sweetened cheese that incorporates the flavor of a sweet spread made using speculoos cookies, and adding it atop a buttery bread loaf inspired by croissants.

This may not be one of the worst 2026 viral food trends, but it's certainly one of the most divisive. While commenter reactions to people posting the combo range from interested to slightly disgusted, reactions to the resulting dish seem to depend significantly on how you prepare your "cheese toast."

Speculoos cookies, also known by the brand name Biscoff, are those crisp brown sugar-cinnamon snaps you receive as airline snacks. There's a jarred cookie butter dessert spread gaining traction in the United States that incorporates crumbled speculoos. Wensleydale cheese, meanwhile, is a crumbly, moist style of cheese with a lemony tartness, and is sometimes blended with cranberries and spices.

One poster in the Facebook group Aldi Aisle of Shame Community created a sort of cheesy French toast using the duo. They dipped the croissant toast bread in an egg, vanilla, and cinnamon batter, topping the fried bread with melted cookie butter cheese. "The combo was SO good!" they reported. "Definitely a must try." And they aren't the only commenters describing success with the French toast idea.

On the other hand, the results for TikTok user Cardio Cookié were "not nasty." She spread unmelted cookie butter cheese on toasted croissant bread and found the combination sweet (not savory) but not "overly good." She pondered, following a full bite, "Would I try it again? Probably not. But I get it." One commenter responded, "I got it today. It's okay. I wouldn't get it again." So perhaps this combo will fizzle out, like many failed social media food trends.

There's another challenge when it comes to Aldi specialty products: availability. The cookie butter cheese is a limited-time seasonal item and isn't available online, but you may find it at your store. If not, there are other flavored cheeses at Aldi you can try this toast trick with, including Emporium Selection sweet cheddar with honey and jalapeño or Emporium Selection maple syrup whiskey Dutch Gouda style cheese.