Cleared for Snackoff

Delta's Stopgap Snack Became a Sky-High Cookie Sensation

In 1986, Delta Air Lines started handing out a little spiced Belgian cookie as a temporary stand-in for peanuts. Back then, Biscoff was a café companion to coffee in Belgium and almost unknown in the United States. Today it is a global juggernaut that its maker calls the world's fifth-bestselling cookie, and it all started at 30,000 feet.