Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter

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Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut ButterThere is nothing better than homemade peanut butter. Once you try a taste of homemade, you’ll never want storebought again. It’s fast, easy, and usually more cost-efficient to make your own at home.

Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter - Make your own gourmet PB in 10 mins! Crazy good!

This is my favorite homemade peanut butter flavor to date.

And that’s saying something because this blend had three very tough tough acts to follow.

Plain Homemade Peanut Butter is wonderful. There’s nothing like homemade and once you try it, you’ll never want storebought again. If you’re thinking, well how much of a difference can there be? Trust me, they’re vastly different. But plain peanut butter versus enhanced with butterscotch and white chocolate? Enhanced wins.

Homemade Cookie Butter Peanut Butter has it’s own charm and I made jar after jar right after Christmas. I still had gingersnaps on my mind and pulverized gingersnaps, a hearty dose of cinnamon, and a bit of white chocolate, give this homemade version of Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter and Biscoff so much flavor and authenticity.

Chocolate Peanut Butter is decadent, rich, and perfect for all of us who know that one of the most perfect flavor pairings ever is chocolate + peanut butter.

But none of them used butterscotch. An under-used but well-loved ingredient.

Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter - Make your own gourmet PB in 10 mins! Crazy good!

The combination of honey roasted peanuts, butterscotch and white chocolate chips, is pure bliss. If you like butterscotch, you’re going to love this. It takes on much more butterscotch flavor than white chocolate. The white chocolate gives it a luscious creaminess while the butterscotch provides a pop of sweet, buttery intensity.

The peanut butter is very sweet, dessert-like, and it’s intended for those of us who would never complain if peanut butter ventured into the spreadable candy territory.

Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter - Make your own gourmet PB in 10 mins! Crazy good!

It comes together in less than 10 minutes in a food processor and it’s essentially work-free. Grab your ear plugs and get ready to blend your way into some additional cardio because once you make this, you’ll eat half the jar the first day. Lace up those running shoes.

I don’t really even eat it on anything. I just need a spoon, the jar, and I’m all set.

Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter - Make your own gourmet PB in 10 mins! Crazy good!

Using honey roasted peanuts is my preference, but roasted lightly salted peanuts are fine if that’s what you have.

Unnroasted or unsalted peanuts are far too bland for my taste and I wouldn’t recommend them. You could likely substitute cashews or almonds in place of the peanuts but I strongly prefer peanut butter to all other nut butters.

Trader Joe's honey roasted peanuts

Like making Homemade Peanut Butter, much of the process is the same.

Begin by adding just the peanuts and nothing else at all to the canister of a food processor.

Peanuts in a food processor

Turn it on and the first initial seconds are incredibly loud as the peanuts rattle against the plastic, but it softens after just a few seconds. I always tell my family members before I make nut butter so no one jumps out of their chair with that loud blast when I power on the machine.

Homemade Peanut Butter

The peanuts go through various stages in the approximately five minutes it takes to go from peanuts to peanut butter:

crushed peanuts

crushed into a fine powder

a paste

a thicker paste

and a big peanut butter “dough ball” forms

Homemade Peanut Butter dough ball

Then the big ball magically breaks down.

It starts out gritty and thick but in just another minute it smooths out and liquifies.

Homemade Peanut Butter

As you keep processing, the peanut butter becomes smoother, creamier, and thins out. Keep processing until the peanut butter is very smooth and liquidy, another minute or two.

Homemade Peanut Butter

I like my peanut butter buttery smooth and allow it process for a couple minutes after it’s liquified until I’m certain that’s it’s velvety smooth. I’ve never experienced any issues with over-processing and it may seem too liquidy and runny, but this is normal. Because it’s natural peanut butter and hasn’t been treated with hydrogenated oils like storebought, it’s going to be runnier than Jif or Skippy.

It firms up at room temperature and solidifies in the refrigerator. As a bonus, it doesn’t separate into a layer of oil and a solid dry mass, which is something I despise about many storebought ‘natural’ peanut butters.

Homemade Peanut Butter

After the peanut butter is runny and smooth, add the butterscotch and white chocolate chips, along with the vanilla and optional salt. You may wish to start with 1 cup each of the butterscotch chips and white chocolate chips if you prefer less sweet peanut butter and work your way up. I use 1 1/2 cups of each.

The slight saltiness of the nuts balances the sweetness. You can make this more salty-and-sweet by adding salt, to taste. I don’t add salt because I find the peanuts salty enough.

I have a ferociously strong food processor and add everything, all at once, through the feed tube with the machine running. If your machine is older or not as strong, sprinkling the chips in slowly may prevent your machine from struggling. I do not melt the chips first or do anything other than simply add them whole. The power of the machine, coupled with the heat the peanut butter has after 5 minutes of blending, is enough to incorporate them without issue. Process until the chips are incorporated and the spread is smooth, another minute or two.

Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter - Make your own gourmet PB in 10 mins! Crazy good!

Transfer the peanut butter into a glass jar or other container with a lid. I’ve kept it in plastic yogurt containers and old butter containers. The batch fills a 16-ounce jar (about 2 cups) to the brim, plus about 1/2 cup, as shown in the large and small jars in the photos.

I store it either in the refrigerator or at room temperature. At room temperature it firms up some but stays soft and spreadable. In the refrigerator, because of the baking chips, it solidifies, but softens up again after ten minutes at room temperature. I estimate that it could be stored at room temperature for at least two weeks and in the refrigerator it will keep for months. Let common sense be your guide. However you choose to store it, the shelf life will far exceed your willpower, making longterm storage issues moot.

Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter - Make your own gourmet PB in 10 mins! Crazy good!

I have always loved butterscotch for it’s distinct pop of sweetness and buttery qualities, and the same can be said for my affinity for white chocolate. The peanut butter is a perfect blend of sweet with a hint of saltiness, buttery, creamy, and rich. The vanilla compliments it all and using honey-roasted peanuts gives an added layer of flavor.

It’s comforting, it’s irresistible, and it’s ready in less than 10 minutes.

It’s dessert in a jar. Please hand me a spoon.

Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter - Make your own gourmet PB in 10 mins! Crazy good!

Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter - Make your own gourmet PB in 10 mins! Crazy good!

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Homemade Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter

By Averie Sunshine
There is nothing better than homemade peanut butter. Once you try a taste of homemade, you'll never want storebought again. It's fast, easy, and usually more cost-efficient to make your own at home. By blending honey roasted peanuts with butterscotch and white chocolate chips, this is some of the best peanut butter I've ever made or had. Make no mistake, this peanut butter is sweet, dessert-like, and is intended for those who would never complain if peanut butter ventured into the spreadable candy territory. It's sweet, buttery, creamy, rich and wonderful.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 3
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Ingredients  

  • 16 ounces honey roasted peanuts, or your favorite type of peanut
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 to 1 ½ cups butterscotch chips
  • 1 to 1 ½ cups white chocolate chips
  • pinch of salt, optional and to taste

Instructions 

  • Add peanuts to the canister of a food processor, process on high power until creamy and smooth, about 5 minutes, stopping to scrape down the sides of the canister if necessary. However, I find the less scraping and interruptions, the better.
  • The peanuts will go through stages of: crushed, crushed into a fine powder, a paste, a thicker paste, a big “dough ball”, and then the ball will break down into runnier peanut butter. At the point the peanut butter is runny, continue processing for about 1 to 2 more minutes, making sure the peanut butter is as smooth as desired.
  • Add the vanilla, butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips (you may wish to start with 1 cup each of the butterscotch chips and white chocolate chips and increase to taste. I use 1 1/2 cups of each and the peanut butter is very sweet), the optional salt (I do not add salt; the salt from the honey roasted peanuts is enough for me) and process for 2 to 3 minutes, or until smooth and incorporated. I add the vanilla and baking chips all at once through the feed tube with the machine running, but if using a weaker or older food processor, sprinkling them in more slowly may prevent your machine from struggling. I do not melt them first or do anything other than simply adding them in whole. The power of the machine, coupled with the heat the peanut butter has taken on after 5 minutes of blending, is enough to incorporate them perfectly smoothly.
  • Transfer peanut butter into a glass jar or other airtight container with a lid. Store peanut butter in the refrigerator or at room temperature. At room temperature, it firms up some but stays soft. In the refrigerator, because of the baking chips, it hardens and solidifies, but softens up again after ten minutes at room temperature. I estimate that it can be stored at room temperature for at least two weeks and in the refrigerator, it will keep for months; but of course, let common sense be your guide.
  • Recipe is gluten-free provided that the brands of peanuts and baking chips used are gluten-free. Always read the labels to make sure they conform to your dietary needs.

Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 1795kcal, Carbohydrates: 144g, Protein: 45g, Fat: 123g, Saturated Fat: 49g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 67g, Cholesterol: 18mg, Sodium: 629mg, Fiber: 13g, Sugar: 129g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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  1. This is my favorite, too! So happy I found your blog and your recipes. Especially this one. I love it on waffles!

    1. Thanks for trying my recipes and finding me, Karen! Nice to hear this is your fave! I would love some of this PB on waffles – sounds perfect!

  2. This sounds amazing!!! I love butterscotch, and you are right, it’s so under used! I’m also a big lover of the white chocolate. Must try!

  3. Have you ever tried caramelized white chocolate? I think David Lebovitz has a recipe for it, that would be amaaaazing in peanut butter.

    1. Oh wow, that sounds too decadent for words! I have only ever scorched the hell out of white chocolate, but never actually caramelized it :) Off too google David’s recipe!

  4. So I saw this on Pinterest, had the ingredients by the afternoon and whipped it up in 10 mins. This is absolutely delicious or ‘awesome’ as my teenage son informed me. This was my first time ever making peanut butter, who knew it was so easy?

  5. Totally agree that despite peanuts not being my favorite nut taste wise, they make the best butter! I’ve really tried to like almond butter but it just has the mouth feel of wallpaper glue.

    1. I like almond milk, I love eating handfuls of candied almonds around the holidays, but almond butter…no. Never got into it, no matter how many I’ve tried. Wallpaper glue. That about sums it up perfectly!

  6. Your step by step instructions on how to make delicious peanut butter are so easy that even a novice can make it. I eat peanut butter fairly regularly but this one tastes divine. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.

  7. And you have a book coming out?!! AMAZING! So excited for you. I definitely have to preorder my copy!

    1. Thanks and yes, I do. In like 6 weeks! It was my project of 2012 and it’s finally coming to reality after all this time! And thanks for your tweet :)

  8. Wow, another one of your famous home made spreads! thanks for all the great ideas on flavour combinations! i just know this one’s a winner already! sigh…so tasty!

  9. I love love love butterscotch! My dad and I always used to make butterscotch pudding as a treat all the time. I miss it! Since I’m highly obsessed with peanut butter, I bet I would love this!

  10. I already always loved that you use honey roasted peanuts for your home made peanut butter. Adding butterscotch and white chocolate chips sounds just divine!