I love Peanut Butter! It’s one of my favorite things to eat, period.
From budget and basic to more gourmet brands, I love it all.
I did peanut butter comparison of peanut butter sampled while traveling internationally
What follows is a compilation of my Favorite Peanut Butter Recipes:
Homemade Peanut Butter in 5 minutes – vegan, GF
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter (vegan, GF)
Homemade Cookie Butter Peanut Butter (vegan, GF)
Honey Roasted Butterscotch White Chocolate Peanut Butter (GF) – This peanut butter and the Cinnamon Chip (below) are my two favorites of all time
Homemade Cinnamon Chip and White Chocolate Peanut Butter
Gingerbread Cookie Dough Peanut Butter (GF)
Peanut Noodles with Mixed Vegetables and Peanut Sauce (vegan, GF, soy-free)
2 Minute Peanut Sauce + Raw Vegan Spring Rolls
It’s also great in my Caribbean Coconut Rice with Garbanzos, Veggies, & PB for a little added kick.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars (No-Bake, Vegan, GF)
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Granola Bars (no-bake, vegan, GF)
No Bake Peanut Butter Granola Bars (vegan, GF, soy-free)
No Bake Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Coconut Oil Protein Bars
Microwave Chocolate Peanut Butter & Oat Snack Bars
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Squares (No-Bake, Vegan, GF)
Chewy Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cereal Bars (no-bake, vegan, gluten-free)
No-Bake Triple Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chewy Cereal Bars (vegan, GF)
No-Bake Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cereal Bars
Chocolate Peanut Butter Kit Kat Crunch Bars (no-bake)
Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Butterfinger Bars (no-bake, gluten-free)
Microwave Banana Oat Cakes with PB
Raw Vegan Peanut Butter Vanilla Balls
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites
No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls with High Protein Option
Raw Vegan Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls
Raw Vegan Almond Butter Cookie Dough Balls
Peanut Butter and Jelly Coconut Cashew Sandwich Cookies (No-Bake, Vegan, GF)
Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies (No-Bake, Vegan, GF)
“Egg”-in-a-Nest Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites (No-Bake, Vegan, Gluten Free)
Pretzel Peanut Caramel Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Truffles
Chocolate Peanut Butter Mocha Powerballs
Raw Vegan Nut Butter Filled Caramel Bites
Vegan Peanut Butter Banana Bread (GF/Soy-Free)
Vegan Peanut Butter Banana Cake (GF/Soy-Free)
Double Chocolate Caramel Corn & Cocoa Rice Krispies Candy Bars
No Bake Nutter Butter Special K Bars
No Bake Nutella & Peanut Butter Graham Bars with Chocolate Frosting
Combos Pretzel and Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Bars (No-Bake)
Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Dough Crumble Bars – This bar and the one below it are my two favorite bars of 2013 to date
Two-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars (Gluten-Free)
Peanut Butter Caramel Twix Bars
Chewy Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cereal Bars (no-bake, vegan, GF)
Peanut Butter Honey Buttermilk Cake with Chocolate-Peanut Butter Streusel
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Banana Cake
Nutella-Layered-and-Swirled Peanut Butter Bread {Peanut Butter Loaf Cake}
Peanut Butter-Swirled Strawberry Cake
Caramel Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Gooey Bars
Coconut Peanut Butter Magic Cake Bars
White Chocolate Vanilla Marshmallow Cake Bars
Pumpkin Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
Flourless Peanut Butter and Chocolate Fudgy Brownies (GF)
Peanut Butter-Swirled Fudgy Brownies
Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies
Peanut Butter & Jelly Blondies
Caramel Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars
Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Mini Blender Muffins – 100 calories & NO gluten, grains, soy, dairy, oil, or refined sugar
Peanut Butter and Jelly Muffins
Marshmallow Peanut Butter Double Chocolate Pillowtop Bars
Peanut Butter Cocoa Krispies Smores Bars
Deep Dish Double Chocolate Golden Grahams Smores Bars (Vegan & GF options)
Peanut Butter-Swirled Cheesecake Bars with Brown Sugar-Graham Cracker Crust
Ritz Cracker Stuffed Peanut Butter Cups
Vegan White Chocolate Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cups
Butterfinger Bars (Vegan & GF options)
White Chocolate Vanilla Peanut Butter Puppy Chow (GF)
Peanut Butter Nutella Pretzel and Peanut Snack Mix (no-bake)
Skinny 100-Calorie Chocolate Peanut Butter Snack Mix (vegan, GF, no butter/oil)
White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Clusters (no-bake, GF)
No-Bake Cookie Butter Spread Ginger Molasses Cookies (use Peanut Butter rather than Cookie Butter if desired)
Apricot Butterscotch Peanut Butter-Filled Sandwich Cookies
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Skillet Cookie
Peanut Butter Oatmeal White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Cookies with PB Cups & PB M&M’s
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups
Reese’s Pieces Soft Peanut Butter Cookies
Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Fluffernutter Cookies with Peanut Butter Buttercream
Lofthouse-Style Soft Peanut Butter Chip Sugar Cookies with Peanut Butter Frosting
Puffy Vanilla and Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
Soft and Chewy Triple Peanut Butter Cookies
Big Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Crinkle Cookies
Soft and Puffy Peanut Butter Coconut Oil Cookies – No Butter and No White Sugar Added
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies (GF with Vegan option)
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter-Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
Soft and Chewy Toffee and Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies (GF)
Thick and Soft Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Dark Chocolate Chunk and Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookies
Trail Mix Peanut Butter Cookies (GF)
Peanut Butter Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies with Peanut Flour (Vegan, GF)
Fluffernutter Banana Smoothie (vegan, GF)
Skinny Chocolate Peanut Butter Graham Fudge Pops
I also have Peanut Butter and Jelly Recipes here
Hungry yet?
Questions:
What’s your favorite nut butter(s) of all time? Type and brand?
I know this is asking a lot of you nut butter freaks food bloggers and blog readers.
Mine are:
1. Sunflower Seed Butter/Trader Joe’s
This is my #1 go-to nut butter of all time. There are other brands of sunflower seed butter but based on price, taste, availability, I love TJ’s sunflower seed butter.
2. Peanut Butter:
Mainstream: Jif Naturals or Skippy Naturals (I always cook with these or use these in recipes. I save my specialty nut butters for just eating plain.)
Specialty: Naturally Nutty Butter Toffee Peanut Butter
Flavored/Chocolate: PB & Co Dark Chocolate Dreams
I have never been a huge fan of Almond Butter. It’s fine, but it will never ever compare to or replace SFSB or PB for me.
Same with cashew butter, hemp seed butter, etc. They are fine and fun for a change, but I love SFSB and PB more!
See This Post for a stash of some of my nut butters.
3. Cookie Butter. Also known as Speculoos Spread
Also See:
35 National Peanut Day Recipes
Peanut Butter and Jelly Recipes
What’s your favorite nut butter?
oh mannnn. My favourite pb has to be maranatha. So creamy and so perfectly salty! for other nut butters… i love them all! except walnut butter, ew, so bitter!
This is an amazing collection of peanut butter recipes! I love the way that you can find uses for peanut butter in all kinds of baked (and no-bake) recipes :)
I’ve been following your blog, and noticed that you have not yet posted any peanut butter ice cream recipes. I recently made peanut butter chocolate covered pretzel ice cream and think it would fit in well with the kind of treats you make! If you have the time, you should check it out at http://rookstocooks.wix.com/home as inspiration for your fantastic recipe collection :)
~Kiley
I was just reading Serious Eats and Epicurus taste tests for PB. (Natural and regular.) Have you tried this? Of course, I just pinned youf Honey Roasted PB recipe because homemade is the best. I usually bake with Jif. I would love to hear your thoughts, girl!
I’ve tried just about every peanut butter out there :) I stick with my statements as my homemade as being the best I’ve tried (for more of a plain) and this one as being my fave flavor https://www.averiecooks.com/2013/04/homemade-honey-roasted-butterscotch-white-chocolate-peanut-butter.html and Jif for baking.
Thanks for the pin!
PB & Co.’s Cinnamon Raisin Swirl is my all-time favorite peanut butter, but I LOVE Trader Joe’s Crunchy, Salted Peanut Butter. Just two simple ingredients make TJ’s version a masterpiece – peanuts and salt! :)
Oh my goodness. So many PB recipes! Definitely my new favourite website.
I shall not rest until I’ve made all of these!
Thanks for your sweet words & let me know what you end up trying!
I just found this: http://www.nutliquor.me/home.html and immediately thought of you. I don’t know how it woud actually taste but if it has a peanut butter taste, I am more than likely to give it a shot (no pun intended)!
I’ve only tried the DCD of PB & Co, but I loved it! I usually go with the standard natural chunky peanut butter, but I love chunky almond butter whenever I can get my hands on it.
Jeez this is like peanut butter porn! Love it x x x x x
OH MY GOSH i thnk i just died of jealously.. your pb&co stash is out of this world!!!!! and this post was DEFINITELY created for me because I am ALL ABOUT THE peanut butter!!! your recipes are always drop dead delicious.. if im ever in the mood to make something – I always turn to your blog!
thanks for saying you turn to my blog…you are such a sweetheart!
So so SO jealous of your PB&Co stash! I’ve tried the White Chocolate Wonderful, Smooth Operator, Dark Chocolate Dreams, and the Cinnamon Raisin Swirl, but I am DYING to try the Mighty Maple…just haven’t found it in any stores around here yet! Out of the ones that I’ve tried, the Cinnamon Raisin Swirl was def my fave. I loved “surprise” of the raisins mixed throughout!
Favorite nut butter of all time: TJ’s Valencia PB with flax! I love the roasted peanutty taste and the crunch factor is out of this world…and I don’t even normally like crunchy PB!
The best way to eat nut butter (besides with a spoon) is definitely in overnight oats! Love the way it clings to the thick oat mixture!!
I have never tried that TJs one b/c normally i dont even “love” crunch that much…now i kinda have to just give it a try b/c everyone raves about it!
mmm…dark chocolate dreams is my FAVE!
I absolutely LOVE PB and Co.
I haven’t tried “The Heat is On” yet, but the others are all amazing. The maple is my fave!!
Holy !! :shock: That is an AWESOME delivery :D I love Peanut Butter & Co. peanut butters, I have like 6 jars in my fridge, LOL.
I am fond of Naturally More peanut butter, Barney Butter, and MaraNatha almond and chocolate almond spread.
Dark chocolate dreams is AMAZING! I can’t find it in stores here and it’s freaking expensive to order online so I hide my jar. I’m not wasting the good stuff on unrefined palates that think Tootsie rolls are “chocolate”!
WOW..to this post! This would be my ultimate dream! keep up with the recipes including PB its my favorite food ( and Im sure all of us foodies appreciate PB and well,….ANYTHING)
I might get torn and feathered for this but I HATE flavored nut butters. And I bake with the sugary ones, but otherwise, I like it just with salt. Except SFSB, which is by far my favorite…that needs a little sweetener.
My faves are, on order, sf seed, tahini (if that counts), and then cashew, and last pb. I don’t like almond butter, unless its free. :D
wait, last is PB? we can’t be bff’s anymore :) kidding :)
I’ve loved this brand for years (their cinnamon raisin flavor helped get me through college), but I had no idea they made a spicy version! I’d better get on that!
My favorite nut butter is definitely Artisana raw cashew butter – creamiest thing in existence. But I barely ever have it because it is incredibly expensive – I only wish I had some crazy industrial food processor capable of making a cashew butter that smooth!
i think the Heat is On is fairly new but dont quote me!
I have accidentally made cashew butter in my Vita. Raw cashews from TJs, turn on Vita, forget about them for 1 min too long and bam, cashew butter. They are a soft nut and a vita is very powerful…that would never just “happen” w/ almonds tho! Or even peanuts.
I am definitely a nut butter freak and proud of it!! My favorite is that Mighty Maple… I call it the Almighty Maple! :) The Naturally Nutty toffee PB is also absolutely fantastic. And I’m with you, I bake with Skippy Natural and save my expensive stuff for other things… like spooning directly into my mouth!
yes, keeping the “good stuff” for spoon-to-mouth…great minds think alike!
I LOVE TJs sunflower seed butter!!!! Lovelovelove. Because of it’s drippy consistency, I usually drizzlie it over yogurt or cereal. Beyond that, my favourite nut butter is plain ole’ natural “just peanuts” peanut butter. I don’t like my PB sweetened, I find it tastes like icing. I prefer adding my own sweetener in the form of maple syrup, honey, jam, or fluff ;)
drippy goodness, indeed.
adding fluff, now you’re talkin!
Wow, I can’t believe all the peanutty recipes you’ve got! Each one looks better than the one before. You’re a culinary genius!
Wouldn’t say I am genius….I just love PB that much :)
Great recipe roundup. But way more importantly, GREAT new layout! I love it! Congrats on the redesign amidst all of your hard work right now.
Thanks, Gena.
I’ve been live for about 3-4 weeks now with my new site. The first week or so was headache city but the glitches are past me (knock on wood) and I am loving being self hosted WP. Dont know how i lasted almost 2 yrs on blogger. Eeek!
Hard work..you and i are both extremely hard workers :)
I made some reese’s cups with the dark chocolate pb and they were so good (but so rich!)
good info…thank you :)
Oh my goodness, this post is totally making me drool, so much nut buttery goodness! I am with you on TJs sunflower butter, it’s my number one favorite too. I love it just slathered on a banana. Now I really need some, I am out :(
In fact I just ran out of any kind of nut butter yesterday, so this post is really making me sad LOL.
OMG Im making those caramel pb bites this weekend!
lmk if you make them!
Now that’s a box I want to open up!
PB is definitely my number one nut butter, but I’d never turn any other one down. I love them all! Thanks for all the recipes together, I can’t wait to try some of them :)
cinnamon raisin peanut butter sounds like trouble in a jar to me! I’d be done with that in a day!
I love TJ’s Raw almond butter. I just made macaroons with it and things went perfectly. I also love dipping carrots and baby bok choy in almond butter. Sometimes I make my own, but it’s easier to buy it there!
I also like putting cashew butter into hummus instead of tahini. oh, is it amazing!
cashew butter instead of tahini…i am so there!
This post is heaven and torture all at once! I adore peanut butter recipes, but in Australia there is not a SINGLE FLAVOURED PEANUT BUTTER company. In fact, there’s only one company that does almond butter/cashew butter, and they don’t taste great! We do, at least, have a wonderful sunflower butter here, but all this talk of PB&Co and Naturally Nutty kills me!
Can I just say that peanut butter is my favorite thing EVER. PB + banana + chocolate = best smoothie in the world! I love your cumulative posts, it makes it so simple to use some of my favorite ingredients! (read: peanut butter and raisins:))
I am just getting really into coconut butter (for a big surprise, being such a coconut fiend)–it has amazing recipe potential which I’ll share soon.
I have come to really love pb in recipes and with chocolate, but I try not to get too many omega-6 (and yes, I know this is an invasion of nutritionism into whether or not something’s delicious) and so I don’t have it too often. But I’m careful to make sure that no hydrogenated oils or funky stuff is added–and actually, I love peanut flour for getting the pb flavor with less of the oils.
I shared a recipe this last week for a pb mousse brownie, though, so you can’t keep me away from it completely. I hope you’re enjoying that cool stash!
love
Ela
I am so jealous!! I can’t find most of those flavors near me :(
all those pb recipes look amazing! DCD is prob my fav, along with koeze pb (which is made in the same city i live in!). i like it best straight outta the jar with spoon. :)
I love all nut butters, but my heart truly belongs to peanut butter! A big spoonful right out of the jar is the best!
While everything looks absolutely phenomenal – I think I’ll have to tackle that peanut butter banana cake first ;)
I love Mighty Maple! I may or may not have finished my sister’s jar on her while she was away :X
And I am a sunflower seed butter fiend – definitely my favorite. Which is sort of ironic, because I basically NEVER use it in the a.m. or when it would otherwise get “blog time.” Little does everyone know I douse my cereal in it every night :P
preblogging about my mail package right now. thank you…so much :)
yum I LOVE pb and would love to try the dark chocolate dreams mmmm!
Awesome PB score, I’ve love to try some of those flavors! Especially the cinnamon. Oh yum, Vegan White Chocolate Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cups look fabulous. So many great recipes here, wow!
1. Nope, never tried that brand.
2. Sunflower Seed butter, Cashew Butter and Tahini.
3. I love just eating it out of the jar. :-) Or in dessert recipes.
Trader Joe’s Sunflower Seed Butter is my nut butter of choice. The taste beats out PB, almond butter, cashew butter….I’m not counting coconut butter since that’s not really in the same category. Just gotta remember that when cooking with it, it turns things a weird shade of green!
yes coconut butter is in its own category.
and great minds think alike, tj’s SFSB.
I absolutely love Barney Butter – a peanut butter lovers dream made with almonds. Chunky style – please! It’s super hard to find though. Whole Foods sells it but only in half size jars. I need to branch out and try other ones too! That cinnamon raisin swirl sounds decadent. :)
yes I have had BB and if you love almond butter, BB is totally perfect.
The spicy PB by PB & Co is quite good. I’ve had it.
My favorite seed butter is the same as yours–the TJ sunflower seed butter. LOVE that stuff. It doesn’t last long at my place ;-)
I just used nut butter in a stew made in the slow cooker. This one, in fact, which I gave a North African flair:
http://westofpersia.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/spicy-north-african-sweet-potato-slow-cooker-stew/
uhh, ive never even heard of ‘the heat is on’!!! by george, they’ve done it again.
YUM! love peanut butters but to be honest the PB+Co’s are a bit sweet for my liking…don’t get me wrong they are AMAZING in recipes, but if I were to have a snack of apple and pb…I like the teddie stuff that just tastes like straight up peanuts, ya know?
if i were to make some o fyour recipes…well then bring on the DCD!
sweet stuff is my middle name :)
I LOVE pb and co peanut butter. I’ve even been to their restaurant in nyc! SO JEALOUS of your loot!
Ive wanted to go to their restaurant big time. Had no idea you went!
Okay-I. am. drooling. Time to go prepare dinner and try not to stick my fingers in the peanut butter jar. Oh, who am I kidding? I’ll try to only do it once. :-)
LOL…only once!
I absolutly love their Dark Chocalate dream peanut butter for making cookies. I am looking forward to trying the Mighty Maple, may even do the nut clusters. Thanks
I am jealous of that “the heat is on” butter! never heard of it but it’s making my mouth water! you’ll have to let us know how it is!
Ah, your so lucky! My fave nut butter is Maranatha Almond butter!! But I love pretty much any nut butter! :)
I also really like making my own sunflower seed butter because of the smell when you toast the sunflower seeds- its like a thousand bakeries converge in the kitchen… mmmm…
I have never made my own SFSB b/c Tj’s is so reasonable and i love it AND b/c i have heard horror stories trying to make SFSB…so i never have. But i should try, huh!
oh god, i got the pb and co cinnamon raisin vanilla or something and ate it like frosting (aka with a spoon, out of the jar, until I was mildly tummy-achy haha).
I’m borderline obsessed with the texture of soaked spring roll wrappers. I will fill them with anything just to get that “chew.”
Yum!
Meri
merigoesround.blogspot.com
Those nut butters all do look delicious!
SO JEALOUS of all of your PB& Co stuff :D That is my favorite brand- I seriously have about 10 jars in my kitchen right now! & I have a stash at my desk at work too- lol! I think I have an addiction ;)
All of your chocolate & PB goodies look wonderful as well! Can’t wait to see what you come up with for your new peanut butter. I love the idea of using the Heat is On for summer rolls! I was trying to think of what I could use it for & that is perfect!
I love “the heat is on” I didn’t know what to use it for so i just spread it on breads!
I am super jealous of all that nut butter!!! I love Dark Chocolate Dreams.
I really like Jif Natural — it is what I buy usually — I also like TJ’s raw almond butter. So good!
I bet The Heat is On is really good — I’ve never seen that in stores, I’ll have to check out their website soon.
Hey Averie!
I was wondering if you use a B12 Supplement for Skylar? I have heard it is an important supplement for a Vegan diet and since I have recently transitioned my son into being Vegetarian I wanted to make sure to give him the correct supplements. If you do use one what brand do you recommend?
Thanks!
Nooch is filled with B12 and other B’s.
Since Skylar is not a vegan (just vegetarian) and if she is out with her friends and eats a piece of pepperoni pizza (I don’t take issue with it)…so she does have some animal products in her diet…I don’t use too many supplements.
We have some kids multivitamins from Rainbow Light. Order thru iherb.com Use code AVE630 for $5 savings and they have TONS and tons of vites for kids if you’re looking.
We have extremely similar nut butter taste buds. :) Good taste Averie! hehe
I LOVE TJ’s sunflower seed butter and DCD has been an obsession of mine for the better part of a year. I love slathering it between two halves of a sliced banana as a sandwich. It feels almost sinful. :)
yay for Tjs SFSB and Pb & Co’s DCDs and similar tastebuds.
You are killing me with all this delicious food porn.
I never tried PB&Co. and I have never ever had any flavored Peanut Butter! All your recipes look amazing. Especially those bars with the PB swirled into them. OMG.
thanks hon!
You and Chelsey got the goods :)
Love that PB!! Dying to try Naturally Nutty too!
The white choc one (not pictured) and the cinn raisin are my faves. I dip my apples it it, YUM!
Holy Peanut Butter! Wowsers!
All those PB recipe photos really did work up my appetite. But I’m at work, so no PB recipe making for me for another few hours yet.
Favourite Nut Butter brand: Nuts To You. I’ve enjoyed every variety that this company has out.
Favourite nut butter “flavour”: Hazelnut and Sunbutter. Although we use Almond most of the time due to cost.
Favourite way to eat it: in oatmeal bars, in marshmallow bars / squares, in cookie dough balls, on a banana, or on a spoon. Yum!
I’ve never bought that brand actually – but totally drooling right now. Really want to try the white chocolate and the Heat one (never seen it).
Can’t get into your site to comment but your tofu and lack of jury duty are wonderful :)
Luckyyyyy!!!! I love PB&Company’s nut butters! Seriously, my favorite way to eat it is…on a spoon :-)
I have never tried them before, but I think I would be pretty freakin’ happy too if that was on my doorstep! I bake, cook, eat all types and I am not really picky, but it has to be natural and not loaded with an crap.
Love love peanut butter, I go through a jar of it a week, I usually use it as a dip with raw veggies and sometimes I don’t need any excuse to eat it and I just eat it by the tablespoon.
Oh byoy–heaven in a jar! I love their products.
That should be “oh boy!”