nicest peanut butter

GERMAN ROCKS

what is the nicest peanut butter to buy. bought a tub before but wasn't fierce gone on it. Although I think its a bit like whey. Tastes awful at the start but you acquire the taste for it. would eat a share of brown bread with normal butter so it would be handy to get myself to use peanut butter instead.

Any nice ways of putting peanut butter onto stuff to start you off on it?

gg2

I've recently switched to almond butter, made a delicious salad dressing using it last week, I'm sure it would work with peanut butter too!!

howamidifferent

I buy both the smooth and crunchy versions of Lidls peanut butter.
NOM NOM NOM.:)

Crumpets

There's nothing like melted peanut butter on toast :pac:

I've been using Kelkin lately, 'tis pretty nice.

Good old Panda would be my favourite but it's fairly sweet and sugary, probably not the best option when you're trying to be healthy.

jlm29

I know this isn't what you asked, but I bought hazelnut butter recently, and it's quite nice too- not as strong a taste as pnb, so maybe that would be a better swap!!

CM24

Just had to brag about this stuff. It's everywhere in Australia. Super healthy ingredients and tastes amazing. Also, there's nothing really wrong with real butter in moderation, so you don't have to replace it with PB if you don't want to. I love the taste of real butter.

LCD

As a lover of all nut butters, Kelkin Peanut Crunchy is easily the best. Irish made & very clean label (no added sugar). Most have too much sugar added & Meridian just not as nice. Kelkin is pricey though

helliwen

Mmmmm peanut butter.....I can't help with brands since I'm not in Ireland any more but I'd recommend whatever has as few ingredients as possible. The one I get is just peanuts. Lots of the others have not so good stuff in them. Maybe check out a health food shop.

I'd eat it on its own by the spoonful, but I think it's great on rice cakes, crackers or ryvita, with slices of apple or banana or with frozen banana (tastes like ice cream). Last week I mixed it with vanilla protein powder, put it in an icing bag and piped out little drops which are now in the freezer. A handful of them thrown into some plain yoghurt or quark (plain, with vanilla, with carob powder) is yum.

cletus van damme

Meridian crunchy for me.
Tesco used to sell stuff by the peanut butter company which was the shizz but can't seem to find it anymore apart from online.

Typer Monkey

Tesco own brand crunchy peanut butter. Tastes lovely and is relatively low in sugar compared to other similar brands

quaalude

cletus van damme wrote: »

Meridian crunchy for me.
Tesco used to sell stuff by the peanut butter company which was the shizz but can't seem to find it anymore apart from online.

Meridian Crunchy Peanut Butter with a pinch of Sea Salt. It's just peanuts and a tiny bit of salt, no added oil or sugar. The little teeny bit of salt just lifts it into another realm of deliciousness.
I love it on slices of Pink Lady apple.

flikflak

Essential Organic Peanut Butter, crunchy with salt - 3kg tub of the stuff mmmmmmmmmm

JJayoo

has to be Meridian 1kg tubs. H+B usually include it in their buy one get one half price sales

JJayoo

JJayoo wrote: »

has to be Meridian 1kg tubs. H+B usually include it in their buy one get one half price sales

Can't really beat it for value (when they've the sale on you can get 2kg for 10/11 euro), but I find when it's just opened it's extremely runny, and by the time I'm at the bottom of the tub it's fairly pasty, and I'd go through about 1 tub every week or two. Tastes great though.

DylanJM

gvn wrote: »

Can't really beat it for value (when they've the sale on you can get 2kg for 10/11 euro), but I find when it's just opened it's extremely runny, and by the time I'm at the bottom of the tub it's fairly pasty, and I'd go through about 1 tub every week or two. Tastes great though.

Stir it. The oil separates when left to sit so if you give it a quick stir it'll mix everything back together.

I got some Meridian hazelnut butter the other day, now that's runny. It is however delicious.

DylanJM

DylanJM wrote: »

Stir it. The oil separates when left to sit so if you give it a quick stir it'll mix everything back together.

I got some Meridian hazelnut butter the other day, now that's runny. It is however delicious.

Makes feck all of a difference. Even after a tonne of stirring it's still far runnier than any of the supermarket versions I've bought. It makes eating the stuff off of rice cakes a fairly messy affair.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

the myprotein tubs are lovely and 100% peanut, skins and all. does require some elbow grease to stir it up once in a while and it's a very.... dark flavoured peanut butter, but it's tasty as balls.

Zillah

Mixed some smooth into porridge the other day. And jam. It was pretty amazing.

Blacktie.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

but it's tasty as balls.

This does not sound good.

Peanut butter on toast with honey. Mmmmm.

FouxDaFaFa

I like the Meridian stuff. Haven't tried the sea salt one yet but it's on my list.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Blacktie. wrote: »

This does not sound good.

you just haven't tasted the right balls

Crumpets

Melted peanut butter on toast with sliced banana and honey on top. 'Tis the business.

jane82

I eat 3 tablespoons of pb a day. Crunchy tesco brand for me. Lovely and 1 20 or something for a tub.

Alf Veedersane

Blacktie. wrote: »

This does not sound good

It sounds like Chef singing "OOH, suck on my chocolate salty baaaalls"

Gummy Panda

Bulkpowders is the best for mixing into shakes and porridge. Whole earth is lovely on oatcakes

COH

Hopsack make their peanut butter on the spot - tasty, smooth (almost fluffy) and best value of any natural peanut butter anywhere

Mellor

CM24 wrote: »

Just had to brag about this stuff. It's everywhere in Australia. Super healthy ingredients and tastes amazing. Also, there's nothing really wrong with real butter in moderation, so you don't have to replace it with PB if you don't want to. I love the taste of real butter.

Where can I get that?
And how much?

hidinginthebush

cletus van damme wrote: »

Meridian crunchy for me.
Tesco used to sell stuff by the peanut butter company which was the shizz but can't seem to find it anymore apart from online.

Was that the one that you could get smooth, crunchy and super crunchy or something like that? It's was the business!

I'm partial to both Kelkin for the taste on it's own, and Panda for when I'm feeling bold. I made my own once, it's very simple to do, but a bit of a pain. Very tasty though, tasted like Kelkin, plus there was only peanuts and a pinch of salt in it.

gucci

Cant believe we have had 2 full pages, and no one has mentioned Whole Earth? Lovely stuf (maybe its not on sale in Ireland anymore?) Gonna be back home at the weekend, il pick up a jar of Kelkin to try.

Dotcomdolly

I've made walnut butter witha bit of cinnamon & coconut oil - was great on apple slices.
Doesn't look like Mayvers is available outside Oz, I was hoping it's be on iherb but it's not.

cletus van damme

quaalude wrote: »

Meridian Crunchy Peanut Butter with a pinch of Sea Salt. It's just peanuts and a tiny bit of salt, no added oil or sugar. The little teeny bit of salt just lifts it into another realm of deliciousness.
I love it on slices of Pink Lady apple.

I love it in smoothies and just on the spoon.

But my secret pleasure is Carte d'or vanilla and Meridan peanut butter.

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Was that the one that you could get smooth, crunchy and super crunchy or something like that? It's was the business!

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This crowd
http://ilovepeanutbutter.com/index.php/peanut-butter-1.html

tesco only had a crunchy and smooth - online they've a huge range

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

dark....
chocolate...
dreams...

this is my most inappropriate erection yet

CM24

Mellor wrote: »

Where can I get that?
And how much?

http://www.mayvers.com.au/pantry/ click on the Where to Buy tab on the right. All the big Supermarkets in Melbourne have them. All the ones I'v tried have been lovely, except the Tahini. Not too costly either. $6 for the big tubs of PB and $7 for the smaller tubs with nuts and seeds.

rainbow kirby

Can't get it in Ireland, but the freshly made peanut butter in Whole Foods is amazing.

Of stuff that's a little more easily acquired - Kelkin or Meridian crunchy. Has to be the natural/organic ones.

Mellor

CM24 wrote: »

http://www.mayvers.com.au/pantry/ click on the Where to Buy tab on the right. All the big Supermarkets in Melbourne have them. All the ones I'v tried have been lovely, except the Tahini. Not too costly either. $6 for the big tubs of PB and $7 for the smaller tubs with nuts and seeds.

It's lists Coles, I must keep pan eye out. I usually go for the cheap Coles own brand peanut butter,because it's a higher peanut content than most of the other brands (excluding the 100% nut stuff)

DL Saint

Cashew Butter is on a whole other level imo.

rubadub

gucci wrote: »

no one has mentioned Whole Earth? Lovely stuf (maybe its not on sale in Ireland anymore?) Gonna be back home at the weekend, il pick up a jar of Kelkin to try.

Both whole earth & kelkin use palm oil.

Whole earth smooth is Roasted Peanuts (91%),Palm Oil ,Sea Salt

salt is 0.9% so it is 8% palm oil, which some might have an issue with that, or think its a benefit.

Palm oil is solid at room temp and this is why it is not all runny like the meridian.

Cashew nut butter is usually very expensive here, you could liquidise them and make your own. You could add coconut oil if your butters are too runny, it will also be solid at room temp.

Blacktie.

rubadub wrote: »

Both whole earth & kelkin use palm oil.

Whole earth smooth is Roasted Peanuts (91%),Palm Oil ,Sea Salt

salt is 0.9% so it is 8% palm oil, which some might have an issue with that, or think its a benefit.

Palm oil is solid at room temp and this is why it is not all runny like the meridian.

Cashew nut butter is usually very expensive here, you could liquidise them and make your own. You could add coconut oil if your butters are too runny, it will also be solid at room temp.

Isn't salt content not a big issue if you eat very little processed food?

rubadub

Blacktie. wrote: »

Isn't salt content not a big issue if you eat very little processed food?

I don't worry about it, I drink lots of water anyway. I meant people might have an issue with the relatively high palm oil content. Be it health concerns or environmental.

Fizman

Whole Earth Crunchy Organic (no added sugar) does it for me. Love the stuff.

themandan6611

Meridan smooth cashew butter, id eat it off a scabby foot

quaalude

COH wrote: »

Hopsack make their peanut butter on the spot - tasty, smooth (almost fluffy) and best value of any natural peanut butter anywhere

Wow, that sounds great!
Hopsack as in the shop in Rathmines Swan Centre?

jlm29

jlm29 wrote: »

I know this isn't what you asked, but I bought hazelnut butter recently, and it's quite nice too- not as strong a taste as pnb, so maybe that would be a better swap!!

Amazing with some cocoa powder mixed in

I admit I use Panda peanut butter... I've tried that tub one nothing added before, and can't stand it
I only put it in stir fries really anyway

Hani Kosti

Hopsack in Rathmines
NOTHING ADDED PB done in the shop, they'd make a jar for you if sold out (once got the jars warm!)
250g for €2.59 which for 100% organic nothing added is great price
Once you try this one, you'll never go back

quaalude

Hani Kosti wrote: »

Hopsack in Rathmines
NOTHING ADDED PB done in the shop, they'd make a jar for you if sold out (once got the jars warm!)
250g for €2.59 which for 100% organic nothing added is great price
Once you try this one, you'll never go back

Deadly - thanks!

rok

I've tried Almond butter but it's a bit "meh" for me.
I like crunchy peanut butter, not mad on the smooth stuff.
Whole Earth is nice, the Lidl MacKennedy brand sticks to the teeth a bit too much.

Aldi Grandessa (labelled gluten free too) is around €1.05 for 340g jar, must be one of the cheapest.
Kelkin currently have an offer 454g for the price of 350g.

Meridian's website boast that they don't use Palm Oil - is Palm oil bad?
Meridian peanut butter crunchy 100% 280g "Peanuts are roasted in their natural skins before being ground to a crunchy texture with nothing added. Contains naturally occurring sugar. " Ingredients:
Peanuts Whole Skin On (100%). Produce of more than one country


Which of these peanut butters is healthier?
Kelkin Ingredients: Roasted Peanuts 97.7%, Palm Oil 1.3%, Sea Salt.
-or-
Aldi Grandessa Crunchy Peanut Butter Ingredients: Roasted Peanuts 95%, Brown Cane Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Sea Salt.
Kelkin uses Palm oil but Aldi Grandessa has sugar added.

Sharktopus

meridian for me

Johnny Drama_11

same for me ^^^^^

Mr. CooL ICE

rok wrote: »

Meridian's website boast that they don't use Palm Oil - is Palm oil bad?

Don't think it's bad for you per se, but I've seen stuff about deforestation and orangutang deaths due to palm oil farming. Probably something to do with that.

conzy

The lidl shíte is nice and the macros are alright.. Its cheap too

quaalude

Hani Kosti wrote: »

Hopsack in Rathmines
NOTHING ADDED PB done in the shop, they'd make a jar for you if sold out (once got the jars warm!)
250g for €2.59 which for 100% organic nothing added is great price
Once you try this one, you'll never go back

Finally got round to getting this PB in Rathmines - man, it's gorgeous (and good value).