An Obsession With Peanut Butter

Peanut butter is a main staple at my house but recently we've been experiencing a mini crisis with our supply. You see, after some extensive tasting, we've established an overwhelming preference for Jif peanut butter. If you look at the ingredients list closely, you would notice that it contains molasses which is not common in most other supermarket brands. That one little difference is enough to make a huge impact in taste. Unfortunately, store by store, Jif has been disappearing from the supermarket shelves here in the Greater Toronto Area. First it was the Loblaws family of supermarkets, then Metro, then Walmart. There's the occasional sighting of tiny jars in some specialty supermarket with an overblown price tag to match. My household is now down to our last jar and we literally ration it out in small portion in hopes of making it last as long as possible.

Luckily, Jif has not completely disappear from the Ontario market. I went to my local Longos supermarket today and was delighted to see 1kg jars lining the shelf for a very reasonable price of $3.99! Of course I did the only logical thing and stocked up on peanut butter. It will be a few months before we run low on our supply again. I sure hope that I will not need to go on a quest for Jif when the time comes.

Comments

[sundae1888]

I like the very nutty taste of unsweetened, all-peanut PB -- the stuff that separates if you let it sits.

[DessertByCandy]

Yeah, I'm in the process of switching to natural PB in hopes of cutting out the sugar. The texture takes a bit getting used to though.

[Sylvia]

OMG this is an awesome post! I'm hopelessly addicted to peanut butter!!! I'm a big fan of Adam's Natural Peanut butter, unsalted. Once you go to the natural stuff, you don't go back to Jif or Skippy!

Have you had Almond Butter before? Mara Natha makes an all natural Almond Butter and it's to die for. Look for it at Whole Foods.

[DessertByCandy]

There's this one smoothie that I love and it's made with almond butter, banana, dates, maple syrup, soy milk, and cinnamon. I heard lots of good recommendation on Mara Natha almond butter before so now I REALLY gotta give it a try!

[Izabella]

Yes, PB and molasses is a great combination for me, too. I always get the natural PB (health-food stores or bulk-stores) and I add organic blackstrap molasses. Try that and you will not need to hunt for Jiff again!
Izabella