This recipe is CRAZY addictive.
One taste and you won’t be able to think of anything else.
Yet it only takes about 30 seconds to make.
With no refined sugar… and it’s high in iron, calcium, and protein!
I wasn’t initially planning to post the recipe, as it’s almost too easy and you don’t even need to measure anything – it’s pretty difficult to mess this one up. However there was such an overwhelming number of requests when I mentioned it in my post on “Why I gave up running” that—as promised—I’ve gone ahead and measured the ingredients so as to come up with an actual “recipe” for this crazy addictive peanut butter spread that will have you reaching back into the jar again and again until suddenly there is none left!
Black Magic Peanut Butter
(3 ingredients)
- 1/2 cup peanut butter (I like While Foods 365 crunchy)
- 2 1/2 tbsp blackstrap molasses (or other liquid sweetener of choice)
- 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil (for coconut-free version, see nutrition link below)
Melt the oil if it is not already in a liquid state. Then stir all ingredients together until they are fully blended. If a fudge-like texture is desired, freeze 15 minutes. Otherwise eat as desired, refrigerating leftovers… if there are any!
Question of the Day:
Are there any foods that, once you start, you’re unable to stop eating?
For me, that food would be peanut butter. My comment in a previous post that I could eat 1/3 of a jar in a single sitting was met with skepticism, but this is not an exaggeration! For others, that food might be potato chips or candy… I also know quite a few people who consider Oreo cookies to be their kryptonite.
Link Of The Day:
I am going to have to try this in a protein shake tomorrow. Thanks
“Are there any foods that, once you start, you’re unable to stop eating?” It is really hard to put the Crunchy Cookie Butter away once I open the jar.
I tried this and it was a hit with my husband and my friends. I also love your Peanut butter Pie recipe and I wonder if you have tried that recipe with blackstrap molasses (a Black Magic Peanut Butter Pie, if you will…… ) I think I’ll try it that way next time I make it. Goodies sweetened with molasses have a real nostalgia for me because a lot of the older people in my home town grew up during the depression and still cooked with it.
I made a batch of this today with sunflower butter and added some sunflower seeds. It was to die for. I can’t make it to often our I’ll eat the whole thing. Same thing with fudge in a jar.
So, i finally made a version of this. I am in the UK, where molasses isnt common, but i located a brand from the Caribbean that seems to be way more intense than the brand i bought in the states. And the peanut butter available is extra super crunchy Skippy (imported at premium price, but no matter).
I think my ratio of molasses to pbutter was lower, i tasted as i went and it was just TOO molasses. I got it about right, and set it aside. But i keepgoing backand getting just another little taste. The first nibble is so intense, but then it mellows and starts getting craveable.
I cant beleive,back when i was a peanut butter and molasseseating kid in the South, that it never occurred to me toeat peanut butter with molasses!
This sure takes me back. I grew up eating molasses and peanut butter stirred together and sopped up with homemade biscuits (very southern family). I remember my grandfather making a hole in the side of his biscuit and spooning the mixture into it.
It never occurred to me to try crunchy peanut butter or to have it any other way than with biscuits. But I’ll give it a go! Thanks for the idea! 🙂
For me that food is fruit! Mostly any fruit, but particularly grapes, peaches, or strawberries. (Or blueberries… or watermelon). I can eat and eat and eat until I feel sick and can’t move. It’s crazy!
Is the coconut oil free version the same taste? I feel like the increase in blackstrap molasses would really change the recipe’s flavor entirely…has anyone tried it yet?
Oh my GOSH! This stuff is, like you said, crazy-addictive. I actually thought this wouldn’t work, because I hate coconut oil, but it’s amazing! I was lucky enough to get away from the jar… or, at least for tonight. (:
I used to make this all the time when I was little, and still do – only minus the cocoa – I guess it’s time for me to try something new 😉
…let me correct myself here.. used to make it w/o coconut oil – which I use SO much now 😉
TRY ALMOND BUTTER….IT’S LIFE CHANGING….(BIG SMILE)
I was seriously skeptical about this recipe. I mean, I like peanut butter, but I’m not nuts about it (haha). But I made this and you’re right; it’s some kind of magic. I don’t know if I really should thank you for posting this. You see, I don’t need to gain weight. *sigh*
Why did you have to make this?? It is so addictive and my go to snack now…. so good….
This seems like it will be the perfect spread to put between 2 graham crackers. yum!
its also good between 2 fingers.!
I don’t know if you read comments on old posts, but, i tried this today. I actually made fresh peanut butter in my vitamix with molasses and coconut oil in the mix. IT was the most delicious peanut butter I ever tried. Mind blown. Thanks for posting this!
Yep, I know I sound like a genius for asking, but are you using refined or unrefined coconut oil? #ialreadyknowtheanswer #tooparanoidnottoask #totallynotweirdtousehashtagsinacomment
Use unrefined virgin coconut oil. Try Trader Joes brand, as it’s cheapest.