Smooth or Crunchy?
More of y’all like crunchy peanut butter than smooth, according to a poll on Twitter. I always figured it’d be the other way around!
I created the above frosting for a friend, as a challenge. This friend has a serious frosting addiction. In fact, when we were in college she taught me to eat Pillsbury straight from the container. With a spoon. Like ice cream!
“Please,” she begged me, “Please make me a frosting recipe without all those scary ingredients!” (Partially hydrogenated oils are ingredient #2 in the aforementioned Pillsbury, much to my friend’s chagrin). “And please make it so a serving is more than a teaspoon!”
Peanut Butter Frosting
(Makes about 2/3 cup)
- 1/3 cup silken-firm tofu (70g)
- 3 tbsp peanut butter or allergy-friendly alternative
- scant 1/16th tsp salt
- scant 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch pure stevia, or 2-3 tbsp powdered sugar
Blend everything together. This frosting is thicker when cold. And I won’t judge you if—like my friend—you opt to eat the whole thing in one sitting. But please, take it out of the blender first!
Add vanilla to the following for: Soy-Free Version.
Lower Fat?
Honestly, as a cupcake topper, I prefer my Coconut Banana Butter.
So if you don’t mind a little extra fat, I highly recommend treating your tastebuds to the coconut banana butter. However, my friend is afraid of fat grams. Oddly enough, she’s more afraid of a higher fat content than she is of the artificial Pillsbury icing (which has 4g per serving).
Vanilla or Chocolate Frosting: You can omit the peanut butter in this icing recipe, for a vanilla frosting (or add cocoa powder for chocolate frosting) that is virtually fat-free. But, as I wrote a few days ago, a little fat in one’s life is a good thing!
Oh, and she loved the frosting.
She ate it all… and the adorable Banana Bread for One.
Crunchy PB by far! I just love the chunks of peanuts! I’m not really picky though I’ll eat either of them. MMMMMM, peeeeeanut butteeeeerrr!
Tofu frosting! I love this idea!
this looks so tasty 😀 I also prefer creamy PB…
btw: yesterday I tried your selfmade coconut butter recipe as it doesn´t seem to exist here in Germany…guess what: I melted my blender! Now the halfway finished butter is in my fridge until I get a new one…maybe this would be a good occasion to even get a food processor which is more powerful…
Oh no! I feel so awful 🙁 :(. I am so sorry. I never even imagined that could happen… I hope it tasted good at least! I feel really badly :(.
ooooh no, you don´t have to feel bad! Actually I laughed about it the entire evening…never saw a blender melting away (maybe he just liked the butter as much as I did^^)
It was a cheap one I bought 5 years ago when I moved into my first student´s appartment and I never dreamed of processing an amount of food like I do since I´m vegan… so I have the perfect excuse to buy a new and better one …and even if the butter is only halfay done, it tastes fantastic, so I guess there´s no better “dead” for a blender when making coconut butter 😀
My blender is not a powerful one, only 220W, and luckily it stops working when it’s too hot. So it usually takes 3-4 breaks till I whip the whole batch. Poor your guy, it’ll be replaced by a more powerful fellow 😉
just bought a Bosch food processor on ebay (bargain!!!)…800W should definitely make it 😀 can´t wait until its delivered…I´m looking like a cheshire cat^^
Crunchy!
We’ve got a grind your own nut butter thingie at work (Whole Foods) and that’s the only almond butter I like… it’s got some crunchy little almond bits in it still! Smooth peanut butter just makes me feel like a dog someone played a trick on… (stuck to the roof of my mouth). I’ll eat it in a pinch, though. And I DO like PB2 which is definitely not crunchy… but the defatted nature means it’s not sticky, either.
I LOVE coconut butter. I actually like that best when it’s really runny and smooth. I’ll eat it when it’s firmer but I like that more creamy and warm.
I have a very sick rat at home right now and she gives your banana butter an A+. She enthusiastically ate some this morning, when most food isn’t really making her take much notice. :/ Avocado was just “good” today instead of “OMFG gimme or I’ll lick your fingers off”. So upset/worried. I’m glad she has some food she likes, though, so thanks for posting that recipe. Prairie appreciates it.
Ahhh peanut butter is my favorite thing!! I never thought of using the soy free vegan pudding/yogurt as frosting! I cannot wait to try it girl!!
Now I’m REALLY missing my blender! We all know what I’ll be making when I get back to the states this summer… hahah, that frosting sounds deeelish! It’s basically delicious peanut butter jacked up with even more protein, i love 🙂
smoooooooth my friend, smooooooooooth!
crunchy just gets in the way of the other flavours (in my opinion…)
mmm that frosting looks delectable!
Brilliant Katie! I wish I had a bowl of this right now.
Haha Katie, I’m currently eating this frosting (er pudding) right now! It’s delicious! But am I surprised, given the fact that ALL your recipes I’ve tried have been delicious? Seriously, come out with a cookbook already!
You had me at peanut butter frosting 🙂
Sheer bliss!
peanut butter frosting sounds insanely delicious, being that i love peanut butter and i love frosting…
who needs anything to spread it on? I;ll eat it with a spoon ;p
+1 to this!
omg… forget the muffin, this needs to be eaten straight up with a spoon! 🙂
i like some crunch in my PB, but i’ll eat it either way!
I’ve missed reading your blog! My internet has been randomly blocking blogs the past week or so =(
I LOOOOVE peanut butter, I rather smooth but I would NEVER turn down crunchy! Lately I’ve been eating PB2 so I can cut calories and fat…since I tend to go a little crazy with peanut butter. I could seriously eat a whole jar in one day…I never have but I’ve been tempted!
😉
I also am now a PB2 person. I LOVE it thought.
Seriously, in oatmeal. So good. Nom nom nom.
I eat like 2-3 servings of PB2 a day and it’s still no where near what I’d do with the regular stuff. That PB2 is a lifesaver!
I’ve never tried it! I must be the only person in the blogworld, huh?
Haha. With your metabolism, you don’t need it. 😉 You’ll probably prefer the real thang anyway. I really like PB2 and love it in my oatmeal. It’s not really a peanut butter substitute for me any more… just a food I like. Not as much as I like coconut butter, though!
I prefer crunchy pb. I don’t buy it since the one you can find at our stores is like glue, sticks to the teeth and doesn’t taste much like peanuts. So I whip my own and it has crunchy structure, not so smooth. Oh I’ve never come up with pb frosting, I feel like I need to run to the shop to get some tofu 😉
Honestly, at the moment I have no idea which kind of peanut butter I prefer. It seems completely unimportant. All I can think about is “Mmm, frosting!” 😀 .
holy frosting! this sounds so good… i think i’ll eat it in mousse form. cuz like your friend, i have a frosting addiction, but i don’t let myself have frosting because i would want way more than the 2 tablespoon serving size and always go overboard.
i think i’ll try your chocolate variation you listed first. i’ll let you know what i think, because i’m making this today! 🙂