Yes, the following is better than peanut butter.
I know, you’re all rolling your eyes right now, saying, “How can anything (besides chocolate) be better than peanut butter?” Hear me out; this spread has the one-up on regular pb because it:
- is easier to spread
- is lower in calories (more about this at the end of the post)
- tastes sweeter, without any added sugar, and has a serving of fruit
Above, spread on top of Banana Bread for One.
Another bonus: This recipe doesn’t make as much of a mess as trying to smush sliced banana into a sandwich. As usual, the recipe is so simple that I feel a little silly writing it down.
Banana Butter
- 1 medium banana
- 2 to 4 tablespoons peanut butter, depending on how pb-y you like it (or almond, cashew, walnut butter, etc.)
- optional: I like to add a little cinnamon
My favorite ratio is 4 tablespoons peanut butter to 80 grams (without peel) banana (about 1/2 a large banana). And I often use a frozen banana, which makes this spread taste like peanut butter ice cream!
Procedure: Whir the two ingredients in your food processor or blender until smooth. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge. (If possible, it’s best to let the mixture sit for a few hours before enjoying, as the taste becomes more robust with time.)
Above, spread over a Breakfast Pizza Cake.
Other Ideas for Use:
This creation can be used anywhere you’d use regular peanut butter—warmed up and drizzled over oatmeal, as a sandwich spread, dip, or pudding, as a smooth-and-velvety topping for waffles or pancakes, on vegan ice cream, or simply eaten plain off a spoon (or out of the blender, depending on your level of self-restraint!).
As for calories… Ok, so I’m having a bit of a dilemma: Recently I’ve been getting quite a few requests from readers asking if I can add calorie counts to my recipes. I don’t count calories, but I know that a lot of you (readers and fellow bloggers) do count. So, since I really try hard to make my recipes—and my blog in general—suitable for everyone, and since it’s not hard for me to figure out the calorie counts anyway, I thought I’d ask: Do you want me to add calorie info to my recipes? Please vote; either way, I’m interested in hearing your opinion. And until I figure this dilemma out, here are the nutritional stats for the banana butter:
Banana Butter Calories:
Serving Size: 1 tablespoon (based on my favorite combination)
Calories per serving: about 40 calories
(As a reference, regular peanut butter has about 100 calories per tablespoon.)
Variations:
Yes, there is a chocolate version.
🙂
Ever since you mentioned Peanut Butter & Co Dark Chocolate Dreams (and I went out and bought it and ate much more than I should have in one sitting…) I’ve been utterly addicted.
I do love me some PB&Co, but my dream flavor would be Cherry Fudge Sundae! Like Cherry Garcia, but with Peanut!
dream nut butter = cinnamon, maple almond butter!!
Woohoo, a giveaway 🙂 My fave nut butter is probably the dark chocolate dreams from PB & Co, although I do love me plain ol’ pb as well.
waht, you can not ship outside the US?don’t worry, I have relatives there 😉 eheheh i’d relly love to try them, especially because i only can fine peanut butter here, you know, the “helathy food” trend is late in this part of the world 😉
Keepin’ it classic: peanut butter! YUM!
My favorite nut butter flavor is definitely almond butter. Cashew almond butter is definitely awesome though. My dream flavor would be like chocolate almond butter. That would probably be really fantastic!
gosh. plain ole peanut butter is just so delicious it’s hard to imagine anything better. not that i would mind trying other flavors 😉
This post was hard to find, but winning any nut butter would make it worth the search!
Anyway, I love almond butter and think they should make an almond banana butter. How delicious would that be?
Plain pb for me. Is that too boring?