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
Ingredients:
- 1 medium banana
- 2 to 4 tablespoons peanut butter, depending on how pb-y you like it (or almond, cashew, walnut butter, etc.)
My favorite combination is 4T peanut butter to 80 grams (without peel) banana (about 1/2 a large banana).
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:
- Instead of the pb, try this with Chocolate Butter
- Use a frozen banana, for pb ice cream
- Add cinnamon, cocoa powder, maple syrup, or (post-blending) raisins, coconut, or chocolate chips
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I say no to the calories. If people care that much, can’t they just figure it out from how much of each item you put in the recipes? Personally, counting carlories (and pounds!) just leads me to obsessing.
I have to agree with jessica – no to calories. I hate when other blogs post calorie counts because then it just leads to comparison. Also, the person should be able to figure it out on their own. Its an unhealthy obsession in my opinion. I love that none of your recipes have the calorie count. I love the feeling of just not knowing.
of course I am totally going to make this as soon as i get back from vacation!!
calories or no calories- doesn’t really matter to me, especially since i know you DON’T count them.
um…making that into ice cream sounds amazing
great idea!
Oh MAN banana butter sounds just lovely. I feel a comeback tour of the brownie batter pancakes coming on…topped with banana butter!
As for calorie counts, I vote no. If you yourself live a life without counting calories, that should reflect on your blog because the blog is in fact a reflection of YOU, not your readers! I think it’s wonderful and considerate of you to take reader concerns into account, but only insofar as it fits with your own philosophies. If they want recipes with calorie counts, they can go find an obsessive blog that does include them. Or just do the work to figure out yours!
xo
mmm
good, simple, quick–my favorite kind of recipes as a busy momma!
nope, no calorie counting for me
if you are eating healthfully i don’t think calories matter…i used to obsess when i was younger
i ate crappy stuff to keep them low–like 1000 or less a day
now i eat everything i want of the healthy foods and weigh less (after 3 kids)…i figured my calories for a couple weeks with a tracker and i’m getting in about 2500 a day at least!
i think if someone wants to know they can figure them out with a tracker…unless you are dying for more to do…then go ahead and include them
but…nutrients and fiber are more important to me
Katie that sounds SO GOOD! I am honestly making this today. I can’t wait.
I don’t think you should add calories; why should you, when you don’t count them? This blog is YOUR creation; it’s all about your love and devotion to good, healthy food…and if caloric counts aren’t something you typically think of, then why add them? It seems you have faithful, loyal readers, calorie counts or not.
OMG must try this like, NOW
Great Katie!!! This is one of those “why didnt I think of this first” recipes…. I LOVE banana and PB together but it never occurred to me to blend the two together. Brilliant!
I often smoosh a banana with some PB but I can totally see how the MB makes thigns easier! And wouldn’t that just be da bomb frozen???
Okay, that looks AMAZING. I love banana topped with peanut butter (…or vice versa, hehe) but blending them together is brilliant!
As far as the calorie-countin’ goes, I’m voting no, for basically all the reasons people have already said.
you had me at “better than peanut butter”. you are so right, nothing is better than bananas + peanut butter, can’t wait to try this. and my vote is for no calorie count–if its made with real, whole foods and tastes great then it shouldnt matter! have a great day
This looks awesome! Especially because pb & banana = amazing combo always.
I am sooo doing this!
Don’t start with the calories, there is no reason to count them when you’re enjoying your food while beeing healthy as you are now
No calories, it’s too time-consuming.
Add some cocoa and you get banana nut butter bliss:)
I say no to the calorie counts, especially since you don’t count them.. like someone already said people can find them out for themselves if they want to, I’d rather not read about the calories personally since i try very hard not to count them!
Ughgh NO calorie counting.
Oh, we used to make this (or something very similar) when I was a kid! Thanks for reminding me about nutty-nana goo (as we called it). It is fantastic over waffles with some chocolate chips sprinkled on top. Just sayin’. I think I will have to make a nutty-nana sandwich for supper tonight! The comment about making this into ice cream sounds divine.
As for calories, please DO NOT add them. You don’t count calories so why go through the bother of calculating them? If anyone really wants to know, they can head over to one of the many calorie counter websites, enter the ingredients, and get a count for themselves. I won’t get into my whole numbers-obsessed-society rant here… you’re beyond that.
After all, it is your blog – do with it as you wish. Don’t let other people tell you how to run your blog. Once you start caving to requests that don’t follow your jive, the blog will no longer be fun. I love your blog (and all your wonderful e-mails). Don’t change it!
1) I don’t think you should post nutritional information on your blog. At all. This is your lifestyle you’re blogging. If someone cares enough about nutritional information, they can take the time to do the calculations. It’s quite easy, actually, with the wealth of information available today. http://www.caloriecount.about.com and http://www.calorieking.com are just two examples of sites where you type in a food and get an approximation of the complete nutritional profile, plus I think they both have toolbars that you can download to make it even simpler! I DO sometimes count calories, but I absolutely think that you should not have to.
2) A response to the post-before-last, about you posting “too much.” Puh-lease. I enjoy the fact that if I’m away from the computer for a day or so, or don’t have time to check the blogs I love, I can come here and see a string of posts with delicious food porn photography and quirky thoughts and life stories! Post three times a day, once a week, whatever! And both “parts of you” are correct – you should have fun with this, on the one hand. And at the same time, those of us who adore your blog DO recognize the work that goes into these posts, and do not take you for granted.
And really, how is it possible to “miss out” on a post? Ya just scroll down….
Oh, P.S. – You mentioned the fact that you try to link back to previous posts whenever you reference things about which you’ve already blogged. I love this – it reminds me of those old Goosebumps scary children’s books – the “Choose Your Own Adventure” ones. Have you heard of/did you ever read those? I always used to keep nine of my fingers stuck inside the book, “bookmarking” where you had to make a decision and leaving just one finger free to turn the pages. With those books and your blog, you never know where you’ll end up!
(Whew, this comment turned out to be a novel!)
I second what others have said: no to calorie counts unless it’s something you personally believe in/want to do. In my opinion they reduce the enjoyment of multiple flavours, textures, aromas and colours to one number that is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and remove the love and pleasure from cooking/eating. I don’t think anyone *enjoys* calorie counting and it’s usually a manifestation of self-loathing or perceived inadequacy related to weight…I hope the commenter isn’t too obsessed by the issue and I truly sympathise with them if they are.
On a lighter note: amazing recipe! How long do you think leftovers would last in the fridge (shelf-life wise…although I doubt there would be any leftovers with me in the first place)
xoxoxo
My vote is NO TO CALORIE counts. I don’t think you should have to figure out nutritional facts for other people, especially since they can figure it out on their own. One reason I love your blog (and there are many) is because you don’t harp on calories, weight loss, body image…. In such a diet obsessed world, your blog is truly a breath of fresh air. No need to change- keep it real girl!
I love this! I recently discovered the wonders of raw banana soft serve (made from frozen bananas in the food processor), but I bet banana PB soft serve would be even better. I could even make it with raw almond butter for a crazy raw awesome treat!
Bananas are magic!
As for calories, I’ve recently started counting for fun…cause I got the iPhone calorie-counting app. But part of the fun is figuring out calories from a recipes raw ingredients. I don’t think you should worry about it for your blog. Folks who really want to know can figure it out.
I hope that you don’t start including calorie counts. I follow a few different blogs, and one thing I love is that each blog is a genuine and unique representation of that blogger’s philosopy towards nutrition/exercise/lifestyle. By including calorie counts, you are making your site less authentically ‘you’, and I think by doing so your blog would become less enjoyable for you and not as meaningful to your readers. Just my two cents! Thanks!
WOW what a great idea! I love bananas and pb together, so making a spread out of them is such a fantastic idea! Loves it! Great cals too, so I can eat the whole jar right? LOL
-muffy
mmm I wonder how long it stays good for in the fridge…I guess the length a refridgerated banana would stay good for lol!. Katie I wonder what would happen if you caramelized the banana first like the brulee method and then blended…probably be super sweet.
I vote no to cals…too numerical. It would take away from the veganny goodness.
I’d say no to calorie counting. If other people want to know the calorie content, they can work it out for themselves, there are lots of websites to help them out with it too. Plus, it’s not really relevant. A lot of people get obsessed with numbers, but your blog is about enjoying food, you can’t enjoy food and worry about numbers at the same time!
Great recipe!
I love making up new varieties of nut butter and nut milk.
I’m happy to see so many of your readers saying no to calorie counting. I like the fact that you don’t focus on calories– it saddens me to see people obsessing over numbers and feeling guilty or virtuous according to what they eat! I know that many people find it useful to count calories, but I think that it draws attention away from eating a healthy and varied diet and leads people to choose foods because they are low in calories/fat/carbs rather than because they truly enjoy them. I’ve had people tell me that they don’t eat avocado and coconut like I do because they are so “fattening”, or that they won’t eat a potato or a slice of whole grain bread because they are full of carbohydrates, yet they pour aspartame into their coffee and eat 100-calorie packages of cookies and chips.
I’ve become disillusioned with a lot of other food blogs over time, but yours is always a joy to read. I like your philosophy that food is meant to be enjoyed and I like that you post about other aspects of your life, as well, such as travel, your family, and your volunteer work– by the way, I’d love to hear more about the charity projects you’ve mentioned!
Genius looks at the ordinary and finds an extra-ordinary take on it, – so, what can I say? pure genius, Katie, PURE genius.
And, – the kids will LOVE you !!!! (at least the oldest J, peanut butter lover par excellence that he is
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Elvis butter, – oh yeah, that rocks !!!!!
I’m just curious, but as someone who is as thin as you are and who has said before that they would like to gain weight – I have to ask:
Why do you keep replacing high-calorie foods with things that are lower in calories? I mean, zucchini pasta? Banana butter? Truly. For someone who runs several miles, is already very thin – that is not a good idea. You need the fuel found in REAL foods that are calorically dense in order to keep yourself going. I’m not trying to bash you, but it is kind of a cause for concern. There is nothing wrong with eating real PB or real pasta – in fact I eat about 1/4 cup of PB and a plate of pasta on a daily basis. Because, like you, I am a runner and am naturally thin to begin with. And we NEED the calories and energy provided by whole grains and fats. I’ve read your blog for awhile now, and while I know you say you eat 2600 calories a day, and I believe that – it does concern me that every recipe you post now seems to be getting lower and lower and calories. What happened to the good, calorie-dense, brain and body feeding foods?
Ohhh I now know what I’m gonna do with those nannas on my countertop! Banana butter, awesome idea. Thank you!
Girlfriend, putting calorie counts on recipes is alot of work. If you care to add to the stress/workload of running your blog, awesome. If you don’t, don’t. You will never be able to please everyone, either. To include or not to include calorie counts. Just please yourself
xoxo
I am for sur trying out that one. Thanks girl!!
I say no to calories.
I imagine this blog already takes a lot of your time, so there’s no need for you to spend more time counting them.
Since you usually give recipes, people who do count calories can do so themselves, that’s my opinion.
I also vote no to adding calorie scores! Personally, I think anyone should be able to figure out if something is worth eating without consulting a calorie count. For exampe, this recipe is bananas, with a few tablespoons of nut butter. What’s not to like? Food is about balance, not numbers! I just got hooked on banana ‘soft serve’ myself – adding a spoonful of nut butter sounds a-ma-zing! -Eve
Like most people, I don’t think you should post calories. You don’t count calories, so if people want to know, they can do the maths themselves.
By the way, I’m going to have to make this one day soon now!
I vote no for the calories, because they really don’t matter that much. Who cares about calories as long as the food is healthy and delicious? You should do what YOU want to do, and people can figure out the calories by themselves if they really want to. And that peanut butter and banana spread sounds delicious, I really want to try it as ice cream
And that anonymous person doesn’t sound very nice, I don’t think you should listen to them, especially since you already addressed the issue they brought up in a different post. You eat foods because they’re healthy, not because you have to get a certain number of calories. You already know what works for you, and that person is just being inconsiderate and rude.
To Anonymous:
Thank you for leaving such a well-thought-out comment that wasn’t derogatory or accusatory as many anonymous comments can be. To answer your questions:
I DO DO DO eat regular pasta. I love the stuff. Please read through my blog before you assume I don’t eat it, as I have quite a few pasta-centered posts (including Betty Spaghetti, Lo Mein, and Soba). In fact, I’ve actually written a not-yet-published post centering around the goodness of pasta. Look out for it in the future!
Why are my recipes so “light”? As I said in this post, I try to make my recipes suitable for everyone. And I know that many people who read my blog are trying to watch their diets. Therefore, I always include variations such as “sauteeing liquid of choice” instead of saying “oil” etc. That way, people can make the recipes as high-cal or as low-cal as they want.
And I don’t eat this peanut butter spread in place of peanut butter. I do still eat regular nut butters on an almost-daily basis. But I like this one (my mom actually made it up when I was in high school) because it’s easier to spread, less messy, and I think the pb and banana flavors really stand out more when they’re mashed together. Plus, I eat bigger quantities of this stuff than I would regular pb (i.e. I spread more on a sandwich than I would if it were plain pb), so I make up for the extra calories that way.
If you are really interested in my diet/life/philosophy, I’d be happy to talk more through email if you want to de-lurk.
Thanks for reading!
What a great idea!
I don’t mind that you don’t post calories – it’s pretty easy to estimate if one is really concerned with how many calories are in a dish, and I think it’s great to promote a less calorie-centric relationship with food. So rock on!
I swear you and I are on some weird psychic wavelength. I made this just last night, except I wasn’t fancy enough to put it in the blender. I added chocolate chips to my banana butter. Because chocolate and peanut butter, well you know….
TOTALLY think that you shouldn’t complicate your own life if it’s not what you normally do! If someone wants to find out the calorie count on something, they can 220% always do it on their own!! Don’t worry so much about it Katie! Your loyal readers will always be loyal readers, and I’m sure whoever requests the calorie count will still be a reader despite not having stats. THey just gotta get off their butt and work on their math a little more.
hehehe
OH and I love the fact that your spread is smoother!!!! and i’m sure it’s more fragrant, and naturally sweeter too!
Just stumbled on your blog. That PB spread is too cute. I used to actually make something very similar to that, except I added in vanilla protein powder and a bit of soymilk. Then poured it into a bowl and topped it with granola ^.^ Best snack ever, albeit a bit time consuming to make. Good stuff though!
BTW – In reference to your anon. commenter – I do the SAME thing when I make food for some reason. I know that everyone else in my house doesn’t quite have the same caloric requirements as me, so when I make food for the family, I tend to set aside a bit for myself that I’ll stir-fry up with extra olive oil or add some coconut milk into my rice, add an extra handful of almonds to my side salad etc. The beauty of food is that it’s adaptable to everyone’s needs, and you can even do it up with the same basic ingredients.
ya i agree, calorie counting is just not a good thing in general. too much work for the brain and can lead to obsession. this recipe looks delicious though! and simple
aka i can recreate it in my dorm
Girl, it’s your blog. You don’t count calories. So why, take the extra time to do it for others? I know you are super sweet and want to cater to the greater majority of people. But, in my humble opinion, if those people are counting calories, they can do it themselves. You are busy enough! It’s sweet of you to consider but I say keep your blog as real and fabulous as you are and post what YOU are excited about/want to talk about. That’s why I love you.
I don’t count calories either because I’m afraid of becoming obsessed. I used to do it, and I just got too tied up on numbers. Besides, its pretty easy for someone to look up nutritional info online if they really want to know.
I bet your banana butter would be AMAZING with my dark chocolate PB! A match made in heaven, perhaps?!? I wish I had a magic bullet, but my food processor might get the job done. Do you use a really ripe banana?
I say no to the calories because this is your blog, and you don’t count calories anyways. If the reader wants the calorie count he(?)/she can calculate it–less work for you
You are so sweet to consider all your readers though, Katie. We really appreciate it!!!
Hmm, I’ve got to figure out a way to ship some chocolate mousse to you…5000 entries is a lot ya know
But it seems as though you’ll be having plenty of chocolatey goodness on your birthday, but you can never have too much, no?
Brilliant Banana Butter by (whoa look at that alliteration) the way! Sounds AMAZING!!!
I don’t think you should add calories either. If someone needs them, it’s not hard to calculate them herself! I used to do that all the time.
And banana butter is a genius idea! So simple but so good. I’ll be trying it asap!
Calories schmalories…if it tastes good, is nutritious, and satisfies hunger, why bother? I feel like calories really take the joy out of eating. You know?
Anyways…I.MUST.MAKE.THIS.ASAP.
You’re a culinary Queen, Katie!
I think it’d be great as a topper for your banana brulee oatmeal, which I love, by the way
Love ya!
Meg
Looks smooth and tasty. If only I liked bananas…
Anonymous,
You obviously don’t read CCV’s blog, do you? Just take a look at her Morning Routine post that she just did, which was brilliant, and you’ll see that she doesn’t shy away from the healthy fats or carbs:
http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2009/08/18/my-morning-routine/
So stop attacking someone and assuming they don’t eat healthily, especially under the cowardly cloak of anonymity. Those of us who follow CCV’s blog regularly can see that she eats what’s probably the healthiest diet out there.
FABULOUS IDEA!!!
What ? NOTHING is better than peanut butter !
But as I do love banana, that spread must be as best as my favourite breakfast mixture !
I think putting calories account are very silly. Food should be a pleasure not a torture !!! Unfortunately, more and more people are attracted to lose weight because of the media.
yay! i will have to try this
when i did count calories it really wasn’t that hard to figure out the calories for a recipe so i think that your readers should be able to do that themselves.
mikey
No to the calorie counts! I was an obsessive calorie-counter for a long time and I think it is an unhealthy road to travel down. Just listen to your body (speaking to myself too lol)! btw, i love banana butter. Usually I don’t even use the blender and just mash the banana up w/ a fork and mix it with heated pb (microwave). It’s really good if you scoop some of the excess bread from a bagel and use it as a filling…mmm!!!
oh, now that might have put those brownie batter cupcakes i made this morning off the hook!
i’m glad you’ve ix-nayed the calories!
yay!!!! this recipe sounds delicious, it’s just my kind of recipe!!!
but i don’t know if i could make it in a regular blender, id make such a mess because it’s a very small quantity and the blender is so big.
Your mind is so busy coming up with these stunning recipes, I don’t think you should assert mental energy to cals–so you can just keep the recipes comin’ please–ha!
Oh my goodness! This is great! I can’t wait to try it!
Banana butter would not be safe around me. I could polish off a whole bunch of that in minutes, lol.
I am glad you’re not changing anything just to appease a few readers. Your blog is great the way it is. That’s why you have so many loyal readers!
If someone wants to count their calories so bad they can just use a calorie counting website.
i personally don’t think it’s necessary to add calorie for your recipes. And don’t do it to please your readers. Do what you think it’s good for you!
love this banana-PB combo.. sounds delicious~~~
No need to add calorie counts to things! Life is wayyyy more about the amount of calories in that delicious sounding PB. Shouldn’t it be about the taste? And isn’t on able to have good nutrition and not have to rely on counting cals?! Yes and yes! Don’t posts the amounts, way too tedious. No need to change your blog for one (?) person
<3 jess
xoxo
That looks so good. I’ll be making it for sure. Another one my kids will go nuts for!
I am glad you are doing what you want to do on your blog! I actually like to see calorie counts but in no way need to. If I want I can figure it out on my own. And I think looking at the ingredients is much more important than the calories. Keep doing what you are doing and have fun with it. It seems lots of people love your blog the way it is!
Splendid! I have 3 frozen bananas in the freezer. and 4 out that I should use real soon.
and, although you’ve already reached your own conclusion with regards to the calorie issue, I’d have voted for NO as well. Do watcha wanna do. It’s your blog. Maybe if you’re losing all your readers, then you might wanna do something…=p
I’m with you on this one–Calorie counts are pretty unnecessary for recipes. They fast become irrelevant when you change up recipes as much as I do!
If readers really want to know the Calorie content, it’s simple enough to add up the Cals in the ingredients and divide by the number of servings.
Anyway, I like you and your blog the way they are–don’t change!
do what you want, girl! and calorie counts are TEDIOUS! dont do anything you dont want to, and dont make more work for yourself!
That looks so good! I actually tend to mix my nut butters fruits and jelly’s before spreading them already. It makes it much easier that way! I”ll just put my few spoonfuls in a bowl usually with jelly, though sometimes I”ll mix it with jelly or melted chocolate or whatever i’m in the mood for that way the flavors are all blended and go straight into the bread without the mess! Sometimes I”ll even heat it up for a few secs in the microwave to make it easier. (last night I did ginger jelly and cashew butter, you MUST try this!) And I need to go buy more bananas!
As for calories, DO NOT do it. I love that you don’t post calorie counts and don’t care because it just fills my head with a bunch of worthless junk when I have to see it over and over on other blogs. You post the ingredients and that’s enough for anyone to go to the trouble if they really want and figure it out, but there’s no sense in dragging you into it.
Anyone who wants the nutritional info for your recipes can do the math just as easily as the chef can!
And honestly, if you do need to know the calorie content of a meal before you eat it, wouldn’t you prefer to calculate it yourself and know that it’s accurate for the exact measurements and brands or types of food that you yourself are using?
Oh I’m so glad you’re not going to start posting calories up. I totally agree with what pretty much everyone’s saying here. I personally count calories but the thing is it is VERY easy to figure out how many calories are in any given recipe. If I want to know I just figure it out, and it’s always more accurate than relying on what the poster might say (since brands vary in cals etc).
Anyway – so great to see you staying true to yourself!
Love ya!
No to calories.
I know from all too bitter experience obsessing over such things is a really good way of ruining your life.
To be honest, if you are posting a peanut butter heavy recipe, I’ll know it’s not low in calories, I’ll also know those calories are nutritionally dense ones, so its okay to eat that now and then.
Think about it. Two nice slices of spelt toast with some PB on has more calories than a small candy bar. Which is better for you, which fills you up longer, and which are you more likely to cram in your mouth without thinking about it.
I say no to calorie craziness.
Now this I must try. It looks and sounds delicious, and just the thing for a one pot kitchen.
hey katie – what’s your take on storing the banana butter? does it keep in the fridge, or does it go bad super quickly? just want to make sure i don’t make too much on my first try and then have to ditch it if i can’t finish it! thanks, girl
<—–couldn't care less about calories
<—–lovin the idea of bananas whipped with PB!!
Banana butter?! Oh, Katie..you are a genius: two of my favorite flavors in one spread. I can’t wait to put this on my oatmeal!
As for calories, it’s totally up to you. I don’t count calories, so it doesn’t matter to me.
amaazing!!!! i hav blended a fro banana with cashew butter and makes a ‘ice cream’ thingy..so good..kinda like this..only this is like a alternate pb!
i am so excited haha looks so good, on oats, over yogurt..so many possiblities, and you go girl for not counting calories but thanks for sharing the cals for those of us who do. ah.
xo
maya
That would make the best fruit dip, perfect for a party
If someone wants a calorie count on a recipe, there are plenty of websites out there they can use to get an approximate idea. If it’s that’s important to them, they’ll figure it out
This looks incredible
I cant wait to try it out!
I hope your having a great weekend
I can say first hand that the banana butter is amazing
In my opinion eating it straight up is the best way – though I will definitely be trying the frozen banana combo in the future (haven’t yet ’cause my processor broke and the frozen banana wrecks havoc on my poor blender.)
I know I’m catching up to your posts a bit late and that you’ve already figured out the calorie dilemma but I’ll put my 2 cents in anyway
This is your blog and you personally don’t count calories so I just really don’t see any reason in making yourself calculate up the calories in your recipes – it’s kind of like putting up recipes with meat even though you’re a vegan but some people that read your blog aren’t. I count calories myself and when I made your recipes I tallied out the calories for myself – no biggie.
I just made the frozen version of this last night. I had to add some unsweetened soya milk to get it to whip up all light and creamy, but it was SO GOOD!! And so healthy too. Fantastic. Thanks for the great recipe!
Katie, I just made this with almond butter (although I used more banana than you did in mine in order to make a larger quantity) – and it is FABULOUS!! I just tweeted about what a genius you are, haha.
Question though – I assume this has to get stored in the fridge, how long do you think this lasts before it starts to mold/spoil?
You should go down in the Food Bloggers Brilliant Recipe Inventions hall of fame for this alongside Gena for banana soft serve and Angela for Green Monsters! It’s THAT GOOD!!
Sometimes, I figure out the calories of what I’m baking, because I like seeing how I can play to up the protein/fiber of a recipe and whatnot… And so on those I’ve put up calories, because I might as well share what I did, because it’s there… But if you aren’t keeping track of the calories yourself it’d be silly to go to the work of putting them up!
I’m hoping this is the banana butter post you are talking about in your giveaway post…
I dream of the Cinnamon-Raisin PB&Co peanut butter, but without the raisins. The consistency and cinnamon-y-ness is perfection to me. I love all things coconut, but I haven’t tried any of the Artisana butters so I can’t be positive that I’d love them
Hi Katie,
Creamy-dreaminess can’t get any further than cashew butter! It’s my hands-down favourite nut butter (no, I still haven’t stop raving about it …).
The Artisana nut butters sound interesting, too.
Everything you post about is (or at least looks) delicious, CCV!!! Thanks for the opportunity to try this delicious concoction!
-Jessica
My favorite nut butter right now is the cinnamon raisin pb from Pb& Co, but there are still tons of flavors I want to try
including the Artisana flavors! any nut butter will be a friend to me.
I hope this is the post for the giveaway! I would love to try some banana butter with CHOCOLATE! I think that would be heavenly!
my favorite flavor of pb?? i’m going to be boring and go with no sugar added, all natural, plain. I don’t like people messing with my pb! (unless its me, adding a banana
)
I get so much inspiration from your blog, thank you once again! I was dying to try the Artisana nut butters so here goes my entry ;]
-One of my absolute favorite nut butters at the moment is the Organic Almond butter with flax seed oil by Once Again. Its super pricey but the toasty, rich flavor that it delivers is superior to the one of Maranatha’s (which is pretty awesome too!).
My new-found favorite is Mighty Maple from PB&Co. OMG delicious!
favorite nut butter? Almond! Favorite flavor? Chocolate!
great giveaway!!!
Glad to hear you had such a good birthday!
My favourite flavour of nut butter is definitely the aforementioned nutty-nanna goo (similar to your Better than Peanut Butter, with a touch of cinnamon), but some other favourites are almond butter and cashew butter. Mmmm….
This is my first comment in a long time… but I have been reading, just quietly! I love both smooth and crunchy peanut butter (especially the PB&Co versions!). Cashew nut butter is also wonderful!
I haven’t been lucky enough to find any ‘different’ flavours of peanut butter over here in the UK. All the shops here stock seem to just be plain nut butters. I’d love to try the maple and chocolate versions of PB&Co (I know I can easily get the flavours my spreading maple syrup/vegan chocolate spread over the peanut butter, but it’s just not quite the same as getting it all from one jar, is it? Haha).
Coconut and chocolate sounds divine. I’d love to try a macadamia and cranberry combination in spread form. Cashew nut and cinnamon might go together nicely as well. Mmm…
great giveaway, hope i win!!
my dream flavor would be chocolate chip cookie dough peanut butter!!
glad you had a wonderful birthday
My favorite flavored nut butter has to be maple almond butter…but white chocolate PB is a close second. Thanks for doing the giveaway Katie. And Happy Birthday!!!
Maple peanut butter or toffee almond butter sound amaaaaaazing to me. Chocolate coconut sounds like a dream!
This is my mundane (compared to some of the others) response to my favorite nut butter. I LOVE almond butter. I have no idea why; I don’t particularly love almonds. But there’s just something about the butter form that is delicious to me.
i love dark chocolate peanut butter on….everything.
What an awesome giveaway! My dream nut butter would be chocolate and butterscotch!
I favorite nutbutter is peanut butter – but a DREAM nut butter? I’d say peanut butter/COCONUT/chocolate butter. O.M.G.
My current favorite nut butter is PB&Co’s white chocolate PB. My dream kind would be rocky road PB!
I love nut butters but I think my favorite is still peanut butter. The only flavored nut butter I’ve tried is dark chocolate and white chocolate. I loved the dark chocolate. I suppose I should try a few more flavors and might find a new love!
mmm anything with honey and cinnamon!
fav flavor has to be a mocha or a plain and crunchy plain almond butter!! happy belated bday sweetie!
xoxo
lo
a peanut butter with chocolate chips and pretzels. yea, that sounds about perfect
Bwaaah !!!!
Anyone throw a pity party for me ?
No-one ?
What if I tell you, I have never EVER had any kind of nut butter yet ?
Okay, I have had peanut butter, I will confess, but only the plain ole sugared and salted storebought kind (with the occasional banana or jelly -outrageous and adventurous, aye ?-) and I have like 3 glasses of tahini in my cupboard (because a part of me is lusting for trying hummus, FINALLY!!!- only to surrender to the chickenish 7 other parts of me….)… tahini is a nut butter, right ?
Not that I have tried it.
So, – I am almost a nutbutter virgin *boohoo*
But I do love nuts so, – my favourite nuts are cashews (though they are no nuts, just like the peanut), macadamia, pistachios and almonds (would they be nuts? ), hazelnuts, brazil (though they make me feel dizzy and I am not too sure they are real nuts) and strawberries (ha, after all THEY are nuts
).
Heck, doesn’t look too good for me.
Must go and find nut butter… and finally the heart to try some….
As much as I love crazy nut butters like PB&Co, my favorite is really TJ’s organic creamy salted. It’s just that classic PB taste!
I just discovered the Blue Diamond brand of almond butter and all they put in it is almonds & salt — so delicious! especially right out of the jar… and blended with bananas—mmmmm! so yummy!
and my birthday is the 10th this week! so I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win!
yum – haven’t tried these before – would love to win!
Nut butters can’t be beat! I’ve always loved walnuts so I would love to get my hands on a walnut butter!
Favorite nut butter? Anything with Macadamias!
I would LOVE to win some Artisana nut butters so that I can finally get to try this delicious looking stuff. I have not had the opportunity to try many nut butters, but if I had to choose a favorite, I would have to say it’s White Chocolate Wonderful from PB&CO. I hardly ever buy it though since I can’t keep myself from eating most of the jar with a spoon. It’s that good!
Anything with coconut is heavenly! Or ALMOND butter, spread on an apple has to be one of the best snacks.
I’ve actually made the banana butter with almond butter and HOLY YUM! Genius!
I have never tried the artisana nut butters but they have always intrigued me, im really excited for this giveaway!
My favorite nut butter would have to be peanut butter. plain and simple but it literally goes with everythinggg
I’ve never seen the Artisana brand where I live – I’d love to give them a try – your banana butter idea is brilliant!
I’d love to try any of these flavors, as I haven’t been able to find this brand in my area!! Right now I love my Almond butter, but would love to try something new as I love nuts in general =)
Oops! Forgot to put my new blog address in, as it’s changed!!
I like PB & Co’s Dark Chocolate Dreams. And of course there’s always classic all natural peanut butter! I made your banana butter by the way- and loved it!
Is that pic from your bday bash!???? So cute i hope u got great stuff and spent it with lovely people
My fave nut butters are TJ’s roasted AB or PB, the perfect combo of taste and value ;D
my current favorite nut butter is raw or roasted almond butter. i cant seem to get enought of it!
in cereal
on apples
carrots
broccoli even!!!
i want to try a chocolate-coconut nut butter.. i think that would be fab!!
I once tried a rum-cashew nut butter.
amazing.
I`ve never tried any of that brand of nut butter, I`m stuck on my Jiffy Peanut Butter and my almond butter. But I would love anything that was chocolate + peanut butter. Reese’s are my absolute favorite candy, and that combination is insanely good.
My favorite nut butter is the roasted almond butter you get a whole foods. I put it on everything. YUM!
Almond Butter! Woot!
What an awesome giveaway!!! My favorite nut butter is cinnamon raisin peanut butter…but i have been dying to try the Artisana brand!!! All of their nut butters sound amazing!!!!
The Artisana Goji Bliss has got to be the most amazing nut butter I have ever tasted! I was lucky enough to sample all the flavors at the SF Green Festival last year. OOhh I do hope that they come again this year! As for a dream flavor… I’d love to try some sort of raw nut butter that incorporates persimmons, just because they are my favorite fruit.
I love maple peanut butter or almond butter! Mmmmm
oh bloody helll this stuff is TOO good and TOO addicting! i just love it.
my favorite nut butter flav is definitely Mighty Maple from PB&CO. I am going through major withdrawal right now because I just ran out of my beloved PB.
I have been dying to try the ARtisan’s brand, but can’t find it at any of the health food stores and the only one that is sold is the coconut one at a raw cafe an hour away blah.
My dream nut butter would be an almond butter flavored- chocolate vanilla swirl!
ilove dark chocolate dreams by pb&co OR maranatha’s dark chocolate almond spread. deeeeeeelish!
happy (belated?) birthday!!!!
i think i really reallly reallllly need to try this goodness! im a recent almond butter lover (nuts used to make me a bit squeamish but nutbutters are helping me overcome the fear). hope you had an amazing birthday! i wanna know what you got – there were so many presents!!!! hopefulyl fun cooking tools and stuff
I am in love with any nut butter that has cinnamon in it! I can’t get enough that spicy creamy taste
Thank you for doing this giveaway, all of the Artisana flavors look DELICIOUS!!! My ‘everyday’ nut butter is Naturally More. I would love to try a macadamia nut butter.
Almond Butter is my favorite…
Vanilla Almond Butter is very yummy too…
My favorite has to be plain old crunchy with the only ingredients being peanuts. While the fancy chocolate, raisin, and maple kinds do wonders for my oatmeal, I really do truly love the original the most.
Honey almond butter. Just delightful.
Hope your birthday was splendid, girl! Your blog always is
How sweet of you to host a giveaway for your birthday! Right now I am really enjoying white chocolate peanut butter, especially with cold sliced apples!
I love cashew butter, especially whipped together with bananas. I have not yet had the pleasure of trying macadamia or hazelnut butters. And of course, PB & Co have awesome flavors as well!
I love chocolate and hazelnut together. But those paired with bananas would be sooo good! Thats the nut butter combo i would choose!
My favorite nut butter would have to be Cinnamon rasin swirl….Oh so good. Keep up the awesome posts Katie!!! HAppy Birthday again!
Hmm… The perfect nut butter would be a chocolate almond butter for me! Its one of my favorite combos ever.
Although the banana butter looks darn good!
(And a belated happy birthday! Mine was on Saturday. Here’s to a good year *raises non-existent glass*)
I havent had the opportunity to try any kind of flavored pb, Id love something like cinnamon bun or dark chocolate would be yummy !
Good giveaway ! 
i am officially obsessed with PB & Co’s dark chocolate dreams (thanks to this blog!). good old almond butter is a nice standby, too.
My favorite nut butter is coconut butter
Oh so creamy, melty, and yummy on toast!
At the moment I’m in love with chocolate chip PB, but if they created a triple chocolate chip peanut butter, I would be in heaven!
it looked like you got so many gifts! You’ll have to tell us what you got :p
I love honey almond butter! I’m glad you had a great birthday and I am so jealous of your box of nut butters!
Oohhh any kind of chocolate peanut butter is awesome! I love nut butters so much!
I like good old chocolate peanut butter!
I loves me some maple vanilla almond butter!
I love the chocolate/peanut butter combo…so that would be my favorite!
To be honest, even just plain old almond or peanut butter is good enough to make me sigh contentedly, but my more recent encounters with Dark Chocolate Dreams were pretty memorable.
FAAAAAAABULOUS giveaway! I hope your birthday was awesome!
I love almost all nut and seed butters. Almond, peanut, coconut chocolate! and recently sunflower seed butter.
My dream flavor might have to be macadamia coconut pumpkin spread/butter with hints of pumpkin pie spices.
That is one I’ll probably have to concoct myself… somehow I don’t see it appearing in a health food store near me.
I’ve recently fallen for cashew butter. My oh my!
I used to absolutely love Nutella before I was vegan. Since then, my favorite nut butter so far has been Naturally Nutty’s vanilla almond butter…WOW is it amazing! Please enter me in the Artisana give-away; I’d love to try their spreads!
A. I love nut butters! ( I think white chocolate wonderful would be my favorite peanut butter, but out of all the nut butters, almond and walnut are tied for taste and texture. Add cinnamon to any of these, and I’m hooked like Captain.)
B. I love to dream &
3. Use my imagination so…
2+2. I’m bored out of my mind and feel inspired to dream up flavors (Sorry if this is too nonsensical!)
In a nut galaxy far far away, in a place not too distant from your home, the Peanut race suddenly encountered a deliciously diabolical threat to its very existence. This threat surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the most seemingly interesting, and unlikely of places…the kitchen. Until recent events, the Peanut population was thought to rule the world. From restaurant entrees, to candy bars, and perfumes, Peanuts were powerful. With explosive creativity though, Sir Sparkling Almond, chief chef to Her Majesty Princess Pecan concocted the most delicious array of nut butters imaginable and thus established new harmony in the nut galaxy. Here are some of his latest creations…
Pristine Pistachio Butter
Apple Cinnamon Soy Nut Butter
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Almond Butter
Crunchy Coconut Cashew Butter
Toasted Vanilla Almond Macadamia Nut Butter
Seriously Cinnamon Walnut Butter
Sweet Honey Pistachio Butter
Coco Hazelnut Butter
Lovely Lavender Almond Butter
Creamy Cranberry Cashew Butter
Then End!
-H.B.
P.S. Happy Birthday to you
* May all your dreams come true *
I love the Better n’ Peanut butter that I recently bought at Trader Joe’s (Don’t tell Whole Foods Boy!). I like that it’s the great peanut butter taste, but I don’t have to feel guilty eating it out of the jar like a little piggie b/c it’s so low in fat and calories.
I also LOOOOOOOOOOVE nutella. It’s the best thing in the world, but I don’t partake very often.
i love pb&co’s cinnamon raisin swirl…but i’ll also vouch for freshly ground, natural peanut butter! yum!
You’re so lucky to have so much flavours ! I would love to try the one with pecan. Oh ! My God ! I would die for two slices of bread with in between chocolate-pecan butter and cherry jam !!!!
My current nut buttah fave is TJs sunflower seed butter, in fact I just blogged about it 5 mins ago. And yesterday, and the day before that….
I would love to try chocolate infused nut butters, I have some Choco PB2 on order but like a choco-cashew butter would be divine. I want to try ALL of the Artisana flavors!
I have yet to try vanilla almond butter, but it sounds delicious! Chocolate almond butter would be great too!
Cashew butter, hands down!
Then almond butter.
Then peanut
my favorite would be
raw almond butter! YUM
i also looooove adding vanilla extract into my own homemade almond butter. it’s so good!!!
I love nut butter, period! I think I’m a nut butter addict, but i’m okay with that
Lately though, i’ve been missing PB and Co, especially their Dark Chocolate Dreams… mmmm. I wish they would go on sale every now and again 
All of the Artisana flavors sound delicious to me!
My dream nut butter flavour would have to be chocolate coffee cashew nut butter…sounds weird but I think the combination of rich, dark chocolate, bitter coffee and the subtly sweet smoothness of cashews would be just divine.
In reality, I would love to try both Mighty Maple and Cinnamon Raisin Swirl PB & Co flavours.
I’m not sure if the giveaway is open to UK residents (of which I am one, unfortunately!) so if not then just enjoy the bizarre quality of my nut butter tastes / suggestion ; )
ooh, my fav nut butter is almond, although i usually don’t descriminate
and you must have known how much i want to try that artisana cacao bliss!!! hope you had a great bday!
wow, how many comments already. My fave nut butter is homemade nutella
My dream nut butter would be Vanilla Macadamia Nut Butter. It would be so creamy and decadent!
My favorite nut butter right now is peanut butter. Unfortunately I’ve never had the opportunity to try any other nut butter or any of the cool flavors.
yay giveaway! i usually use barney butter, but my FAVORITE is pecan butter! YUM!
What makes me feel like a Princess?
Well, I have very long hair, well past my hips, and really to my tail-bone. Its one of a very few things I like about the way I look. I love standing somewhere windy and taking my hair down and letting the air stir it up and away from my face. It makes me feel like a fairytale princess. Its like the earth is lifting my hair away from my face, and kissing me gently on the forehead, telling me its okay to be me.
Happy bday baby!:) I’ve been making raw crunchy almond butter lately with vanilla and cinnamon-sooo good! I soooo want those baby jars of love:)
Honey almond butter!
walnut butter is my favorite nut butter but truly I love them all.
okay….my fav is artisana cashew butter. It’s like licking frosting out of the betty crocker tub when I was a kid. BUT the dream would be a blend of peanut-cashew-chocolate butter. mmmmm
I would have to say it is Peanut butter with Honey!!! yum! yum! yum!
Does pecan butter exist? I’ve never seen or eaten any but I love pecans.
Pecans with chocolate *drool*
That would be my ideal. That said I love peanut butter and honey together
People have mentioned so many awesome combos! I’m getting hungry just reading them!
Thanks so much for the opportunity!! This would be a great birthday present for me..mines tomorrow the 9th. I’ve really wanted to try the walnut and pecan butter.
I would love to win this!!!
I love almond butter or dark chocolate dreams PB! YUM!!
Kim
Thanks!
I would love macadamian nut butter, macadamian nuts are my favorite so I assume I will love it in nut butter form
I’m so glad to here that you had a GREAT b-day!
My dream flavor of nut butter would be hazelnut butter (which I know exists, but I’ve never tried it), but I do love me some cashew butter!
How about turtle butter? Pecans, chocolate and caramel… YUM!
My ideal nut butter would be macadamia nut with chocolate!
My favorite flavor of nut butter is peanut butter. Yum!! I love the salty goodness. I think a good imaginary flavor would be….um…..cinnamon peanut butter pumpkin. That would be so good!
My favorite would be anything with chocolate in it
Happy birthday, Katie!
I love maple almond butter
Great give away!!
I LOVE Peanut Butter & Company’s Dark Chocolate Dreams, so I’ll have to say my favorite nut butter combo is peanut butter and chocolate…yum! I love their white chocolate peanut butter, too, though – so it could be a close contest…!
Hope you’ve had a wonderful birthday – from your pictures it looks like you’ve had a fun day! Best wishes for a wonderful year ahead!
I love raw nut butters! Just plain ground nuts in all their glory.
Happy Birthday!
my favorite nut butter or dream nut butter would definably be a cashew butter with cherry and coconut
love coconut and cashews together so good, and cherries and cashews are a perfect match in my opinion! i could go on and on about nut butter lol, i think lara bar should come out with a nut butter line, like a cashew cookie butter with like pieces of dates in it, how good would that be! 
lots of love xo
Eliza
I like peanut butter, almond butter, pecan butter, and walnut butter. It’s hard to chose one as a favorite! Thanks for having such a generous giveaway, Katie!
What a drool-worthy giveaway!!!
I would love to try a cookie dough type PB someday
Hi Katie, happy birthday (a little late) ! My favorite nut butter is cashew butter… so creamy and smooth and rich.
My favorite nut butter is cashew butter. Mmmm. I think there should be a nut butter with raisins and cinnamon in it; that would be lovely
I love all nut butters, but I think my favorite is cashew butter. With chocolate added, perfection!
Just plain old chocolate and peanut butter…. mmmm… that would be my all time fave combo! Thanks for the giveaway gorgeous!
i’ve always wanted to try P.B. Loco’s peanut butter with chocolate chip cookie dough but i’m vegan and it’s not. So I would love if I could find (or make!) a vegan version!
Anything that includes chocolate because chocolate and PB is my all time favorite combo!!
here to enter the contest: i have been craving a white chocolate & cherry almond butter. do the make that?
giveaway entry alert!
i love almond butter. or anything with chocolate in it. basically any nut butter. hehee
My favorite flavor of nut butter has to be bee’s knees by PB & C. AMAZING!
<3 jess
Macadamia nut butter is Bomb. Creamy raw almond butter is wonderful as well, I don’t think there is a nut butter in existance that I would not be head over heels for. But I must say that though this post is called “Better than Peanut Butter?” I believe my ultimate fav is crunchy peanut butter
My favorite nut butter is white chocolate wonderful by PB & Co! So creamy.
I’m kind of in lurve with Justin’s Cinnamon Peanut Butter. You have not lived until you have eaten a bowl of oats with Cinnamon Peanut Butter and banana…. or a Cinnamon Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich…. or Cinnamon Peanut Butter and Banana Bread…. You get the point.
I’m new to this magical world of delicous sounding nut butters — only regular almond butter and nutella (does that even count?) so far, but me-oh-my chocolately coconuty almond butter sounds delicious. This probably exists already. Must google. New to your blog as well — You make a vegan diet look not only do-able, but delicious!
my favorite nut butter out is the pb loco’s flavor of peanut butter and banana! reminds me of your recipe
but my dreammm flavor would be a nut butter flavored with my 3 faves – chocolate, banana, and coconut..all together. wouldnt that be amaaazing??
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