I could go broke on peanut butter; I really could. My favorite has to be PB&Co.’s Mighty Maple. If you’ve never had it, it’s love on a spoon. It has just the right amount of peanut and maple flavor, and a smooth-spreading consistency. It also has a heavy price tag at Whole Foods for something that’s mostly peanuts. After making chocolate peanut butter, making my own maple peanut butter seemed like the natural progression. It’s good; it’s not quite as good as Mighty Maple but what is? Not much. Oh, and it’s cheap and easy like a bad Valentine’s Day date. What more could you ask for?
Maple Peanut Butter
Ingredients(Makes about 1 cup):
- 3/4 cup natural peanut butter OR 6 ounces shelled peanuts
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons maple sugar(or brown sugar)
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon salt(omit if your peanut butter is salted)
If you’re starting with whole peanuts, grind them in a food processor for about 10 minutes until they make a smooth, runny peanut butter.
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and stir with a spoon. That’s it. Once it’s all come together, move it to a seal-tight jar for up to 2 weeks without refrigeration.
Like Mighty Maple, it’s smooth, semi-solid at room temperature, and has bits of sugar crystals to chew on in each bite. It didn’t taste quite as much as maple as I’d have hoped, but I bet with maple sugar that wouldn’t be a problem.
What a great idea. I’m loving all these flavored nut butter spreads you’ve been coming up with lately!
That sounds great!
i started to get all emotional just when i saw the title. this looks so freaking good.
This sounds amazing! I love that you have used coconut oil in this as well!
Mmmm…I LOVE maple flavor. Delicious in winter…and delicious in ALL months.
love that pb from pb co! this looks amazing. ive tried it with almond butter before and it was soo good!! great recipe, thanks!
I think I might have been living under a rock most of my life. I’ve only recently learned about the flavored peanut butters. Your recipe sounds wonderful!
Maple syrup tastes so good in nut butters. When I made pumpkin spice almond butter using maple syrup I LOVED it, but it was so addicting!
I am so with you when it comes to making your own flavored peanut butters. Seriously, the price tag on the stuff from the store is just way too high for me! Your maple version sounds delicious!
I love Pb & Co.’s Mighty Maple, so I must try this homemade version! Great recipe, Evan.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! I love peanut butter!! I can’t wait to try this homemade version! 😀
I’ve never had maple flavored pb, but I think I’ll spare my bank account the damage and try making yours before signing my life over to PB&CO (though I do love them dearly..)
This sounds amazing and I wonder if coconut butter would be good in it as well.
Maple peanut butter is my fave flavor of PB ever!!
You are a nut butter connoisseur, aren’t you? 😉
Maybe I’m just immature but that sounds so dirty and I can’t stop laughing.
That’s it then, you are an immature connoisseur 😀
maple syrup + peanut butter = the foundation for soooo many amazing things and recipes and directions in the kitchen 🙂
Dude, I call it the Almighty Maple… I could start a religion around that stuff. Where does one find maple sugar? I NEED IT.
You can definitely get it at Whole Foods but it’s kind of expensive. I used white sugar because I was out of brown and it was lackluster. You can also look for one of these candies and just crumble it in: http://www.puffinpines.com/images/maple_sugar_candy_lobster_leaf.jpg
Awesome, thank you! 😀
I’m developing a serious affinity for maple syrup, and I always love PB, so this is perfect!
Oooh, I made (and blogged) maple macadamia butter a month or so ago, and it was divine, but I didn’t add coconut oil and maple sugar to it! I’m definitely going to have to try this, as soon as I’ve justifed the splurge on maple syrup again 🙂
Maple PB is my absolute fave.
I would like to swim in a vat of this.
Yee-haw! Who needs the pre-made jarred stuff when you can make your own?!
I recently fell in love with maple agave…perhaps this is next??
I love it when you can find a way to save money on something you love and find it’s crazy easy to do. It’s SO rewarding! Good one, Evan!
Homemade nut butter is so good, great looking recipe!!