Peanut Butter

I llllooovvveee peanut butter, and will eat it by the spoonful if given the chance, but i don't love the calories. anyone found anything super peanut buttery to help this? any suggestions to quell the craving? any substitutes or lower calorie versions that are actually good?

I too like peanut butter very much.  If I happen to be craving it or something sweet and have the caloric budget to use, I will usually have a PB sandwich using whole wheat bread with a couple tablespoons of PB and 8oz of milk to wash it down. 

If I do not have the caloric budget, I will reach for the Nature Valley Peanut Butter oat health bar.  Each bar is only 100 calories and of course there are two in a pouch.  Good PB flavor and pretty satisfying too.

I like better n butter. Beware if you are truly a PB buff this may taste super "fake" to you. I thought so at first but grew to like it. It's not bad but just taste different plus the consistency is a tad bit sticky like. But it has 100 calories for 2 tbps and only 2 grams of fat, so I'll sacrifice some taste to calm my PB obsession lol

I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER TOO!!  I swear it has crack in it!  They have some called PB2...which is a powder and you add water.  I have yet to try it because you have to order 4 minimum!!  I plan on ordering it though...they even have chocolate peanut butter now.  Good luck!

Have you ever tried the peanut butter puffins?

They're too good! A bowl of this plus some soy milk is heaven!

PB2 is amazzzzing!!!....they even have a chocolate PB2 (only about 50 calories for 2 tbsp) and im telling you my life would not be complete without it..:)

I am on Weight Watchers and people sware by the PB2.  But you have to buy it online and in bulk... or a health food store.

Look for Bella plantation or something like that.

I love it too - but it's hard for me to have just a little...so I have the South Beach 100 calorie peanut butter bar.   Answers my craving and is just the right size, and just enough calories!

Original Post by danielle854:

Have you ever tried the peanut butter puffins?

They're too good! A bowl of this plus some soy milk is heaven!

 

Yes, Barbara's Peanut Butter Puffins are amazing. I definitely second this. A 30g serving has 110 calories, 2g of fat, 2g of fiber, 6g of sugar, and 3g of protein. They make a great breakfast, snack, and addition to a trail mix. Very good with some light vanilla soymilk. You could also try a little peanut butter flavored protein powder, or Naturally More peanut butter. 

I too love peanut butter, so much in fact that I am scrificing it for Lent. So difficult to do!! I seriously think that I am addicted to Peanut Butter as I will sit down with the jar and eat like half of it...then I will feel sick afterwards. I haev such a hard tome stopping though. I would even sacrifice other calories during the day so that I could gorge on Peanut butter later. All that peanut butter caught up to me, though...i gained 16 ounds since being at college. I think that a lot of it has to do with that. So a few weeks before Lent is over, I think I am going to order some of that PB2 stuff that everyone is talking about. I went on the website, it looks interesting. Does it taste exactly like peanut butter?