PB2

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  • willywonka
    willywonka Posts: 743 Member
    Well,I just tried it mixed with water to get a feel for it. I love the original one and the consistency was really close to regular peanut butter. The chocolate one has a great taste but is a little thinner when just mixed with water. I made Emily Bites Green PB banana smoothie and it was amazing!!! I will try with my oatmeal tomorrow :flowerforyou:
  • willywonka
    willywonka Posts: 743 Member
    Thank you all so much for these great ideas!!
    yay!! I"m glad to hear some good things too. For those of you that mix it with the oatmeal, how much do you put in there, a full two tablespoons and just add the regular amount of water to make the oats? thanks for all the good ideas

    Yes - just follow your regular oatmeal routine & stir in PB2 at the end ...... I like original PB2 in oatmeal sweetened with maple syrup.

    Stir PB2 into pancake batter. Really nice with whole wheat mix ..... yummy

    Mix with water and use as a dip for McIntosh apples.

    Forgot ...........good mixed into vanilla greek yogurt .... throw in some Grapenuts cereal.
  • rgugs13
    rgugs13 Posts: 197 Member
    I mix it in my protein shake, but occasionally when I have a peanut butter craving I'll mix up a little to eat straight. The peanut taste fulfills the craving, but the texture keeps me from eating half the jar like I can do with normal peanut butter! I also like it sprinkled on apple or banana slices.
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    Protein shakes and smoothies, sprinkled on fruit, mixed in with ice cream, in a vanilla flavored milk of choice with protein powder shaken in a blender bottle, blended with vanilla milk of choice, powdered vanilla bean, and a lot of ice.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Mixed in smoothies or overnight oatmeal = yum!

    As a peanutbutter just mixed with water it's pretty meh. A little oil helps the consistency.
  • Gigsluvscw
    Gigsluvscw Posts: 139 Member
    I like it best mixed with water and used like a dip for veggies or fruit.
    They say you can mix it with plain greek yogurt and it tastes like peanut butter mousse, but I don't like greek yogurt and thought it was awful that way.
    Love PB2, going to mix some up right now :love:

    My favorite way at the moment is mixing it with plain Greek yogurt. The trick is to add some type of sweetener to it to counter the sourness of the plain Greek yogurt. Try different ratios to find what you like. What I like is 3/4 cup yogurt, 3 tbs of PB2, and 2 packets of sweetener.
  • wildcatnyc
    wildcatnyc Posts: 2,410 Member
    Love it in my shakes...
  • LishLash79
    LishLash79 Posts: 562 Member
    Just got some in the mail (in canada.. hard to find) I love it so far.. I mix it in smoothies
    1 1/2 cup almond milk
    2tbsp cocoa
    1 frozen banana
    2 tbsp PB2
    13grms Chia seeds

    I also add ice to thicken ;)

    very yummy

    I tried to make a paste with it, like it says on the jar.. was GROSS... but I really bought it for smoothies ;)

    ENJOY!
  • amberlykay1014
    amberlykay1014 Posts: 608 Member
    I really like it! I mix it in with some plain greek yogurt and throw some fresh fruit on top. It's also pretty good in steel cut oats.
  • getitamb
    getitamb Posts: 2,019 Member
    Great in smoothies. But be careful not to do too much. Gave me tummy issues
  • KuroNyankoSensei
    KuroNyankoSensei Posts: 288 Member
    I've made shirataki noodle pad thai with pb2 before. http://www.pankates.com/2007/09/pb2-pad-thai.html
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    PB2 is alright, but like others have already said it's not as good as regular peanut butter or other spreads. I've used mine on apple slices & mixed the PB2 with Kind Granola. I've also used it on a Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwich & will probably do what others have done & use it on oatmeal or cottage cheese.
  • klinger6395
    klinger6395 Posts: 44 Member
    lol PB2 is for da squirrels .. get some butter up in there !!!
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    I really like the regular PB2. The chocolate one wasn't all that chocolatey to me. Imho it's a million times better than the Walden's Farms peanut butter.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I finally bought PB2 and meh...it is not bad at all, but I personally don't know that I will buy it again. We do not do a lot of smoothies or protein shakes, and that's about the only thing I REALLY like PB2 in. We put 4 TBSP of PB2 in the blender to make a smoothie (for two) with 2 frozen bananas, ice, 1/2 c milk and 1/4 c Greek yogurt, and it was a very good smoothie. It did give a nice peanut buttery flavor and we added no sweetener aside from the bananas.

    I got the chocolate PB2 kind and I detect ZERO chocolate flavor in it, honestly.

    I thought it was just ok mixed with a little water.

    Just now, I tried mixing it with plain, unsweetened Greek yogurt and it was not bad but not that great. I thought of trashing it, but added a packet of artificial sweetener and that helped. I usually reserve artificial sweetener for coffee only, though, and I am in no rush to start eating it at other times.

    Personally I will stick with natural peanut butter (Best Choice makes an awesome & inexpensive one that is just peanuts and salt). It is SO much cheaper and I am not using huge amounts of it.
  • JDubIsShrinking
    JDubIsShrinking Posts: 207 Member
    I love PB2! I prefer using it in shakes, or flavoring things. I really like the chocolate in Yonanas (google it).
  • Careygirl1968
    Careygirl1968 Posts: 58 Member
    Love it for protein shakes! I use it with Body by Vi Sweet cream mix, Silk almond dark chocolate milk, and the PB2 - totally a Reese shake! It's also great mixed in with vanilla greek yogurt to make a dip for apples, etc. I'm not a fan of just using it to replace peanut butter - the texture just isn't right for that - however, had a friend that mixed it with some fruit only jam, and had said it worked great for a PBJ sandwich without all the calories. Had another friend that mixed just the powder with greek yogurt, and used that to replace the peanut butter in a cookie recipe -and said it was better than using regular peanut butter. Haven't tried either of those personally tho.
  • crevices
    crevices Posts: 226 Member
    i use pb2 the same way i use regular peanut butter. on toast, by itself, on fruit, etc. my only problem is that its not sweet enough (lol) so i add half a packet of sweetener just to satisfy my tastes. i absolutely love it though
  • pbsue
    pbsue Posts: 12
    I like it sprinkled on cheerios. Add bananas or raisins.

    Probably good on many cereals.
  • gramacanada
    gramacanada Posts: 557 Member
    rather have sawdust mixed with cat litter
    ....
    me too. I've tried it by the directions. then with less water.
    it just sogs through toast. Eeww to putting it in oatmeal or shakes.

    Might just mix it with suet and seeds and put it in the bird-feeder!
  • Ideabaker
    Ideabaker Posts: 528 Member
    Have tried it, just mixed with the water as a peanut butter substitute... got tired of it (just not the same), but am thrilled to hear everyone's other uses. Will try it with oatmeal next! Thanks for a great post.
  • Rhumax67
    Rhumax67 Posts: 162 Member
    I love it. I will never buy it again--too easy to go through the jar--just as I would with regular!
  • melfitnesspal13
    melfitnesspal13 Posts: 378 Member
    It is a good substitute when you want a thick PBJ. I mix with water.
    :smile:
  • trackme
    trackme Posts: 239 Member
    I've made shirataki noodle pad thai with pb2 before. http://www.pankates.com/2007/09/pb2-pad-thai.html

    I wondered if it would be good in Sate and such,... how was it? :love:
  • sweet_blasphemy
    sweet_blasphemy Posts: 129 Member
    the first time I tried it as a spread, I thought it was vomitous but I got over it. I mainly use it protein smoothies but don't mind it as much for a spread/dip now. I've yet to experiment with recipes yet, but that shirataki pad thai looks intriguing...
  • makeupbychristine
    makeupbychristine Posts: 1
    Ill use it in some shakes/smoothies sometimes because it gives a decent peanut taste. But its aweful when you just mix it with water! haha

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