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Let me fill you in on a little fun fact about me: I’m a huge peanut butter lover. In fact, after I typed that sentence, I may or may not have flung my pantry cabinet open and devoured a delicious spoonful of creamy peanut butter. Mmmm.
Peanut butter definitely puts me in my happy place. Peanut butter cups, peanut butter pie, peanut butter fudge… mm mm mm have mercy! I love it all. This love may possibly stem from the fact that I was born just 30 miles west of “The Peanut Capital of the World”, Dothan AL. (Fun fact: Dothan is home to approximately 1/4 of the USA’s peanut crop production. Crazy!) OR it could come from the fact that my grandfather was a peanut farmer for many years. I guess you could say peanuts run in my blood! Nevertheless, my love for the stuff is strong and true, and I always have a jar on hand in the pantry (and a spoon near by for snacking!) 😉
Recently the wonderful people at Pic’s Peanut Butter sent me a jar of their smooth peanut butter to try out. Never heard of Pic’s? Neither had I. But now that I know about it, I must it share with y’all!
Pic’s Peanut Butter comes to us all the way from Nelson, New Zealand. Production of this delicious peanuty smear started almost 10 years ago when the creator noticed “added sugar” started appearing on the labels of other brands of peanut butter. This was something that was mostly unheard of in New Zealand until around 2005. I found that REALLY interesting! Growing up in the United States, all I’ve ever known is sugary peanut butter. When I received a jar of Pic’s Peanut Butter, I gave it a good stir and dug right in, not even looking at the label. I was surprised at first to find that it did not taste like the peanut butter I’ve always known. That’s when I turned the jar over and found this:…
