65 Ways to Use Peanut Butter (And They Aren’t All for Eating!)

I don’t know about you, but I absolutely LOVE peanut butter. I could eat it almost every single day. I like it crunchy, smooth, all-natural, you name it, and I’ll probably eat it. Not only that, but peanut butter makes for a great item in your pantry that lasts for years. If you don’t eat it first, that is.

That being said, I thought I would go over some of my favorite uses for peanut butter.

Ways to eat peanut butter

1. Apple slices dipped in peanut butter
2. PB and jam roll-ups
3. PB and banana roll-ups
4. PB and honey roll-ups
5. PB and brown sugar roll-ups
6. Simple peanut butter stir-fry (this was actually my favorite way to eat Chinese food as a kid. When it’s time to add your sauce to your stir fry, try using 2 tbsp. soya sauce, 2 tbsp. peanut butter, a pinch of ginger and garlic, and a little something sweet, such as 1 tbsp. of brown sugar. )
7. Peanut butter-banana smoothie
8. PB strawberry smoothie (this one tastes like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich)
9. PB and honey sandwich
10. PB and jam sandwich
11. PB and banana sandwich
12. A plain PB sandwich
13. PB and crackers
14. PB by the spoon full
15.  A spoon of PB with a few chocolate chips
16. PB cookies
17. Vegan peanut butter-banana ice cream (blend one frozen banana and 1 tbsp. of peanut butter, and you’ve got a bowl ready to go!)
18. Easy peanut butter protein balls
19. PB s’mores
20. PB frosting (just switch half or all of the butter you use in your frosting recipe for peanut butter)
21. Add a scoop of PB to your oatmeal
22. PB burgers (I kid you not, it’s actually a thing, they’re called ‘sticky burgers,’ and they’re delicious)
23. PB and celery (pop some raisins on top, and you’ll have ants on a log)
24. Chocolate PB pie
25. PB brownies
26. PB hummus
27. A drizzle on ice cream
28. PB on pancakes, crepes, or waffles
29. PB satay
30. Pumpkin PB soup
31. PB smoothie bowl
32. PB and bacon
33. PB on toast (or a bagle, or an English muffin)
34. Grilled PB (basically the same as a grilled cheese, just peanut butter inside)
35. PB on a slice of banana bread
36. PB on a brownie
37. PB on a cookie
38. PB on an Oreo (this is one of my favorites)
39. PB and graham crackers
40.  PB and marshmallow sandwich
41. Crockpot Thai peanut chicken
42. African peanut stew
43. Make a homemade PB salad dressing
44. Dessert pizza with PB as the sauce
45. Drizzle PB over popcorn
46. Homemade PB cups
47. Mix PB and yogurt for a tasty fruit dip.
48. PB chili
49. PB fudge
50. PB and banana fruit leather
51. Put a little PB at the bottom of your ice cream cone to prevent any ice cream from leaking out.
52. PB wings

Peanut butter in other ways

While there are literally thousands of ways to eat peanut butter, here are a few other uses PB has.

1. Make homemade bird feeders – roll a pine cone in PB, and then roll it in birdseed.
2. Put it on mouse traps.
3. Use it as a gum remover – surprisingly, PB is really good at removing gum, be it from hair, clothes, furniture, carpets. It does it all. Coat the area in peanut butter, let it sit for a couple of minutes, and when you come back, the gum will come out no problem!
4. Give the mostly empty and scraped clean jar of PB to your dog for a treat they’ll love and will keep them entertained for a while (make sure you don’t give them glass jars, though!).
5.  Give your dog medicine on a spoonful of PB.
6. While it doesn’t sound very appealing, you can actually use a thin layer of PB to replace shaving cream in a pinch.
7. Sticker remover – it’s like a cheaper version of Goo-Be-Gone.
8. Use PB to clean leather (I haven’t tried this one, so maybe you’ve tried it? let me know!)
9. It can be used to clean up dried glue.
10. Fix scratches on old CDs, DVDs, and video games.
11. Fry up a small spoon for a minute or two to get rid of odor from cooking fish.
12. Use it for ant and roach traps.
13. Lessen scratches on wooden furniture. While PB won’t completely remove the scratch, coating the scratched area in PB, leaving it for about an hour, and then wiping it clean will actually lessen the visibility of the scratch.

How do you use peanut butter?

I don’t know about you, but a few of these uses actually surprised me.  I’m definitely going to start stocking up more on my favorite nutty butter. Do you use PB  in a different way? Let us know in the comments.

About Chloe Morgan

Chloe Morgan grew up living with a tight budget. In her late teens and early 20’s all the lessons she’d learned started to slip, like it does for many college age students on their own for the first time, and with their first credit card. As she’s gotten older, she’s started to deal with the repercussions and has taken on a frugal way of living, keeping her costs low, as she pays off debt and saves for her future. Chloe lives in Northern Ontario, Canada, with her cute dog, Rhea.