But in truth, some peanut butters are just fresher and better-tasting than most. We tasted 15 smooth-style peanut butters to find the most scrumptious ones you can buy, focusing on brands that can be found in supermarkets and big-box stores nationwide.
This pick is one of only two peanut butters that got a unanimous thumbs-up from every member of our tasting panel. Teddie peanut butter checks all the boxes: It has good, spreadable body, great salt content, a pleasant grainy texture, and fresh-roasted peanut flavor.
Our tasters liked how the nuttiness burst on the palate and that the consistency was somehow simultaneously loose yet thick enough to hold shape on a spoon. Its assertive salted peanut flavor complements jams and jellies, and it holds its form atop sliced bread without oozing out the sides. We found a handy tool for that very task. Texture: Grainy and loose but not drippy Ingredients: Dry-roasted peanuts, salt NYT Cooking recommends: Peanut butter cookies , peanut butter-glazed salmon and green beans , ginger chicken with sesame-peanut sauce.
Ultra smooth and creamy, this sweet PB still boasts a strong nutty flavor. It tied for first place with Teddie, winning a unanimous thumbs up from our tasters. Our panel of tasters described Skippy as candy-like but not cloying, because it has enough salt to balance the sweetness.
Texture: Supersmooth and thick Ingredients: Roasted peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil cottonseed, soybean, and rapeseed oil , salt NYT Cooking recommends: Chocolate peanut butter pie , chocolate peanut butter swirl cookies , cold noodle salad with spicy peanut sauce.
