Homemade Creamy Peanut Butter Spread recipe

Three simple ingredients, that’s it! That’s the magic. My kids love this homemade peanut butter spread on anything with surface area! Fresh fruit, snacks with salty flavors, chances are it will taste good with Peanut Butter Honey Spread!

Why you can’t live without Peanut Butter Honey Spread!

This peanut butter recipe was a staple in my home growing up.  My Mom would mix it up and we would eat it on anything and everything that we could spread it on or dip it in.  Sometimes I would just eat it by the spoonful! But seriously, the best part is that it’s a wholesome, all natural alternative to many of the other spreads out there, and chances are you have the three ingredients needed right under your nose!

Gather these ingredients:

How to make Peanut Butter Honey Spread

1. Allow butter to come to room temperature.
2. Add butter, peanut butter, and honey to a mixing bowl
3. Using a spatula mix ingredients together until completely incorporated and smooth. No food processor or hand mixer required!

Tips, Storage and FAQs

• Honey Peanut Butter Spread comes together best if all your ingredients are room temperature.
• If I double or triple the recipe I will use my hand mixer or stand mixer. This insures that your spread is incorporated well and super smooth. However, a bowl a spatula, and some elbow grease are really all you need. Simple and easy!
• Choice of Peanut Butter: Peter Pan, Jif, all natural peanut butter, creamy or nutty peanut butter, if you make your own peanut butter; they will all work in this recipe. Other nut butters work as well, almond butter would be my second choice.
• Can I use Maple Syrup as a substitute for honey? Yes you can! Just swap it out same amount. And add this to your goto healthy recipes list!
• Storage: Honestly, your family might devour this natural creamy peanut butter spread in one sitting! If not, you will want to store your peanut butter dip in a glass jar, airtight jar or airtight container of some sort.
• Store in refrigerator for up to one month. (I promise it will never last that long!)

Serving Suggestions:

• You can serve this peanut butter dip as an after school snack: place in a small bowl surrounded by pretzels, apple slices, bananas, and grapes on a baking tray. I love to use baking sheets as serving trays. Place parchment under your food and you might not even need wash it! You are welcome!
• Pretzels or graham crackers are addicting dipped in Peanut Butter Honey Spread.
• Spread on a whole wheat bagel and top with banana slices.
• Toast, waffles, english muffins, homemade biscuits, are all perfect laden with this spread. It will become you new favorite breakfast condiment!
• New healthy lunch ideas: make your own cracker sandwiches by spreading peanut butter honey spread between ritz crackers and adding them to your kids lunches! You will get the best mom vote for sure!
• Please feel free to make this recipe your own. Add more or less honey. Ramp up the butter. Even add a little bit of cinnamon if you like!

Peanut Butter Honey Spread is one of my comfort foods. It’s not fancy but I wanted to share it with you.

I hope you enjoy!

Sheila