I prefer a pb and honey sandwich if I must have a cold sandwich with pb on it. (grilled cheese is much preferred.)
My husband loves pb & j. He has no preference when it comes to crunchy v. smooth but he usually chooses grape jelly. He even keeps pb, bread, and jelly at work for lunches. I sent him with some newly made spiced peach jam today to change things up a little bit. He was quite happy.
I feel ya. For some reason, all jellies are too sweet for me now. But I can occasionally get syrup or honey down to just the right level.
But, usually, I just stick with sweetened peanut butter by itself, or (very occasionally) with butter (but only on toast).
The one thing I hate about peanut butter is that, no matter how careful I am, I always wind up smelling or tasting it for the rest of the day. And while that’s not always horrible (and no one else seems to be able to smell it), it does get old.
Natural PB with Seville orange marmalade or some other citrus (e.g. lime marmalade, lemon curd) on one slice, and PB with some other jam/preserves on the other. Certainly not jelly!
I’ve got some quince jam right now, and might go for raspberry for the next one. I find that ethnic stores often have preserves that don’t show up in your typical supermarket, and good prices too.
Natural PB, which is less smooth than the commercial brands, with pepper jelly that I make myself - white bread. Second place is PB and sour cherry jam. I tried making a combined sour cherry/pepper jam but the results weren’t as great as I had hoped. Still makes a good sandwich though.
There are 5 kinds of “jellies” in my fridge at the moment - orange marmalade, blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, and classic grape. The best thing, to me, about the PB&J is the ability to change it up.
I have smooth peanut butter at the moment, but I may go crunchy next time. I don’t care for extra crunchy though as it tends to shread the bread.
I answered “other.”
ETA: Bread is usually a multi-grain, soemtimes lightly toasted.