# Which nut butter (except peanut) do you find tastiest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 23, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618 "2024-09-23T14:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/1 "2024-09-23T14:22:30Z")
For more than a decade I’ve suffered with frequent ‘digestive’ issues – mainly urgency, sometimes flat out diarrhea, occasional constipation. I put this down to the known side effects of some of the medications I take daily, and just coped. About eight weeks ago I stopped eating peanut butter (and peanuts themselves in other foods) mainly as part of restricting my calorie intake some … and it’s been just over seven weeks since I had an ‘incident.’ Hmm. Don’t have to hit me over the head with a sledge hammer, I guess. But I miss the convenience of peanut butter – always at hand for a quick pick-me-up snack or for a PB&J when there’s no leftovers or other supplies at hand. So. Time to explore the other options. Which of the various non-peanut butter spreads do you find tastiest/cheapest/most available/whatever? Help me with your experience, please! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/2 "2024-09-23T14:32:15Z")
I had chickpea butter recently - it was, I would say, the closest to peanut butter that I have tasted (I’ve tried almond, cashew, hazelnut, pistachio and probably others). ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/3 "2024-09-23T14:33:14Z")
Sunflower seed butter is great! Very similar to peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/4 "2024-09-23T14:40:32Z")
I found a great “Mixed Nut” butter at Trader Joe’s. So of course, they discontinued it. But their Sunflower butter is great. Hmmm, maybe I should stock up. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/5 "2024-09-23T14:54:36Z")
The Costco near me has a very good Mixed Nut butter. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/6 "2024-09-23T14:58:52Z")
My gf recently bought a jar of cashew butter. We were both underwhelmed. However, our African Grey Rocco LOVES it. So, as a special treat he gets 1/2 tsp of it every other day. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/7 "2024-09-23T15:01:29Z")
I’ve tried watermelon seed butter: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/zVdH0Mr.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/zVdH0Mr) I, as someone who consumes many legume, nut and seed butters, was not impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/8 "2024-09-23T15:01:42Z")
I’m a big fan of almond butter. There’s a local company, Once Again, that use to have a line of flavored almond butters. But they’ve cut this back to just maple flavored (along with unflavored). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/9 "2024-09-23T15:03:45Z")
> [@2\_More\_Bits](#): > > I’ve tried watermelon seed butter: It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a watermelon for sale that wasn’t seedless. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/10 "2024-09-23T15:27:10Z")
I’m partial to soy nut butter, but for some reason it is harder to find than it used to be. My favorite brand is Wowbutter, because they use palm oil in it so that it doesn’t separate. It apparently doesn’t take much palm oil to get this effect, and for the amount that I eat, I’m not worried about the saturated fat. Anyway, the only store I can find it at is Mollie Stones, which makes getting it a special trip, since they’re way too high end for my regular grocery shopping. There used to be other brands around, but I’m not seeing them. I’m allergic to peanut butter and tree nut butters. I have tried sunflower butter (pretty good but it separates), and also tahini, which is too thin. All of the mixed nut butters I have seen have tree nuts in them. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/11 "2024-09-23T15:28:04Z")
I like tahini but only for cooking (LOVE it for cooking!). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/12 "2024-09-23T16:33:53Z")
Huge fan of almond butter. We got some for my sister because she’s allergic to peanuts, and it was so hard not to eat it up for her. I had to start getting my own. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/13 "2024-09-23T16:45:17Z")
I am a fan of macadamia nut butter, but I can’t afford it. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/14 "2024-09-23T18:10:27Z")
Roasted almond butter is nummy, but it is pricier than peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/15 "2024-09-23T18:21:20Z")
Almond butter is delicious. Almost too delicious for me to have in the house. The consistency is a bit liquid-y for my preferences. What I’ll do is get the natural almond butter and pour off some of the oil which floats to the top. Then it’s a little thicker and more like peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/16 "2024-09-23T19:11:31Z")
I’ll just quietly hope that OP can isolate the problem to a non-peanut butter source. I’ve never been happy for the rest of the butters but love their constitute seeds, nuts and legumes. Except… > [@2\_More\_Bits](#): > > watermelon seed butter I snerked out loud, that sounds dreadful. I’ve tried commercially roasted/salted watermelon seeds (best used for wildlife) and once had an Indian curry with milk made with the them but I think there’s a reason it’s not a popular foodstuff. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/17 "2024-09-23T20:59:46Z")
I by far and away prefer cashew nuts to almonds, to eat out of hand. But:almond butter is w-a-a-a-y out in front for flavor. And don’t dump the extra oil! Chuck a single mixer beater into a variable speed hand drill and slowly lower it, turning as slowly as you can manage, into the jar. Stays mixed for a long time. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/18 "2024-09-23T22:37:28Z")
Cashew butter had the best taste, but it quickly overwhelms anything else, and it also gets “dry” feeling in the mouth. Almond butter was very nice, but oily. Pistachio butter was much like Cashew butter, but the mouth-feel was quite off. Plus, I kept wanting a crunchy-version of it. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/19 "2024-09-24T02:10:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My gf recently bought a jar of cashew butter. We were both underwhelmed. Yes. Cashews are delicious! Cashew butter should be too, right? No. Major disappointment, and pricey to boot. I haven’t tried sunflower seed butter, sounds like it might be worth a try. The only non-peanut based nut spread I could recommend is Nutella, but, somehow I don’t think that’s what you, OP, are looking for … Report back on what you do end up trying. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618/20 "2024-09-24T03:38:25Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Report back on what you do end up trying. Can’t report back already, but the clear consensus seems to be that almond and sunflower butters are the best options for me to try. I actually used to eat roasted sunflower seeds a lot, so that’s likely to be a good choice for me. I’ve never much liked almonds, but that was because whole almonds were too hard to crunch for my taste, so maybe finely ground ones will hit the spot better. Won’t do grocery shopping again until Friday though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nut-butter-except-peanut-do-you-find-tastiest/1007618.md?page=2)