Nurturing my inner... pb, no need for j

I had to wait to post this until I gave someone her birthday present about 30 minutes ago.  Didn't want to spoil the surprise by putting this all out there prematurely and having her read my blog.  (Oh the strange problems we have in these electronic, social networking times.)

Spread, the restaurant, gourmet, small batch, all natural peanut butter.  Fresh out of San Diego, CA.  I saw it on Food Network TV, Best Thing I Ever Ate show, and knew I'd eventually have to ship a few my way.

Stack 'em up! Different tastes for different
moods. (Or people.) Yum to them all!

Some of the flavors are: white chocolate pretzel (which I knew my friend would love, so I ordered that specially for her), curry, blonde peanut butter cup, chile mango, cinnamon cranberry, cantaloupe almond, white chocolate blueberry, rose salted basil, butterscotch toffee, hot chile, dark chocolate espresso and even silver and gold leaf!  (I know!  That's what I said!)

For myself, I chose Ode to Elvis: smooth peanut butter, mixed and swirled with dried bananas, organic soy bacon bits, and sweet floral honey.  That may sound a little odd, but it is yummilcious and you're gonna love it!  Bacon, banana and peanut butter together are divine.  Elvis definitely was on to something.  (Besides the crazy hip swivels that made the girls all swoon.)

Since it's natural and not jam packed with preservatives, Spread's peanut butters are thinner in viscosity than you may recall from childhood remembrances or expect from supermarket experiences.  Go in with an open mind.



A thin style peanut butter spread.


You just have to give it a quick stir to mix about all the lovely bits that may have settled to the bottom during shipping.  I really wanted to tell you that I put it on some chewy whole grain bread or a crispy cracker, but it went directly from the spoon... into my mouth.  Mmm, mfso munderfumly delmiscious.  (When said without a mouth full of decadent, irresistible peanut butter, that would be "so wonderfully delicious.")

Who needs bread? Delightful right out
of the container.

Some of the flavor combinations Spread has come up with are so outrageous, so bizarre, you would think the owners have all gone nuts (hardee har har), but they work together more than perfectly.  They are brilliantly inventive.  I like that they push the boundaries of nut butter sanity.  They have landed on a decadent version of an everyday food and there is surely something to suit each and every wild and wacky taste bud out there.