Peanut butter and Jelly. What is your Jelly?
 

I had this discussion recently with someone.
I think the only way to go is strawberry jelly but to tell you the truth I have not tried that many other flavor jellies with peanutbutter.

I hear that grape jelly may be more widely eaten with peanut butter than strawberry jelly.

Let's find out.

What is your jelly (with peanut butter of course)?

I am seting up a poll but it is possible that the other category may get too populated which may make the choices useless.

There is no choice but grape. I do not understand this "strawberry" option.

I rotate between jams. No jelly for me.

1) Homemade strawberry freezer jam, made with local strawberries
2) Strawberry rhubarb jam from the market, made with local berries
3) Homemade raspberry jam, from my family friend, made from raspberries she grows herself

Sometimes I also eat it with honey, preferably local; it helps with my allergies.

grape is for wine and ice popsicles...well actually I like anything with grape in it. Grappa ftw! And I always have strawberry jelly on hand since I do like it.

But my No.1 preference with PB is orange marmalade; second choice is apricot...e.g. Polaner All-Fruit. Sometimes I go with Rasberry.

My peanut butter preference is Jif, I always have both smooth and extra crunchy on hand. In an effort to be more health and eco friendly, I've tried some "home made" and organic varieties of PB, but I still prefer Jif. If it's not too OT, I'd like to hear opinions on "best peanut butter" to go with your choice of jelly.

i don't think i've had a pbj sammich in over 35 years but when i did, it was always made with grape jelly...

You may be interested to see the poll from 2004, crunchy or creamy? - Tilted Forum Project.
I have yet to find it, but I've been looking for Parkers Family Farms Peanut Butter (follow link for fanboy writeup).

Grape jelly on PB doesn't make sense. it's too gloppy, and falls off to easily. I prefer the President's Choice "twice the fruit/half the sugar" jams. They are more like fruit spreads, and are not overly sweet.

I have both grape jelly and strawberry jam in the 'fridge, and the jam is being used up almost weekly, while the jelly has been there since before March.

But Like Onesnowyowl, I mix up my jam flavours too: field berry mix, raspberry, strawberry, apricot and mango/peach.

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Thanks, Redlemon. I just went to that old thread and voted for crunchy, but it didn't really talk about what brand of PB is best. OTOH, thanks for the tip on the Parkers Family PB...I read that and will hunt it down and devour it asap...I'll post where I found it so you might be able to get some, too. After some minor googling, I found that some Walmart stores carry it intermittently ...not happy about that but I'll see what I can find; it used to be carried by Costo but that may also be on/off, maybe some Giant supermarkets have it. I'm on a mission...luckily since I wasn't too busy doing anything else.

I like strawberry preserves on PB.

But then there's always "Painful Rectal Itch Jelly" ... from old SNL skit:

Grape is good. Apricot is good. Apple is good. Strawberry superior-y.

I was just digging through my frig and tried some Rose's Lime Marmalade with Jif Extra Crunchy (which I don't keep in the frig)...this combo did not do it for me at this time.

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Wow! That looks like my estranged half-brother Russell. We've been looking for him...he owes us money.

I don't get this jelly thing... jelly is insipid.

Grape... even worse.

Jam is the only way to go. I prefer raspberry over strawberry but either is good for a proper Peanut Butter and Jam sandwich.

has the MC5 seen this thread yet?

if you can find these, I highly recommend trying them out


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Raspberry is the only way to go. Seriously. But it has to be jam. not jelly. Strawberry jam is good but messy!! and the others I haven't tried.

and crunchy PB only please. smooth is just wrong.

mmmm... raspberry.

GH, you are my hero. When I grow up. I want to be you.

I am, however, naming my first male child Phil.

On to the topic at hand...
Welch's Grape with Skippy Creamy on Arnold white is the classic choice. There is what PB&J means - white bread, grape jelly, 1950's replica peanut butter.

I am also a fan of Creamy Peanut Butter and Strawberry preserves on toasted wheat. (No crunchy peanut butter for me. Do I want Crunchy, I will add peanuts.)

Blackberry Jam with Nutella on whatever is just ducky too.

Hey! We get those jams here... They are pretty good.

joe would not steer you wrong........:thumbsup:

Is it Hero that makes the bitter Orange marmalade and the ginger marmalade, or is that someone else? Good stuff, regardless.

Either grape, or none... just plain peanut butter, on rye or cracked wheat if at all possible... or just peanut butter by the spoonful... creamy or crunchy, it's the perfect food.... except for eggs... hmmmm... fried eggs... scrambled eggs... poached eggs... soft-boiled eggs... egg salad... eggs in salad... egg sandwiches... omelets....................

Oh, yeah, grape, definitely grape!

Im a strawberry girl, or honey.

peanut butter and jelly omlette?

There's something just "wrong" about peanut butter and jelly from the same jar.

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don't even get me started on "Uncrustables".

Nothing is the perfect food if it doesn't involve Bacon.

I stand corrected:thumbsup:

whatever pal...........






gotta go strawberry baby

Strawberry Baby jelly? Interesting combo. How's it go with peanut butter and bacon?

For me, the ultimate sandwich is the Elvis. Peanut butter, Bananas, and bacon on thick cut white bread, fried in a stick of butter. But I digress. So far, the only sandwiches here that sound peculiar to me are PB & Apricot and PM & Orange marmalade. They just don't strike me as tastes I would put together. (Strawberry/baby could be yummy so long as they only use free range babies.)

you guys are bent..........


sickos

hoo boy.......

pot, kettle, black!!!

I love strawberry, but it has to be preserves or jam, not jelly- I despise jelly. I like mine on a hearty bread with smooth creamy peanut butter. I love creamy peanut butter, crunchy is just not right.

Hubby wants grape or blackberry jelly on his, with crunchy peanut butter on white bread-hey whatever makes my man happy.

So far my kiddos don't have a preference, they just eat whatever mommy gives them. And I try to give them lots of variety. LOL

What??!!??!

YOU are the one with the strawbaby jelly!!!

/jackthread
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"...I would..." suggests you haven't yet. I find these to be a sublime combination....and by sublime I don't mean below Rose's Lime marmalade...that one didn't work for me on a PBJ.

Please go try it and report back.

oh my.. peach/pomegranate jam is very good.

Orange marmalade is excellent.

Cut a sandwich into small squares and dip them into some chocolate sauce,
for a real treat.

I'd say something along the lines of, "And you people call yourselves Americans?" except that 1) I'm not actually white trash, I just play one on TV, and 2) Some of you don't call yourselves Americans.

Whitebread, CreamyPB, Grape Jelly. That's a PB&J. There are other execllent sandwiches involving peanut butter and various other fruit spreads, but they aren't PB&J any more than Keilbasa is a hot dog.

I once jammed my pomegranate, but don't really want to talk about it.

Overall, various preserves and Jams are my favorites.

How about mixing a handful of those really good little fruity jelly beans into a scoop of your favorite peanut butter and spreading that on bread?

Ever searching for more variety to spice the life, I found that this is somebody's idea of a good lunch...PBJ sandwich on toasted rye of all things, pistachios, raisins, and jelly beans. Yum?

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You need help.

Grape Jelly is the food of cowards.

Man up and eat of the studly raspberry jam (seeds? bring 'em on).

OK, open your minds, open your mouths, open your stomachs....and try some wasabi pistachio vegetable aspic jelly with crunchy peanut butter on crusty italian bread.

Peanuts are legumes!!! and not to be relegated only to a sweet "dessert" concoction.

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Jif (creamy or crunchy), Smuckers grape jelly, honey wheat bread. thats my go-to sammich but I'm open to trying others.

Raspberry.

I prefer the dark jellies/jams with peanut butter, i.e grape, blackberry, boisenberry, etc. Straight up, like on toast, I prefer the lighter strawberries or rasberries.

Strawberry is the best by far, but raspberry is a close second.

raspberry all the way, preferably either homemade or double fruit :thumbsup:

I don't want to know if you spread yours directly from the tube, or use used jelly.

I'm allergic to nuts so no PB+J for me. :(

I voted other - but it really means whatever "Jam" is in the cupboard at the time. Also - honey, replace the Jam with honey.

side note - Aussie shops don't have 'jelly' - just jam

Strawberry. Raspberry sounds good too. Grape jelly seems to be grape juice on steroids. But the important part of this equation is...peanut butter. Peanut butter is ambrosia. It doesn't matter what brand. Crunchy seems like a great idea but creamy is better. Large jars of generic peanut butter refrigerated. This is PROOF there is a God and that he loves us. At the lowest level, all you need to enjoy PB is a finger..a spoon is even better. I believe God saw that peanut butter was good by itself but that His whiny children wanted more. Jelly was the first answer. But then he revealed to a Mr. Reese a better way. Chocolate and peanut butter together. This combination is the true ambrosia.

due to the heightened awareness of peanut allergies amongst children, PB has been banned from schools for at least 2 decades. The market now provides alternatives that are most excellent PB replacements.

Try soynut butter or almond butter (if you can handle nuts - as peanuts are legumes).

the soynut butter tastes nearly identical to pb. And once you through the jelly of your choice on it, or... sliced bananas with a drizzle of chocolate syrup, you are near PB nirvana.

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That only works in Kentucky.
(And why don't they call it Jam? Isn't that what it's used for?)

I like the way you think. Chocolate and peanut butter are indescribably good.

When I was a kid I like PB and jelly with honey. I tried it again in my 40's and it almost made me puke.

Strawberry preserves or strawberry jam is my first choice, but red plum or blackberry jam will work in a pinch.

A half brother of the PB&J: Fluffernutter - White bread, creamy peanut butter, marshmallow fluff. Good stuff. I prefer to PB&J most times.

Yes! (queue up for type II diabetes)

We have not one but TWO jars of Fluffernutter in our kitchen pantry.

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And I see that now we also have Fluffernutter Ice Cream....which would make such a nice sundae with peanut butter and your favorite jelly drizzled on top of it...OK, some chocolate sauce, too.

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I loved that stuff as a kid. I don't even know where to find it now though.

I voted for strawberry only because that is what I get stuck with after the grape is all gone. The kids prefer grape and nicely leave me the strawberry. I really should just buy my own jam, but I don't eat PB&J too often.

As for peanut butter, the crunchier the better. But I have to have plain for the kids. Boring kids...

It's in the supermarket with the baking supplies, usually. Setting the quintessential goodness of the fluffernutter aside, the real purpose of marshmallow fluff is in candy making. Course, it could be used as an ingredient in Peanut Butter and Chocolate Fudge.....
*drools*

an incentive

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For some odd reason, I felt this was appropriate:

I can only think of one thing...


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Strawberry is winning.

Grape by a long shot!!

BTW has anyone ever had PB&J grilled like a grilled cheese? Just put some butter or pam in a pan and grill a PB&J for a few minutes. It's actually pretty darn good. A WoW guildmate told me about it a couple of years ago and I didn't believe it could even be done until I tried it. Not bad!!!!!

400+ views of this thread so far but only 38 votes....a bit like a real election.

Peanut butter with Apple Jelly...french toast the 'whole' sandwich and sprinkle with powdered sugar. YUM!!

Pineapple preserves for me

I knew the PBJ time video would pop up somewhere. I KNEW it! :lol:

I prefer blackberry. I've always eaten wild blackberries, so it made sense to me once I could buy my own jelly that I would like blackberry over grape.

I also LOVE fig preserves. I use that instead of blackberry sometimes.
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Haven't eaten yet today, shit now I'm hungry LOL

+1 more view...but I just came back to see how it's going, and can't vote again.

today I had apricot jam on peanut butter whole wheat sandwich. Not as satisfying as the strawberry jam.

There's a Beavertail that is sold with: peanutbutter, Nutella and Reeses Pieces on it. This is an interesting, gooey and addictive combination especially since they all get melted together on the warm dough of the beavertail.

My grandma made awesome plum jam when I was younger from the plums that were grown in our backyard nonetheless. That has to still be my fave jam to go with a nice creamy peanut butter on Milttons multi grain bread.

Otherwise I will say its a toss up between strawberry and apricot.

Since I'm fishing in OCMD...

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...it reminded me of another yummy combo...how about a peanut butter and jelly fish sandwich?

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What's the point of selling jelly in plastic squeeze bottles? Once you get half way done, you have to remove the top and use a knife. I mean what's up with that?

apricot preserves or orange marmalade.
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I even do it with tortillas and it's like a quessadilla but with PB&J

I simply cannot find grape jelly at the supermarket here. :( Iceland has no tradition of PB&J--in general, I have found that most of my European friends dislike peanut butter as a rule, so I'm just glad that I can at least find crunchy PB in the store.

So right now, I'm using a "Four Fruit" jelly of some kind, with strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and--the one I don't like so much (in jelly)--cherries.

We used to do this in the res halls at my university with one of those sandwich griddles when we didn't feel like grilled cheese or tuna melts. Yum.

That's how we do it. We just started canning this summer. We made strawberry, raspberry, strawberry-raspberry, and blueberry jams. Over the course of three evenings we made enough jam to last a whole year and it is soooo good. We didn't grow the berries but they were on sale for ridiculous prices.

Yummy. Heavy on the mako. Goes great with a rusty snail, hold the grunion.

/ Looks like you've blown a seal.

I'm a strawberry preserves man myself, but I do like to mix it up a bit at times.

Grape, apple, cranberry jelly, it's all good.

I also like strawberry preserves and cream cheese sandwiches. Yum.

I make my own fruit preserves, so I go with a few of my favorites, depending on my mood.

Blueberry is my favorite, by far.

Cranberry rhubarb is always nice.

Can't go wrong with blackberry.

And, if I happen to run out of preserves, I'll get some Duerr's 1881 Thick Cut marmalade.

Oops, almost forgot peanut butter & honey. Yum x2!

Usually I use honey and banana. No jelly or jam.

Sometimes I use sliced apples (something crisp and sweet like Gala).

Sometimes I use SHARP cheddar cheese. Most people I tell that to think it's gross ... but don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

I usually would stick to honey, I love the way the honey crystallizes on the outsides edges of the bread if you let it sit for a while. My Grandmother would always make homemade jams for Christmas which were wonderful. I think I was too spoiled by her homemade jams to ever grow fond of jellies. I love biting into those bits of solid fruits and berries, nummy.

I can't have peanut butter or anything with peanuts in it.
Severe allergic reactions. :(

I've been digging the blackberry jam with my PB these days. I definitely prefer jams to jelly. So much easier to spread.

Usually being an orange marmalade/pb type of guy, so not being able to get the dominant preference here for grape out of my mind, I was suddenly inspired while reading about some of the overbloated, overly ripe, bombastic type of cabernet sauvignons coming out of California now adays. So it dawned on me that drinking such a grape concoction while nibbling on a nice crunchy cracker spread with your favorite peanut butter might revive my taste for grape with pb&j.

I just saw garlic and onion jam melded with fruit flavors at my local grocer. I'm sorry to say I didn't pick it up; I would've liked to voice on its merit of taste. Has anyone else partaken in such a condimentary concoction?

no, i haven't, jetee, but it sounds heavenly... just not with peanut butter.
my pbj is with apricot or peach preserves preferably.
if none are around, i'll take raspberry or strawberry jam.
not a fan of jelly. the texture kinda weirds me out. i need my stuff spreadable.

but most of the time, i too, stick to honey.... the organic stuff... with bananas. and it makes me happy.

I don't like any jelly/ jam other than grape.

Boring, I know.

I am, however, intimidated by your Guatamalenness.

/ Good name.

Jetée, I've never seen garlic and onion jelly but I can imagine it tasting good with the right combination of ingredients....not sure about using it in peanut butter, that seems weird.

But there is another non-fruit combo in jelly that I do like, and even with peanut butter, and that's jalapeno jelly.

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...it reminds me of hot combinations like Kung Pao chicken with hot chili peppers and peanuts.

skogafoss just made peach jam... we'll be eating that for a number of months.

I much prefer jam or preserves over jelly.

With that being said, I do enjoy cherry jelly, as well as apply jelly. The jam list could go on and on, as well as orange marmalade thrown in there.

Strawberry. I can do grape, but strawberry is tenfold better than grape.

BTW - I fucking love peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. Fucking love......

Almost forgot, that a TALL glass of milk MUST be poured, prior to beginning of the sandwich making, and placed in the freezer, then when the pb&j is done, you pull the milk out of the freezer and it should just have a cm or 2 crust of ice on top of it to drink with the sandwich.

Home made blackberry or muscadine jelly for me.