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Perfectly sweet and nutty, this honey roasted peanut butter recipe is about to become your favorite way of making peanut butter at home. All you need is a food processor and three simple ingredients.
We love making our own spreads at home.
If you’ve tried our almond butter or homemade Nutella, you’ll love this fun twist on peanut butter- Honey peanut butter!
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Only 3 ingredients. This spread is made with only three ingredients: honey, peanut butter, and a dash of oil.
- A few minutes to make. Blending roasted peanuts and honey into a deliciously creamy spread takes less than 10 minutes.
- Healthy and delicious. Homemade spreads is certainly healthier than its store-bought counterparts as it doesn’t contain unwanted additives. And the best part is, you can control the flavor and texture of your spread, making it as sweet or as smooth as you like.
What I love about this homemade spread is just how affordable it is! Flavored peanut butter is super expensive but this one costs a fraction of the price!
Ingredients needed
As we have already mentioned, this recipe is made with only three ingredients. Here is what you’ll need:
- Peanuts. Roasted and unsalted.
- Honey. For the best recipe, use good quality honey like Manuka.
- Safflower oil. You can use other neutral-flavored oil of your choice.
How to make honey roasted peanut butter
Start by adding the unsalted peanuts to a high-speed blender or a food processor. Blend until crumbly, regularly scraping down the sides with a wooden or silicone spatula.
Add the honey and blend until a thick and creamy mixture remains. Slowly add the canola oil while still blending. Add more canola oil if the mixture is still too thick. Transfer to a jar and enjoy.
Tips to make the best recipe
- If you can’t find roasted peanuts, get raw unshelled peanuts and roast them yourself. Roasting peanuts takes 15 to 20 minutes. Lay the peanuts on a baking tray and roast them at 350F until they are lightly golden.
- Adjust the texture of this spread to your preferences. You can blend it until smooth and creamy or your can leave it slightly chunky. You can also add some chopped peanuts for an extra crunchy texture!
- Add a pinch of salt to bring out the natural sweetness.
- Use a high-powered blender or food processor with ice-blending capabilities. Otherwise, you will go through a lot of struggle trying to achieve the right consistency.
- If you have a sweet tooth and honey just isn’t sweet enough for you, swap the honey in this recipe with maple syrup. Being sweeter than honey, maple syrup will also add some woody and caramel notes to the peanut butter.
Storage instructions
To store: Transfer the spread into an airtight container or jar and store it at room temperature for up to 4 weeks. Keep it somewhere cool and out of direct sunlight and heat sources.
To freeze: Place the spread in a glass jar and store it in the freezer for up to 6 months.
Recipes to use this honey peanut butter
Swap out your usual peanut butter for this honey version in some classic recipes like these:
- Peanut butter chicken
- Peanut butter cheesecake
- Vegan peanut butter cookies
- Peanut butter mousse
- Chocolate peanut butter no bake cookies
Frequently asked questions
Peanut butter is one of the best treats to share with your dog. As for honey peanut butter, you can give it to your dog in moderation. Honey is safe for dogs but only in small amounts as it does contain a high amount of sugar.
Be careful with giving your dog store-bought honey peanut butter as it may contain xylitol. The latter is very toxic to dogs even in the smallest amount.
If you are allergic to honey, don’t like its flavor, or don’t use it due to your diet restrictions, use agave syrup instead. Agave syrup is a 1:1 substitute for honey and provides very similar results.
Both honey and peanut butter harden at cold temperatures. So, if you are storing your honey roasted peanut butter in the fridge, allow it to sit at room temperature for up to an hour before you use it.
Honey Peanut Butter
Ingredients
- 6 cups roasted peanuts
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup safflower oil or any neutral oil
Instructions
- In a high speed blender, add the roasted and unsalted nuts and blend until crumbly, regularly scraping down the sides.
- Add the honey and blend until thick and combined. Slowly add the oil while still blending. If the mixture is too thick, add more.
- Transfer to a jar or container.
Love your recipes 😉
How do you thicken the nut butter if it’s too runny?
Add more peanuts!
and i need this in my life ASAP!!
I will personally make you a batch!
I’m tempted by this! I can’t stand the shop bought stuff, but roasted and spiced? Sounds incredible!
Just pinned 🙂 Thanks for joining in with #recipeoftheweek!
This is completely random but I ate Nandos today and thought of you (because the British Nandos TRUMPS Australia’s one!)
Yum, love honey roast peanuts but not had them in a butter before, adding cayenne sounds like a great idea too. #RecipeoftheWeek
Thank you, Jen 🙂 Appreciate it!
Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays Party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you share next time!
-Cindy
Cheers!
That looks and sounds fabulous! I love peanut butter, but yours sounds even better that ‘normal’!!
Thank you so much- I love the added spice 😉
Love peanut butter. This looks like a fantastic variation from the usual.
Thanks so much! 🙂
You present an interesting twist on peanut butter…I’ve not had spicy pb before, but I have no doubt yours is luscious…and perfect on toast. Blasphemy to be without nut butter for sure. =) Thanks much for sharing this with us at Weekend Potluck. Enjoy a lovely weekend.
Thank you Marsha- enjoy your trip this week and I’ll see you back next week! 🙂
Plain toast is edible punishment.
I love the addition of cayenne pepper. Very clever.
Also since receiving your lovely gift of almond butter, my nut butter tally is now two. Guess I need to be kicked out of the HLB community. You’d totally miss me though.
Sunshine, I totally brought you peanut butter mixed with coconut oil. Please add salt to it.
I love the kick in your peanut butter!
Seriously, I’ve become obsessed with adding cayenne to everything!
That’s why it is so hard to give food as gifts… it’s far too edible! This sounds like an amazing combination though and for fear of losing my food blogger card (I only have a jar of PB and its almost gone) I may have to make myself a batch ASAP.
Hope you can make it asap!
How selfish 😉 ! I hope Charlotte will chase you with a wooden spoon, broomstick or whichever similar tool she has lying around when she meets you and finds you sacrificed your gift to her to satisfy your nut butter cravings. That would be unheard of for me. Or at least I’d like to think so though lack of nut butter is a serious emergency so who knows which lengths I’d go???
never a good idea to be running low!
Cayenne Pepper in Nutbutter?! That is genius Arman!
I brought a jar of Nuts’n More Almond Butter to Tim in Berlin in September. Next day when he went off to work, I cracked open the jar and had a third of it. I bought him a beer later on.
That sounds like a very diplomatic exchange- beer for nut butter.
I VOLUNTEER!
I currently have about 2T of peanut butter left in my house. Don’t fret though, I’m swinging by the store tonight JUST for nut butters. Although I don’t think I’ll buy 3 jars. Then again…anythings possible….
I hope the new stash is doing well 😉
I’m straight addicted to nut butters and actually TRY to NOT have them around at times, but that lasts all of 13 hours and I go buy more. I have two on deck right now…this is good. I have been wanting to make my own with cayenne for a while now. I put that shit on ERRYTHANG (the cayenne, and I guess nut butter too) so I must try it with nut butter.
Omg cayenne is the best on everything, except on eyes.
OH YUM!!! love how this has a little kick to it! 🙂
So good!
Poor Charlotte! But genius idea! I am also working on a spicy/ salty nut butter recipe right now.
I guess I have around 7 open jars of nut butter right now. So cliché!
And I one bought about 8 packs of Fonzies (best cheese snack ever) for my family and ended up eating 5 myself. Oh yes and then there was the granola incident on Sunday….
YES! I love experimenting with them both and can’t wait to try some new ideas! 7? Geeze….
FONZIES? What is this goodness?!
Oh you would love them! It’s an Italian corn snack with cheese. Very salty and chrunchy. One of my absolute favorites from my childhood.
Um.. that sounds ridiculous.
I made almond butter using my blender once and ended up burning some of the mixture! Oops! Definitely need to invest in a food processor as I’ve now learned that blenders do not equal food processors.
LOL. I burnt the damn blade the first time!
I have 5 jars on the go at the moment – HLB status assured! 😉
I remember when I had a massive craving for tinned mackerel – I went to 5 different supermarkets in the rain to find it…. So worth it!
Wow, that is commitment- then again- it is tinned mackerel 😉
I have two jars of nut butter (almond and peanut, both crunchy obviously) and just finished my chocolate soy butter. I also have a bunch of bags of nuts because I want to be creative and make my own. I think I might actually take this recipe but use almonds instead of peanuts. Sound like a good plan?
YES. Crunchy > Smooth. ALways! Go for it- I think that sounds delicious!
My dorm room has three jars right now, not counting the ones I have at home, the vats of peanut butter available in the dining hall, and the Wild Friends peanut butter that I plan on ninja-ing from my floor mate. Nut butter is ALWAYS a craving.
Spicy honey roasted peanut butter sounds so awesome. I’m all for adding spice to life. I even had sriracha with my eggs at breakfast this morning! I’m a changing person!!!
OMG. You are awesome. Add sriracha to EVERYTHING.
oh yum!!! does this ship??? 😉
Of course! 😉
This looks delicious – can I sub bacon for the peanuts?
BAHAHA.
No. You may not. However, you can sub nutritional yeast for it. It’s JUST like pizza except better.
Welp lock me up and throw away the key because I currently only have one giant jar of pb 🙂 I’ve been really wanting to try sunflower butter though so I guess that can be what I add to my collection next. I love the idea of spicy pb – sounds like it’d make an amazing sandwich!
You’re one better than me- well, not anymore (just went to town at Wholefoods!)
Ha this is an interesting combination. I enjoy spicy things so I feel like I might really like this. I’ve done some crazy things to satisfy my sweet tooth…although most just involve going to the local diner. LOL.
That’s a smart idea- no temptations!
What a stroke of pure genius on this one, mate! Honey roasted peanut butter. That is making me hungry just thinking about it. At this very moment, you are probably munching on street nuts in NYC…but I bet your honey roasted version is way better! Hope your North America trip is going well!
Cheers mate! Currently in LA….Man I want to move here so bad- America is where it’s AT.
I so need a food processor!!! I so love nut butters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So good!
I’m pretty sure that between the two of us, Jo and I have 11-12. Oops. Also – why are you not in Alberta?
When I come we’ll make it 13. 😉
(please restock prior)
Whaaaat?! FOR SHAME! but ok, it looks like my batch was sacrificed for a good cause and also i’m so bleeping excited to see your face IRL all is forgiven 😀
I MISS YOU.
Let’s start our business venture. How not to blog successfully.
i’d eat it, open jar and all. cause we’re frugal. LOL! jk… loving this spicy combo!
So good- I’ve been obsessed with adding spice to everything!
I’m not a nut butter person but I love spicy honey roasted anything plus it’s great that you use lots of cayenne pepper in your recipes. I’m a big fan of the hot and spicy stuff thus my addiction to hunting down new hot sauces (:
OHHH! I LOVE the hot sauce selection you guys have here in America- I could hang out here for days!
So hard to even find those 3 jars of nut butter in KL 🙁 One of my suitcase items every year though! One of our grocery stores got a Costco shipment in last week- including giant jars of almond butter. I had no problem shelling out $25 to refill my stash. But ouch, I don’t like writing the price out in dollars!
OH I’d love to be checking your suitcase in customs….I would claim it as illegal and take it home :p
This looks divine! I hope you are having a smashing time over there!
Thanks Lauren! I don’t want to come back!
anything under 50 is totally unacceptable..
and i wish i were joking =l
for some reason i’ve always been afraid of spicy nut butters.. like PB&CO the heat is on, why do you exist?
BUT if i was ever going to trust someone, it would be you, so maybe once i finish 10-20 jars, make some room in my cabinets, and get a new food processor that doesn’t self combust over stale dates, this will be the first on my list 😉
DUDE. Stop giving me more excuses to want to invite myself over to move in.
Yep this is totally me! I have probably 8-10 jars in my cabinet right now and am literally eating cinnamon raisin peanut butter with an apple as I type this…
….I’m kinda bitter than your not sharing! 😉
Yes! All nut butter, all the time.
So good!
Agree with you, its must for a recipe blogger to have these things at time. I’d like to stop here and say your honey roasted peanut butter looks deliciously.
Thanks for the recipe!
Gonna try it 🙂
Thanks so much for your kind words- hope you try it out!
My stash is dwindling again……I need to make another online order…..with my dad’s credit card…very soon 😛 I only have coconut butter, sunflower butter, and peanut butter right now! :O
Haha what a smart girl….use Dad’s for the right reason 😉
Haha so true.. I’m embarrassed to admit how many jars I have 😉 This looks gooood!
Thanks Brittany!