9 ways to use powdered peanut butter

Aldi's brand - SimplyNature

I'm still kind of in awe of powdered peanut butter. It is amazing to me that it has so few calories but still basically tastes the same as regular peanut butter. I found this magical substance, "astronaut peanut butter" as I like to call it, when I started Weight Watchers. It was quickly apparent that there wasn't room for full-fat peanut butter in my daily point plan.

There are bunch of different brands available including PB2, PBFit, PB Trimmed and TruNut and these come in a variety of flavors including chocolate, honey and salted caramel. I posted a taste test of all of the ones I have tried and will update it when I have tried more types!

If you have bought some but aren't sure to how to use it, here are all the uses I have come up with so far:

1) As peanut butter

Peanut butter toast and fruit dip!

This is the most obvious way but really, when mixed with water you will barely notice the difference.
I prefer PBFit for "regular" peanut butter use. I put it on toast, in wraps and dip fruit in it.

2) For baking
You can replace up to half of flour in recipes with powdered peanut butter! This will make your recipes healthier by adding extra protein. It is also fewer Weight Watchers points than flour. You can try this in my black bean brownies, where I added it instead of flour to make them more cake-y. You probably can't replace all of the flour in regular recipes with the powered PB so you might need to experiment a little bit; I have had success replacing up to half of the flour without having to make other changes.

3) In smoothies

Drizzled on a banana crepe

Instead of using protein powder, you can add peanut butter powder to your smoothies to add extra protein. It can also make them peanut buttery, which is great with certain fruits like bananas. Blended fruit does have points on Weight Watchers, so keep that in mind.

4) As a dessert drizzle
Instead of indulging in something like chocolate sauce, you make a drizzle to put on top of your favorite dessert such as ice cream. To use it like this you want to mix it with water as normal but add a little more water until it's a thinner sauce consistency. I would start with an extra tsp of water and add 1/2 tsp increments after than until it's how you want it. Chocolate flavored versions are really good for this.

5) Add flavor to plain yogurt

Peanut sauce

Plain yogurt can be really boring, a little peanut butter powder can help to jazz it up. I would add about 2 Tb for 1/2 cup of yogurt. Try this with the chocolate, salted caramel or vanilla flavors for more variety.

6) Make peanut sauce
Especially if you are doing Weight Watchers, you need something to jazz up your daily chicken breast. Peanut sauce turns your boring chicken into chicken sate! Doesn't that sound exotic? Here is a recipe for you to experiment with.

7) Use it in high-protein peanut butter pancakes
This was one of the first ways I used powdered peanut butter. I bought some Krusteaz high-protein pancake mix and used some PBFit with it to make 2-point peanut butter pancakes.

8) Make these frozen PB pops
You can try out these frozen almond milk popsicle with this recipe from PBFit.

9) In oatmeal

After my original list of 8 ideas, I have since discovered that peanut butter powder is delicious in oatmeal. It's funny because I wouldn't think to put peanut butter in oatmeal normally but a little of the PB power (I just add a little extra of the water/milk/almond milk I'm using for my oatmeal and stir it in) is amazing. I also suggest adding a few mini chocolate chips and cinnamon. It's basically dessert oatmeal.

This blog is not affiliated with Weight Watchers in any way. Points were calculated in July 2017 on the Weight Watchers Freestyle program. This post may contain affiliate links, if you make a purchase using one of these links this blog may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support.

Powdered peanut butter taste test!

Have you been thinking about buying some of the low calorie powdered peanut butter to have with your snacks or to make peanut butter pancakes or peanut sauce (see 8 ways to use powdered peanut butter here) but you aren't sure which kind to get or if it's gonna taste weird?

Well, I'm here to help. I bought and tried a bunch of different kinds and here are my reviews!

PB Fit

This was the first powdered peanut butter I tried and I was really surprised how much it tasted like real peanut butter to me! It was just non-oily peanut butter. I also like that it is 1 point a serving on weight watchers no matter if I had 1 or 2 servings, there's not an extra point until you have 3.

When I first ordered it, it was also the cheapest option available on Amazon, which is why I tried it first J. However, I've since noticed the price definitely moves up and down.

Of all the types I've tried, PBFit is definitely my favorite. I haven't tried their chocolate version yet, but it's on my list...when my current supply dwindles a little bit!

Peanut butter & Co - Vanilla

Like PB Trimmed (reviewed below), this brand makes a variety of flavors (original, pure peanut, honey, vanilla, flax & chia, cocoa). I decided to try their vanilla flavor as a good "basic" and I have to say it rivals PB Fit as my favorite so far! First, when you open the jar it has an amazing vanilla scent to greet you. It smells like it's going to taste good.

I don't feel that the taste is overly-vanilla flavored though, in fact it could be stronger in my opinion. It just tastes like peanut butter, which is really what I'm looking for most of the time. The texture mixes up very smooth and I really like that it came in a small jar (6.5 ounce) so I could try it without buying a huge container. If you want to see if you like powdered peanut butter in general before buying a bunch, I would recommend starting here. Or if you want a smaller jar to keep at your office.

PB2 - regular

This is one of the most popular brands and it's available for a lot of people locally (some Wal-Marts sell it). It tastes also tastes very close to regular peanut butter but in my opinion PB Fit is slightly better – but not enough better that I won't buy PB2 if it's on sale for a lower price. The one pound jar is also a nice size.

WW math will get you on the second serving of PB2 - for 1 serving it's 1 point but for 2 servings it's 3.

PB2 - chocolate

This is often sold in a two-pack with regular PB2, which is how I bought it. I was really excited to try the chocolate version but I have say I was underwhelmed at first. Much to my surprise however, the second time I had it, I thought it was much better. It really grew on me. It is delicious on apples and makes a nice drizzle for ice cream.

It is nice that the chocolate is the same points as the regular PB2.

PB Trimmed

The nice thing about PB Trimmed is it comes in a variety of flavors! I was really excited when I found this brand. I wanted to try all different kinds but I am now glad I didn’t buy the sampler pack of 7 different flavors and only bought 1 smaller jar.

I tried the salted caramel flavor of PB Trimmed because I absolutely love salted caramel and I thought it would be really good on ice cream and toast. The flavor of it did not disappoint, but the texture unfortunately did. Unlike the other brands of powdered peanut butter, this one was a little bit gritty. I am mixing it exactly the same as the other brands but it doesn’t get nearly as smooth as they do.

Another disappointing discovery was that while 1 serving is 1 point on WW, 2 servings is 3 points. That is still a lot less than full fat peanut butter but it’s more than I would like it to be.

I don’t think I will buy it regularly for these reasons but I might occasionally buy the salted caramel because that is a flavor not sold by the other brands or check out some of the other flavors. For my regular peanut butter needs, I won’t be ordering PB Trimmed.

Simply Nature Powdered Peanut Butter (Aldi Brand)

I was so excited to find powdered peanut butter at Aldi! I shop there weekly for all of my produce needs (see Weight Watchers Aldi shopping list here) and it saves me a ton of money.

Normally, I find Aldi's brands to be great quality but this was definitely an exception. It tastes like nothing! I even added some salt to it in order to give it some flavor but it didn't really help. I am really glad that it wasn't the first powdered peanut butter I tried because I might not have tried any others.

It's unfortunate as it would be so convenient to buy this while doing my normal shopping, but I'll definitely order PBFit from Amazon and have it brought to my house over this.

Don't get this one!

Are there other brands of powdered peanut butter that you love? Which is your favorite? I will update as I try more flavors and brands!

This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase from one of these links this blog may receive a small commission, thank you for your support. This blog is not affiliated with Weight Watchers in any way. Points were calculated in May 2018 using the WW freestyle program.