Best Reviewed
Peanut Butter
- Best creamy peanut butter Skippy Creamy *Est. $2
- Best chunky peanut butter Skippy Super Chunk *Est. $2
- No-stir natural peanut butter Skippy Natural Creamy *Est. $2
- Best natural peanut butter Smucker's Natural Chunky *Est. $3
- Best almond butter Barney Butter Smooth Almond Butter *Est. $9
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Best creamy peanut butter
- Good balance of salty and sweet
- Exceptional texture and aroma
- Long shelf life
- No stirring or refrigeration required
- Contains partially hydrogenated vegetable oil
- Contains sugar and salt
Skippy Creamy is included in more blind taste tests than any other peanut butter, and it places at the top or close to it in virtually every review. What pleases the palate are the sweet yet salty additions to the nuttiness, the aroma and the exceptionally smooth texture. It also maintains these pleasing traits in cookies and other recipes. If you want to avoid the trace amount of trans fat found in processed peanut butter, Skippy Natural Creamy (*Est. $2.40 for a 15-oz. jar) contains palm oil rather than partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Neither product requires refrigeration, but regular Skippy has a longer shelf life.
We found no shortage of reviews and blind taste tests of Skippy Creamy. We were impressed by the number of times it was preferred over more than two dozen other brands. Cook's Illustrated magazine and SeriousEats.com had recent reviews of just creamy peanut butters. Skippy Creamy was also a favorite in reviews at two other publications: Cooking Light magazine and Good Housekeeping. We include a less formal review at TheWateryGourmet.com. Finally, KitchenDaily.com offers an impressive review of 32 peanut butters where Skippy Creamy falls in the top one-fourth.
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Our Sources
1. Cook's Illustrated MagazineDetails/Subscribe
In March, editors at Cook's Illustrated magazine compare Skippy Creamy among 15 brands of creamy peanut butter, including natural varieties. Testers evaluate the texture and taste of the peanut butter in a blind taste test as well as when used in cookies and a sauce. Editors identify a favorite and recommend four other peanut butters.
Review: Creamy Peanut Butter, Editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine, March 2011
In a recent review at SeriousEats.com, editors conduct a blind taste test of Skippy Creamy and 15 other creamy peanut butters. Smoothness, spreadability, sweetness, saltiness and peanut taste are reflected in the overall rating. Skippy Creamy receives the top rating of 7.62 out of a possible 10 points.
Review: Taste Test: Peanut Butter, Creamy, Editors of SeriousEats.com, May 2011
3. CookingLight.comDetails/Subscribe
Cooking Light magazine evaluates Skippy Creamy and 15 other peanut butters, including crunchy varieties. Editors use a blind taste test of the peanut butters as well as cookies made from each brand over a four-day period. The judging criteria included taste, texture, consistency, ease of spreading onto bread and aroma. Skippy Creamy is chosen as one of five favorites.
Review: Taste Test: Peanut Butter, Editors of Cooking Light magazine
4. Good HousekeepingDetails/Subscribe
A review of Skippy Creamy among 18 other creamy brands is provided by Good Housekeeping. Writer Samantha Seneviratne doesn't state whether it was a blind taste test, however. Skippy Creamy is the top sweetened brand for its "rich flavor, classic texture, and no stirring required."
Review: Taste Test: Creamy Peanut Butter, Samantha Seneviratne
A blog post at TheWateryGourmet.com rates 10 different peanut butters on texture, taste and aroma. This taste test only involves one person's opinion, and the anonymous reviewer prefers the "toned-down sweetness" of Skippy Creamy Natural. Skippy Creamy and Jif Creamy are the runner-ups.
Review: Taste Test: Peanut Butter, "Aaron MC", September 2007
KitchenDaily.com conducts a comprehensive review of 32 peanut butters. This is the only review we found where Skippy Creamy wasn't a favorite. It takes eighth place, while Skippy Super Chunk and a private-label chunky brand tie for first place.
Review: Best Peanut Butter: Our Taste Test Results, Editors of KitchenDaily.com, June 2011
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