Fun Facts About Peanut Butter

1. November is the American National Peanut Butter Lovers Month.
2. Americans eat more peanut butter than any other nation in the world.
3. One-half of one percent of people are allergic to peanuts.
4. The peanut is not really even a nut.  It is a legume related to peas.
5. Elvis Presley loved peanut butter, especially peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
6. Peanut butter is good for you. 
7. The Reese's Peanut Butter Cup was invented by Hershey in 1923 and continues to be one of America's favorite snacks.
8. Peanut butter saves lives. (Learn more about this at Plumpy'nut.)
9. Animals make funny faces when they eat peanut butter.
10. There is a mysterious mustached man inside the peanut!
11. One acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches. 
12. Two former U.S. Presidents were peanut farmers: Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.
13. Peanut shells are used to make kitty litter, wallboard, fireplace logs, paper and animal feed, and are sometimes used as fuel for power plants. 
14. The average American child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before he or she graduates from high school
15. To legally label the spread as peanut butter, it must contain a minimum of 90 per cent peanuts with no artificial sweeteners, colors or preservatives. Some brands add natural sweeteners and salt, plus stabilizers for freshness.
16. Four of the top 10 candy bars manufactured in the U.S. contain peanuts or peanut butter.
17. Peanut butter is consumed in 90 per cent of U.S. households.
18. Peanut butter even has its own phobia!

National Peanut Board

Peanut Butter Lovers

Making Peanut Butter Balls

Peanut butter balls are a good treat for any occasion, any day of the week, any time of day and for anyone. Once you make these, you'll wonder if you ever did because they vanish so quickly.  A typical recipe calls for peanut butter (smooth or crunchy), old-fashioned oats, and a sweetener such as powdered sugar. However, it is easy to add ingredients - try coconut, M&Ms, chocolate, dried raisins or cranberries, or even sesame seeds!

Peanut Butter Oat Balls

with  flax seed and chocolate chips