Pic’s Really Good Crunchy Peanut Butter (35.3oz)

Pricy but hands down the best PB I've ever had. The toasty nuttiness is pure perfection, love the simple ingredients list. It does take some effort to mix the oil back in but I haven't had to do that since getting it for Christmas a month ago, and I use it every other day and can keep stirring with every use. In a month I've gotten through about 15% of it but honestly I would not feel bad about buying this quarterly, the price equates to other small jars of organic/no sugar added brands, might even be cheaper depending on which. Just try it!

Updated as of 1/8/2022: I originally found this brand in a Home Goods store, and liked it so much that wanted to buy more. Amazon was really the only place I found it for sale, at least in the U.S. Taste-wise, this is excellent peanut butter, although i would rank it 2nd under the Koeze Company brand (marketed as Sweet Ella's) which uses Valencia peanuts. What really makes this brand stand out though is that they use a Hi-Oleic breed of peanuts. This is important because peanut oil is technically a PUFA (polyunsaturated fatty acid), and we get way too many PUFA's in our diet already. Plus PUFA's are considered by food scientists to have an inflammatory effect on arteries, so I am trying to minimize them as much as possible. However when an oil is Hi-Oleic, that means that level of monounsaturated fat is much higher in proportion to the level of polyunsaturated fat. So that makes this peanut butter unique in the market, and uniquely healthier than other brands. That is the only reason that I would pay so much for this peanut butter, because it is expensive stuff. I also wish it came in a glass jar. But since it is a unique product, I will use it happily as long as I can afford it. There is another brand called Fix & Fogg that also uses Hi-Oleic peanuts, and it comes in a glass jar. But it is more expensive (although more widely available) and I do not care for it as much. It does not taste quite as good as Pic's and is runnier. So I keep coming back to Pic's.

Very good but not cheap.

We discovered Pic's while on vacation in New Zealand. We loved the taste and the fact that it doesn't have garbage additives like most American options. The other great feature is that the product seems to be blended in a way that the oil doesn't separate. That's nice because we don't need to stir it up every time we use it. It is more costly to get in the USA, but definitely worth it.

A very good peanut butter. 4.5 rounded down. I've been eating organic, no filler peanut butters most of my life. (Skippy, Jiff, etc., have no appeal to me). So this is pretty much like what I am used to, except for the New Zealand peanut thing. It's a delicious peanut, and the flavor difference is really nice change of pace from my usual domestic, organic, chunky peanut butter with no fillers, and nothing but fresh organic peanuts and little salt. So if you're eating a commercial brand of pb, this may absolutely rock your world. To be honest, by the reviews here, I thought it was going to be like seeing God or something. Eh, not so much. It's really good, don't get me wrong. It's delicious. But I haven't had that crap from the supermarket shelves in a very long time. That written, it's not organic. And it's 22 dollars, 18 and some change with Subscribe and Save at the time of this writing. As my favorite organic domestic crunchy peanut butter without fillers comes in a glass jar @ 5 dollars a 16 ounce jar, I am kind of surprised that I didn't see God for 22 dollars. God in a plastic jar, and not organic. Oh well. I guess I'll have to wait on that one. Seeing God in a plastic jar, for 22 dollars, without USDA organic certification, that is. Meanwhile, I may pick this up again on S & S. Or not. Because seeing God's not included, I gotta think about that 18 plus dollars, although I don't begrudge it. The confessionals here are pretty persuasive, and I may come back hoping for the epiphany. Or just some really good peanut butter with a bit of a different flavor. Please note: This is a "Verified Purchase." Edited to add: see that once again the brand trolls are on the loose, down voting an even handed review because they don't like that I didn't "see God" in the product. Yeah, that.

In the middle of most nights I wake up really hungry. My fix is a few crackers with crunchy peanut butter. Pic's is amazingly more flavorful (naturally) than most of the brands I've tried over the last few years AND it's really full of crunch through and through. It cost a lot for what used to be ground up peanuts or hog feed (here in the U.S.) but in the middle of the night when I'm trying to satisfy a craving with as few calories as possible, this one fills the bill. A little pricey, but worth every penny. Just received my third jar of Pic's crunchy. I think I'm addicted. This is the best p-butter I ever ate. It's a big jar but the p-butter holds its flavor to the last spoonful. Pic's begs for a substantial slice of bread or bagel. No wimply white bread will do it justice.

The bottom line is, my partner is ill and that caused me to reconsider what we were eating so I could give him the best nutrition. I was reading about dietary oils and learned about Pic’s brand of peanut butter. That the way it is grown helps it retain more nutrients from the soil. Based on what I read a lot of peanut butters are made from peanuts that sit around for a long time and need to be steamed to remove mold. Also, it’s just good to know where your food comes from.

Although the oil profile might be better, this peanut butter hardly tastes like anything. I tried it twice and missed the flavor and decided to stick to regular peanut butter. Plus it’s expensive.