I was at the store last night (Whole Foods & Jewel which is a local large grocer) and I was having a hard time finding a peanut butter that is unsweetened AND unsalted.  Any brand recommendations? Or do you use Almond Butter?

Also couldn't find it in a crunchy version for the Chocolate Peanut Butter cups.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Hi! I used Maranatha creamy peanut butter (got mine at WF but I've also seen it at many other places) - I don't REMEMBER it being salted or sugared - I agree, I hope it wasn't - LOL! :)  It's getting a lot easier to find no sugar, but yes, no-salt can be hard to find.

Thanks, Karen!  Yes, I did see "no sugar", but it was hard to find one that didn't include salt or sugar.  I will def try again very soon and keep my eye out for Maranatha!  Thanks much!

At whole foods they have their own ground up peanut butter, which is just peanuts. I think that is probably best. Jewel doesn't really carry anything that doesn't have sugar. 

Thanks, Rogue : )  I will try another Whole Foods this week, it seemed some spaces were empty on their shelves and I probably didn't see that one!! Thanks !

Firefly - there are brands without sugar and salt - the365 brand has one, which is cheapest, but I've also found arrowhead mills and maranatha. I think what rogue's referring to are the  ones you grind yourself. It's a grinder with nuts already in it and you turn it on and it's freshly ground. Unless you get a honey roasted, you know all that's in it is peanuts.

I have a hard time finding unsalted and unsweetened at my local big grocery stores (Jewel and Dominicks).  I find the best stuff at my local Trader Joe's.

I also prefer to make the PB cups with creamy peanut butter but that's just me.

I use almond butter and it's the kind that you grind up at the store from whole almonds. Then I put the chocolate on and then I sprinkle chopped almonds over the top. DELISH!!!

Trader Joes has organic, unsweetened, unsalted peanut butter.  It's delish!

I second Maranatha.  Or in-store ground peanutbutter.

Trader Joe's Organic Crunchy PB, amazing!

I love it when stores have peanut butter machines! In Texas most larger HEB's, Krogers and all Whole Foods have them. But when I lived in Cali I practically lived off of Trader Joes PB crunchy and smooth.

I love Maranatha or a good quality store brand at my co-op which ever is on sale.

I use Whole Earth organic Peanut Butter, absolutely delicious!

If you can't find any unsweetened/salted PB in the store try making your own! Buy a bag of roasted peanuts and throw them in a food processor for a few minutes. I"ve gotten away from nut butters but when I was having them I liked doing this. Some recipies on the internet call for oil, but honestly the peanuts are so oily already you can just throw peanuts in.

Could probably throw in a little cocoa powder and make chocolate PB. Just an idea!