5 mo. ago • 89%

What kind of jelly do you use for your peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?

I'm going to make the acceptable answers broad so jam, preserves, etc are all acceptable. I'm a fig jam or apple butter man myself.

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Strawberry preserves here!

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- I don't love strawberry jam, but on pb&j it's the best.
  
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  Totally!
  
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Raspberry jam

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I don't use jelly, because as an Australian, jelly means something very different to me. Jelly on a sandwich is... just no...

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- Do you guys even eat peanut butter sandwiches?
  
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  Absolutely! And some of us are weird enough to eat them with jam! But no one eats them with jelly
  
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Yes.

The poor quality joke aside, it varies.

My favorites are apple, grape, and plum, in that order.

Strawberry, that's something I have to be in the right mood for because I'm very picky about strawberries in general, and none of the major brands get strawberry jellies/jams/preserves right for my preferences.

I actively dislike most berries with peanut butter, regardless of how they're preserved. So blueberry, blackberry, and the like just aren't an option. I'd have them by themselves on a nice biscuit, some toast, or whatever. The flavors just don't mesh with PB well, imo.

I've never had a marmalade that went well with PB at all. My dad loves orange marmalade with his though.

I've had guava , mango, and (iirc) papaya jams/preserves, and tried them on a PB&J. I didn't dislike the flavor mixes, but I wouldn't buy them with that in mind because I didn't particularly enjoy it either. Kinda meh, imo.

I've never tried a pb&j with pepper, tomato, or bacon jelly. I'm not against trying them, I would do so, though not as a whole sandwich since I suspect I would actively dislike those with PB. But I'd put some on a corner of bread with some PB and try it before I formed a final opinion for my own use.

Now, there is another jelly I've tried with the pb&j. But it's absurdly expensive to get where I live, and I have to special order it. So I wouldn't make a PB&J with it again, since I very much love it in other formats. Prickly Pear. The stuff is amazing. The syrup is balls out on anything you'd use syrup on, and the jelly is the same flavor, just jellied. It's a very distinct amd delightful taste. And it went well with PB. But the expense is such that I would reserve it for uses where it's the star, rather than part of an ensemble.

And, yes, I'm aware I'm a wee bit over enthusiastic about a PB&J. They're on my list of "perfect" sandwiches. The fact that they're a highly variable sandwich group rather than a more limited thing is part of why the format is on the list alongside very defined sandwiches like reubens, but even if you limited the PB&J to a single jelly type, PB type, and limited the bread options, it would still be on the list.

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- Seems like PB&Js are your jam.
  
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- This guy OCDs about PBJs.
  
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- You sure are a pb&jelly connoiseur! I like your comments about the different kinds of jellies, jam, etc. I have never tried prickly pear but it sounds delicious. My personal favorite is passion fruit jam but I also like red currant jelly.
  
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- Isn’t a grape a berry?
  
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My mom's homemade strawberry jam

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- mine is also my mom's homemade strawberry jam, though her peach jam is a close second
  
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Blackberry jam is my go-to

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- blackberry jam is actually the best for pbj
  
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My man, raspberry jam is where it"s at. Perfect sweet/tart to PB ratio. No other spread has beaten it yet.

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- preserves >> jam
  
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  What's the difference?
  
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- B-B-But, where are the toothpicks?
  
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- Happy to see I'm not the only one who prefers raspberry jam! Imo it's truly the perfect pairing
  
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Petroleum

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- She uses Vaaaaaaseline
  
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concord grape is the only right answer. but if I'm being honest, if I'm in the mood for jelly, I want it on toast.

I've always walked around saying I don't like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but now that I think about it, that's not true. I don't mind eating one, it's not gross, it's not delicious, but the issue is that jelly is so God damn good by itself. every time I eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I just imagine eating that jelly on toast instead.

and if we're doing toast, strawberry is better than grape.

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- What about a toasted pb&j?
  
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  now you've given me the idea of putting peanut butter on a grilled cheese
  
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  nah, the problem is the peanut butter. I have the same feeling about chocolate, I think chocolate is the perfect flavor. adding peanut butter or mint to it is fine, it's not disgusting, but all you're doing is distracting from the chocolate. I feel like the peanut butter distracts from the flavor of the jelly, I'd rather eat jelly on toast and then a plain peanut butter sandwich. toasted peanut butter sandwich would be better
  
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Strawberry or raspberry work best I find.

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I'm spoiled. My mom makes jams and cans them, so 9/10 times, her homemade stuff

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Grape

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That's the neat part, I don't.

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Anything but grape. Apricot is a favorite.

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I like using a forest berry jam mix of Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Cranberries, and Strawberries.

It's currently my favorite, but when I was a kid I liked strawberry preserves.

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Whatever is at hand. Doesn't matter to me whether it's grape, strawberry, apple butter, etcetera. They normally all taste just fine when paired with peanut butter.

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- Apple butter?
  
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  Just looked it up to see exactly what it is and apparently it's just applesauce that's been cooked down for hours until it's thick and spreadable.
  
  I think there are still jars of the stuff from when my sister-in-law made some around the apartment I'm in. Pretty good with peanut butter, if I say so.
  
  Don't know what type of question you were asking, so this is the answer I'm giving.
  
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Blackberry

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I don't usually use jelly, and put honey on it instead.

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- Same. I also substitute bananas for the peanut butter.
  
  Bananas and honey are my favourite PB&J
  
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I usually go savory. PB & hot mustard is good, PB & chimichurri is also good, but PB & cilantro chutney from the Indian takeout place is absolutely killer.

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- Are you OK?
  
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  Yeah, no stomach problems; it's really not much more acidic than jam. I've been doing it for decades.
  
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- I'm truly piqued.
  
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No-sugar-added blackberry jam. Sometimes raspberry of the same type.

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Whatever my girlfriend's mom home makes.

One of my favorites is a grape rosemary jam.

Mango I found not so tasty with peanut butter. Rhubarb preserves are good as well as strawberry. Strawberry mint vanilla is also great. It tastes like a smoothie.

Blackberry preserves is my favorite though.

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Guava jam

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chokecherry

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- I have never heard of it before, but I'm going to make consuming some a new life goal.
  
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  If I could only get past choking-the-bishop....
  
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Traffic Jam.

It's got a bunch of different berries and rhubarb sometimes. Slovacacek's on I35 outside Waco makes the best.

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I personally find peanut butter and jelly don't work together at all. But I love a good open top bread slice with butter and jelly/jam. My favourites are quince, plum, raspberry and black current jam.

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Sriracha mostly these days. If I was feeling sweet, I would probably go with raspberry

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- whaaa? really? so slap pb on one slice and sriracha on another and go to town?
  
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  Pretty much, though these days I usually make them open faced. The sriracha could soak into the bread too much if not consumed quickly enough
  
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  I assume they mean sirracha pepper jelly and not Rooster Sauce or similar sirracha condiments.
  
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- Spicy pb&j, that's something I need to try.
  
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  It’s delicious imo
  
  Edit: I mostly eat them as an open faced sandwich. The sriracha can end up soaking into the bread, which I think can cut back on the spiciness too much
  
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If I could, I'd use a different kind each time! Jelly/jam/preserves/etc is so good. Last year, for the first time, we had just enough aronia berries to make a teeny bit of jam, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since lol. So I'd say that would be my go-to for PB&Js if I had any.

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I can basically go wth any kind of jam, blackberry is really good. Something like Sriracha or a similar kind-of sweet chili sauce can also be amazing. Oh, and honey is also a really good taste experience.

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Elderberry jam. It's like a sour grape, kinda winey. Delicious!

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