Tasting P.B. Loco's Wacky Line of Peanut Butters
Peanut butter goes with a lot of things (no offense, jelly) and the company P.B. Loco has capitalized on such pairings as curry, cookie dough, and bananas. The Onion's A.V. Club decided to taste-test these suspect flavors. It's hard to screw up peanut butter, but it's definitely possible.
Armed with graham crackers and celery sticks, the tasters assessed six of the P.B. Loco flavors with the following results: Asian Curry Spice ("essentially ready-made Thai peanut sauce"), Chocolate-Chip Cookie Dough (raw Toll House mixed with peanut butter), Dark Chocolate Duo (biggest disappointment), Cocoa Banana (at first chemicaly-tasting, then miraculous), Sumatra Cinnamon Raisin ("ants on a log in jar form"), and Caramel Apple (somewhere between apple juice and peanut butter).
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10 Comments:
The Peanut Butter Company (based out of NY i think?) is very similar. My favorite flavor is White Chocolate Wonderful. I could just eat a spoonful - no marshmallow fluff necessary! :)
Chew on That at 4:41PM on 09/23/09
P.B. Loco's Asian Curry is great spread on naan and eaten with a curry or a bowl of ramen noodles.
aharste at 5:31PM on 09/23/09
I was really disappointed by the PB Co.'s dark chocolate peanut butter as well. It was surprisingly bland and really thick, making it very difficult to spread onto sandwich bread.
jboylan at 5:55PM on 09/23/09
I really like their chocolate chip cookie dough flavor, it surprised me a lot. I was pretty disappointed with the dark chocolate peanut butter, it tasted like cardboard mixed with chocolate. I may have to try the cocoa banana again, I never got past the chemical-like taste.
sylphon at 6:46PM on 09/23/09
The only "gourmet" peanut butter I've ever tried was PB Co's cinnamon raisin, and was very disappointed. It was way too sweet, and had a very unpleasant grittiness. I also expected the raisins would be soft and plump, but they were very hard. I will just stick to my Krema natural crunchy from now on.
btw...Does anyone remember the "Koogle" brand of flavored peanut butters from back in the 70's? There was chocolate, cinnamon, and banana I believe.
deetroitMI at 6:51PM on 09/23/09
Even when I was seven, I always thought that the jars of Goober looked like someone had barfed their peanut butter and jelly sandwich into the glass.
These fancy peanut butters always sound better on the label than they taste.
HeartofGlass at 8:47PM on 09/23/09
@aharste and everyone. Even better, just add a tablespoon or two, depending on taste, to the water of a chicken ramen soup mix (the cream of chicken flavor is best, I think) and the cheapest 5 oz. can of chicken you can find, and curry powder to taste. A little S&P: amazingly good and filling, for not much $.
Sov at 9:07PM on 09/23/09
When I was a kid, I adored a peanut butter that my grandmother used to buy - it was peanut butter with bacon bits in it. I'd say that unless the bacon boat has completely left the dock, it might be time for a comeback.
Nezrite at 12:17AM on 09/24/09
I haven't heard of PB Loco this far up North, but White Chocolate Wonderful by PB&Co. is divine.
I second that! I can attest to the greatness of PB & B(acon). Peanut Butter and crispy bacon sandwiches are fantastic not only in taste but in texture. I'd buy it if it came jarred, but it's probably not difficult to make your own.
Weekend project mystery solved.
Food Monstar at 9:02AM on 09/24/09
I'll be honest: I don't hate the flavoured PBs, but I wouldn't want a whole jar. Give me some natural crunchy PB and I can make ALL those flavours, plus a straight PB sandwich.
Just surprised they haven't made a bacon flavour yet...
piccola at 9:12AM on 09/24/09