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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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  • 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.

  • 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.

    • Apple butter?

      • 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.

  • 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.

  • Traffic Jam.

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

  • 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.

  • 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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