Healthy Peanut Butter Alternatives

WIld Friends Almond Cashew Super Butter

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If sweet and salty is your jam, you'll love this almond cashew butter from Wild Friends. With a touch of honey and a dash of sea salt, it still clocks in at only three grams of sugar per serving. Try it in your next jar of overnight oats.

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Julie's Real Cacao Espresso Almond Butter

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Julie's Real Cacao Espresso Almond Butter's mix of roasted cacao nibs and espresso beans is literally like eating a spoonful of heaven. The only sweetener in all of Julie's Real Paleo-friendly products is honey, so you could totally use it to make these Paleo almond butter cookies.

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Justin's Maple Almond Butter

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Justin's Maple Almond Butter is made with maple sugar, a byproduct of maple syrup production. What's really great about Justin's, though (other than the taste), is that you can get it in single-serve snack packs — perfect when you are on the go.

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Artisana Organics Raw Pecan Butter

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This raw pecan butter is made with only two ingredients (yes, you read that right), pecans and cashews. No hydrogenated oils and no sweetener, just pure, nutty goodness. You could use it to switch up the flavor in this peanut butter and jelly smoothie.

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Yum Butter Superfood Cashew Butter

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Yum Butter's Superfood Cashew Butter is more than just nut butter, it really is a superfood. It contains chia seeds, hemp seeds, and goji berries, which give you a little boost of omega-3s and antioxidants!

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Barney Butter Bare Crunchy Almond Butter

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The name says it all. Barney Butter Bare Crunchy Almond Butter is made with only almonds and palm fruit oil. No salt, no sugar, just lots of almond goodness. Almond butter plays nice with chocolate, just like peanut butter, so try it in these no-bake peanut butter balls.

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Thrive Market Cashew Butter

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Thrive Market Cashew Butter wins the prize for fewest ingredients — it is made with just cashews and nothing else. Like everything at Thrive Market, this cashew butter is GMO free and (like many of its products) it is also certified organic. Why not give it a whirl in the blender with this cracked-oats smoothie recipe?

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Nuttzo Organic Paleo Power Fuel

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This power fuel from Nuttzo is made without peanuts, but it is made with just about every other nut and seed you can imagine. What does that mean for you? No added sugar, plenty of protein and healthy fats, and loads of flavor.

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