Trader Joe's Now Has Maple Butter That's Not Actual Butter, Which Means It's Vegan!

Maple butter is creamy, spreadable maple syrup. This jar of sweet golden magic is made with just one ingredient — organic maple syrup. How is it made? Here's what it says on the Trader Joe's website: "The syrup is heated to just above a boil, and then, right before it becomes candy, it's flash-cooled and churned into the perfect, 'creamy' spreadable consistency."

You may have a little layer of liquid maple syrup sitting on top of your maple butter. Just stir it up before spreading. It should look very light tan-colored and creamy.

For a one-tablespoon serving, maple butter has 50 calories, 14 grams of carbs, 13 grams of sugar, no protein, and as a bonus, offers two percent of your daily value of calcium.

A jar of Trader Joe's Organic Maple Butter costs $5.99. It's made with real organic maple syrup (from Vermont!), so this is actually a really good deal.

Aside from just spooning it out of the jar, here are some delicious ways to use Trader Joe's Organic Maple Butter:

• Spread it on pancakes or waffles.
• Mix it into oatmeal.
• Spread vegan butter on toast, spread on some maple butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Mix with nut butter and spread on bread, crackers, homemade muffins, apple slices, or a banana.
• Mix with soy sauce and spices and use as a marinade for tofu.
• Mix a little into mashed sweet potato.