Rejoice, peanut butter lovers: Now you have the perfect excuse to enjoy your favorite treat.
According to NationalDayCalendar.com, Jan. 24 is National Peanut Butter Day.
Here are a few ways you can celebrate:
1. Help us settle the great debate. Which is better – crunchy or creamy? "Women and children prefer creamy, while most men opt for chunky," the National Peanut Board says on its website. There's also a geographic divide: East Coast residents tend to like smooth peanut butter, while West Coasters like theirs crunchy, according to the site.
What do you think? Weigh in with our poll:
2. Grab some Girl Scout Cookies. Two of the organization's five best-sellers are full of peanut butter goodness: Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs and Do-si-dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies. The Girl Scouts also offer gluten-free cookies called Trios, made with peanut butter, oatmeal and chocolate chips. Click here to learn where you can buy the cookies.
Peanut Butter Patties aka Tagalongs are the best Girl Scout cookies and it's not even close. pic.twitter.com/Wehlujm1kb
— Seth Ryan (@SethRyan4) March 31, 2015
3. Make a PBJ. According to the New York Daily News, a 2016 survey by Peter Pan Simply Ground Peanut Butter found that the average American will eat nearly 3,000 peanut butter-jelly sandwiches during his or her lifetime. Read more here.
How do you make your peanut butter and jelly sandwich? Our experts have LOTS of opinions. https://t.co/adn9hwIKdB pic.twitter.com/pXhqtFtzxq
— Rachael Ray Show (@RachaelRayShow) November 8, 2016
4. Eat like the "King." If you're looking for something a little more adventurous than the run-of-the-mill PBJ, try one of Elvis Presley's supposed favorites. According to Elaine Dundy's book "Elvis and Gladys," Presley would eat "sandwich after sandwich of his favorite – peanut butter, sliced bananas and crisp bacon." Get the book here.
What to make for lunch this week: The Elvis sandwich http://t.co/MaPADQsPrv pic.twitter.com/3TDDehdeNA
— Globe Food & Wine (@GlobeFoodWine) January 6, 2015
5. Have a Southern treat – boiled peanuts. The National Peanut Board calls the snack "a delicacy in the peanut-growing areas of the South." Just boil them in "supersaturated salt water until they (have) a soft, bean-like texture." Check out a recipe from the Food Network's Alton Brown here.
Hot dang. Momma boiled peanuts. pic.twitter.com/nw8B7qJACQ
— Ike Morgan (@IkeMorgan) April 30, 2016
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