Homemade Honey Roasted Peanut Butter Recipe

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This Honey Roasted Peanut Butter is made with only 3 ingredients and is ready in 5 minutes. It’s seriously THE most delicious peanut butter you will ever eat.

Front view of a jar of Honey Roasted Peanut Butter with some peanut butter dripping down the sides.


Today I am Elated. Ecstatic. Overjoyed. Delighted. Giddy and totally floating on cloud 9 over here…and it’s all because of this Homemade Honey Roasted Vanilla Bean Peanut Butter. Yes. You heard me right. Honey Roasted Peanut Butter consisting of Honey roasted peanuts, raw cocoa butter and aromatic vanilla beans come together to make this deliciously irresistible peanut butter.

I seriously couldn’t be any more in love with a spread. This homemade peanut butter recipe is creamy & dreamy and absolutely bursting with deep, rich flavors. Of course (you saw this coming), it is so easy to make (think less than 5 minutes) thanks to my Vitamix.

Overhead view of nuts in a Vitamix after being blended.

How to Make Honey Roasted Peanut Butter in a Vitamix!

If you love making homemade peanut butter like I do, then I absolutely recommend using a Vitamix blender. It does the job better than any other kitchen appliance out there. A food processor works too, but it takes a touch longer and the result isn’t quite as creamy.

Use the Tamper

The number one piece of advice I can give you when it comes to making homemade nut butter in the Vitamix is to use the tamper! As soon as you start blending use the tamper to push the peanuts into the blades! Don’t stop tamping until the mixture becomes smooth!

Add Other Ingredients Last & Pulse to Combine

Certain ingredients such as honey, maple syrup, etc. can cause nut butters to seize up and become difficult to blend. Be sure to add such ingredients after the nuts have reached your desired consistency to avoid this issue. Since the desired consistency has already been achieved, simply pulse to combine the extra ingredients.

It’s amazing how you can just toss the peanuts in the Vitamix, turn it on and watch the magic happen. See those flecks of vanilla bean perfection.

Front view of a jar with finished recipe product.

Homemade Honey Roasted Peanut Butter Recipe: Ingredients & Substitutions

As always, the quality of ingredients you use will determine the deliciousness of your final product. In my years of making homemade peanut butter.

Honey Roasted Peanuts

I have found that Trader Joe’s honey roasted peanuts yield the absolute best homemade peanut butter ever. If you’d prefer to use regular peanuts, or roast your own, that is totally great too.

Cocoa butter

Since I try to avoid dairy, it is hard for me to find ingredients that are excellent fat substitutes that don’t make the final product taste like coconut. However, this raw cocoa butter totally wins, plus it’s super high in antioxidants and smells like heaven. If you don’t keep cocoa butter on hand, feel free to substitute ghee or coconut oil.

Vanilla Beans

I have professed my love for vanilla beans in this recipe post. They impart such a deep, rich flavor to this peanut butter that I can’t even begin to explain in words. I seriously just grab a spoon and dive on in. I’ve made homemade peanut butter more times than I can count. But this recipe takes the cake. Of course, if you don’t have vanilla beans you could substitute vanilla extract…although I highly recommend using beans if you can. Vanilla bean paste is also a great alternative.

Overhead view of a jar of Peanut Butter topped with roasted peanuts.

Recipe FAQs


Is eating peanut butter good for you?

Yes! Peanut Butter is rich with a variety of nutrients.

Is homemade peanut butter worth it?

Yes! This peanut butter is extra creamy and well worth it!

Why is my homemade peanut butter dry?

Try slowly adding more cocoa butter until it is your desired texture.

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Homemade Honey Roasted Peanut Butter Recipe

Laura
Homemade Honey Roasted Peanut Butter Recipe with Vanilla Bean is made with only 3 ingredients and is ready in 5 minutes! It’s seriously THE most delicious peanut butter you will ever eat! 
5 from 4 votes
Course Breakfast, condiment
Cuisine American
Servings 16 oz peanut butter
Calories 185
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes

Ingredients 
 

Instructions 

  • Pour honey roasted peanuts into the container of your Vitamix or Food Processor 
  • Turn Vitamix on to variable speed 1, gradually increasing to 8, using the tamper to mix the peanuts until they reach the consistency of a thick butter.
  • Melt cocoa butter and add it to the Vitamix. Blend on high until smooth.
  • Cut half of a vanilla bean in half lengthwise. Use a spoon to scrape the seeds from the pod.
  • Add seeds to the Vitamix and blend on high for 30 second or until evenly combined.
  • Remove and eat with a spoon!
  • Store in an airtight glass container at room temperature or in the refrigerator!

Notes

Ingredient Substitution

Honey Roasted Peanuts

I have found that Trader Joe’s honey roasted peanuts yield the absolute best homemade peanut butter ever. If you’d prefer to use regular peanuts, or roast your own, that is totally great too.

Cocoa butter

This raw cocoa butter totally wins, plus it’s super high in antioxidants and smells like heaven. If you don’t keep cocoa butter on hand, feel free to substitute ghee or coconut oil.

Vanilla Beans

If you don’t have vanilla beans you could substitute vanilla extract…although I highly recommend using beans if you can. Vanilla bean paste is also a great alternative.

Storage

Keep this in an airtight container for up to 2 months (if it lasts that long). 
 

 

Nutrition

Serving: 2TBS | Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14.7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7.6g | Sodium: 125mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.4mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Have you ever made peanut butter at home? What is your favorite flavor?

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  1. Thanks so much for sharing this awesome Peanut Butter with us, I can’t wait to try it! Hope you will come back to see us at Full Plate Thursday real soon and have a great week!
    Miz Helen

  2. OH.MAH.GOD. This looks so delicious. Like dangerously delicious. Thank you for sharing this easy peanut butter recipe. We’ve never made peanut butter at home, but I think we’ll be trying very soon (with this recipe of course!)

  3. This looks so incredibly delicious! I love “real” peanut butter and honey and vanilla are always delicious. Thank you for sharing!

  4. This looks heaaaaavenly! All that drippy peanut butter goodness! <3 <3 <3

    Fresh peanut butter tastes SO much better!

  5. I can see why you’re giddy over this recipe! It looks and sounds amazing. I’ve never made my own peanut butter but this would definitely be the one to make if I was going to!

  6. Ohhhh goodnessss! I can almost taste this. Love the addition of the fresh vanilla. I don’t think of using the entire beans enough.

    1. To clarify…this recipe just uses the seeds! Not the pods! You scrape out the seeds and add them in at the end! 🙂