The Peanut Butter Solution: PB2 in Coffee
This blog’s very first post was about peanut butter in coffee. Back then I was less sophisticated, so I just dumped raw PB in there and hoped for the best. It was okay, but the “warm snot at the bottom” problem has plagued me to this day.
Many kind commenters suggested something called PB2, and I ignored them for seven years, until I came across the concoction in Costco last week. PB2 is like peanut butter, but one louder. It’s also powdered, which means you have to add liquid to it to make it go. As a coffee expert, I can tell you one thing for certain: coffee is a liquid.
I put about a tablespoon in. Maybe more. Maybe a lot more. I wanted my first experience with peanut butter’s sequel to be memorable, okay?
It appeared to immediately mix right in with the coffee, which is what I was going for. Even a blender could not properly mix PB1 into coffee (as demonstrated in the peanut butter and jelly coffee incident of 2009), so this was quite exciting. I’d done it. I’d won. Here is a dot GIF file to demonstrate my feeling at the time:
And it tasted great, too. The second peanut butter’s flavour was subtle, but delicious. Even with the substandard coffee I’d used, it was elevated by the nuttiness and an extra creaminess that transcended the small amount of cream I’d added.
As I suspected all along, the flavour of peanut butter goes perfectly with the flavour of coffee. It was only texture holding me back before.
Then I got to the bottom. I felt a disturbance in the force. There was something solid down there. I brought my mug into the light to investigate further. Here is a dot GIF file of the moment I realized my coffee had broken bad.
Chunks. Always chunks. They follow me wherever I go, lurking under every surface. One cannot escape chunks any more than one can escape death.
I give PB2 in coffee four and a half out of five stars.
Putting Weird Things in Coffee 
Glad to see you’re still around! I think I’ll give this one a whirl!
I might have to try this one as well…
I’m so glad you tried PB2. I’ll need to try this, but with less than you put in.
maybe using a little less would help, and, like with hot cocoa mix and water, 1) put the powder in first, 2) put in a little bit of liquid and mix thoroughly, breaking up the lumps while they’re unable to float away, then 3) add more liquid after you have mixed the slurry completely.
Try the PB2 with Chocolate!
Came for weird things in coffee. Stayed for Breaking Bad gifs.
Hahahahaaaa. Great review.
I was just sitting here eating PB1 (LOL) and drinking coffe, and thought 1) “This is good.” and 2) ” I bet other awesome people think this is good too!” Then I found your article. I will be trying PB2 in my coffee tonight!
Im glad I am not the only PB nut, I have been drinking it in my coffee fro awhile now, I do like the chocolate peanut butter one better though 😀
Add a little chocolate syrup
what have I stumbled across?…. I mean the internet is truly an amazing place
appreciate that this exists