Boy, I wish I hadn’t. This is the worst peanut butter substitute I’ve ever tried. I wouldn’t even consider it a substitute. It is so gross by itself that it could only MAYBE be used when mixed into things. At that point, go with the 40 calories of a powder peanut butter (and the protein!) and actually enjoy your food.

Simpy put this "Spread" tastes of sadness and despair. Firstly there is nothing whipped about it. It is a slimy, barely coherent mass of grayish-brown goo that sits there disappointingly, looking as though you insulted its mother.

The smell upon opening the jar reminds one of a sweat laden pair of shorts that you forgot to take out of your gym bag, that some poor enterprising soul thought they could assuage by spraying it down with whatever unscented cleaner was closest. I thought to myself though, "Well Konjac noodles smell funky too, but are quite palatable once treated properly."

Ignoring my basest instincts to flee screaming down the street I decided to quickly take a lick of the residue on the lid. Oh my... Oh how I wish Doc Brown and Marty could swoop in on their glorious DeLorean and take back my most regretful action. The taste is indescribable, and not in way that makes you want to run through town with jovial glee as though you'd just found a golden ticket. No this taste feels as though the ghost of Walden Farms is taking you back to every painful childhood memory where you acted like a completely awkward goofus and is laughing in your face, "HAHAHA you poor sucker. You actually thought there could be a 0 carb peanut butter substitute that wouldn't taste like we strained a gall bladder through a rusty sieve into a spittoon in the middle of the Sahara."

Lastly should fail to take mine and the many others advice on here, be warned. The flavor will linger upon not only your tongue, but also upon your soul. You will be dying on your sick bed and that fateful day will wash over you, and you will scream in terror as you breathe your last, with nothing but the memory of the flavor of this "Spread" to take you to your grave.

By itself: 2 out of 5

Mixed with actual Peanut Butter: 4 out of 5

I bought this product for one reason, Mix the serving amount with actual Peanut butter serving amount. The taste was great in the end WHEN mixed. If you try it by itself, good luck!

In original form, I think the Cinnamon Raisin spread tops the Whipped spread. They both make really great dips for apples, especially with a little added cinnamon and Splenda or Stevia. I haven't tried the Chocolate, but I figure the bit of cocoa powder I added to the Whipped spread is close enough.

So, Cinnamon Raisin > Whipped.

UNTIL I add some of the PB Fit peanut butter powder. I take a spatula and remove all the spread from the jar into a bowl and add 4-6 tbps of the PB Fit powder, depending on my taste at the moment. I mix it really well and add it back into the jar, eating whatever doesn't fit. Then the game is changed and the Whipped spread IS the best thing since sliced bread.

Now this does add some calories and sugar. PB Fit peanut butter powder serving is 2 tbps, which is 50 calories and I believe 2 net carbs, which really isn't so bad, especially when spread among a third of the jar of WF peanut butter and when compared to the nutrition facts of regular peanut butter.

This is entirely optional and not really recommended because it's incredibly addictive if you're a peanut butter fiend like I am. (I have actually eaten entire half jars of regular peanut butter in one sitting, and can easily finish a WF jar with the PB Fit powder.) So, up to you. This spread is great either way. Maybe you have better self control than I do, or maybe you want to just add 2-4 tbsp of PB Fit powder. Either way, the spread is still great (and a lot less addictive) on its own. Highly recommend!

Simply put, this "peanut spread" is terrible. It tastes nothing like peanuts. It takes nothing like peanut butter. It looks nothing like peanut butter. It's consistency is nothing like peanut butter. It has a very odd "chemical" smell and flavor. I purchased both the regular peanut spread and the chocolate peanut spread. Both are equally terrible. They are a complete waste of money.

—I 12 oz coffee creamer like French Vanilla or Mocha (Walden's--no calorie)

—1 TBSP agar powder

—1 12 oz container of chocolate sauce (Walden's no calorie)

—1 jar of chocolate peanut butter (ditto...)

—a dash of Torani’s sugar free syrup like chocolate to get the rest of the chocolate sauce that didn’t come out the first time.

Let it heat to a boil then lower the temperature. Stir the mixture for up to 5 minutes. Pour into jars and place in the fridge.

2. Chocolate Blueberry Peanut Butter: Substitute the Torani’s and Coffee Creamer for Blueberry Syrup….OMG it is tasty.

I tried the straight peanut spread and found it pretty much inedible -- poor peanut taste and a bit sour. The chocolate variety was much better -- enjoyable enough but still disappointing. The cinnamon-raisin, on the other hand is a total winner. The peanut flavor is still a bit unconvincing, but it takes a back seat to the wonderful cinnamon-raisin flavor. Wow.

It tasted almost too good to be true so I did a bit of an experiment. It was about an hour after dinner and my blood sugar was still dropping -- I toasted four slices of low carb bread (Great Low-Carb Bread Company), slathered each with a generous portion of the cinnamon-raisin peanut spread and proceeded to devour them. An hour later my blood-sugar had dropped another 30 points. Fantastic.

There is no peanut flavor at all, the consistency is similar to a pudding. The flavor is not terrible but just not right...

This jar of congealed chemical matter is, by far, the most disgusting thing to ever have passed my lips. On the plus side, it has no carbs, no calories, no fat, but it also has no protein, peanuts, or nutritional value of any kind. It does have sodium. I can only describe it as peanut flavored fluff. I don't know what's worse, the flavor or the consistency. To be labelled Walden Farms is purely scandalous. It indicates to me that some ingredient within was perhaps in the vicinity of an actual farm.

The most positive thing I can say about this is, it will be fun to see the expression on our friends' faces when we get them to taste it.

I will buy this again for sure.

I've also noticed that WF products are not consistent! The "chemical" flavor changes drastically from one batch to the next! It's always hit or miss. Is this jar going to taste like liquid plastic or is this going to be a good batch? I purchased this product 4 times, and 2 out of the 4 it had a chemical taste...It seems to be the luck of the draw.

I have enjoyed other Walden Farms products, but they really missed the mark with this one.

All that said, I enjoy it with my celery as a guilt free snack. For what it is, it works just fine. And even with the added peanut butter, the entire jar had less than 200 calories.

If you need to save yourself from a massive dietary indiscretion and fool yourself into thinking you're eating real PB, this is worth the $4 to do it. I read all the reviews before buying this product and was not disappointed. However, there is something strange about the flavor. It mimics peanut butter, the consistency is very close to the "creamy" kind, but that intense roasted peanut flavor it does not have. Someone said it needed salt -- i tried adding salt and sweetener and still can't figure out quite what it needs. But again -- cannot complain given that it isn't adding anything bad to the diet when you eat it. Definitely prevents you from taking care of a full jar of the real thing, and when mixed with cal-free/sugar-free jam (with something else, ie on bread or something) is very much like the real thing. I would recommend, just bc it is SO Hard to find anything else resembling this.

It's very thin but if you keep it refrigerated, it tends to be thicker.

Peanut butter is one of my essential food groups so I've always missed it when I do low carb, with this product, I don't have to miss it. I put it on celery (which is only a means to transport peanut butter or cream cheese imho).

I think it sure beats Peter Pan peanut butter.

I have been a loyal customer of Netrition for a few years now and love many of the products offered on here. I have tried many things that I love and some that I dont care for, but I never felt compelled to write a review until now. I would bet that all the positive reviews about this product are people who either work for Walden Farms, or are just crazy.

Sorry for the rant, but I just had to say something. :-/

I just got a new batch of peanut butter and it tastes pretty good. My previous batch from a couple months ago had a strong chemical taste with a light whipped viscosity. I almost trashed it but found it to be acceptable on bread with jam. So I ordered a couple more.

The new batch has a much stiffer viscosity and the chemical taste is very mild. I don't know which batch is the current recipe but this batch I can eat straight out of the jar where as the older batch required that I mix it with something.

I vote to keep this recipe if it matters????

Bottom line: If you are looking for a peanut butter alternative, don't waste your time with this one!! Try PB2.

What you have to do is combine it with other foods and at least then you get to enjoy the peanut butter consistency. I had some on my pancakes today (doused in syrup), and it was good. You can also mix it at a 1:1 ratio with regular natural peanut butter, and that seems to cover up the chemical taste.

I'll try it with a protein shake today....

I ordered it with so many products from Walden, this is one of their worst..

I am very disapointed I bought the chocolate syrup to go with it and that is horrible too!

It makes a great frozen treat if you cover a lump of peanut butter with the chocolate syrup and freeze until firm. You can also add the fruit spreads and marshmallow creams and end up with a frozen treat.

Advice to Walden Farms--you guys should really use erythritol in conjunction with sucralose because it only contains .2 calories per gram and a lot of your products contain "trace" calories anyway. Erythritol is natural and tastes the most like sugar, and would really help popularize your products.

For an extra punch, add 3 tsp. of splenda brown sugar :D

I HIGHLY recommend "Better 'N Peanut Butter" - 100 calories for 2 Tbsp... it's amazing!