Honey Sea Salt Peanut Butter

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This Homemade Peanut Butter recipe is super easy and lightly sweetened with a little honey plus some flaky sea salt to make the flavors pop. And it takes just minutes to whip up in your food processor or blender.

Why You’ll Love Making Homemade Peanut Butter

  • Cuisine Inspiration: American
  • Primary Cooking Method: No-cook
  • Dietary Info: Gluten-free, Dairy-free
  • Skill Level: Easy

Peanut butter is one of the most straightforward spreads to make at home – all you need are peanuts and a food processor! In this homemade peanut butter recipe I’ve added a few more ingredients like honey and salt to add subtle sweetness and give it a slightly more unique and complex flavor. But you still just throw everything in your food processor and, as if by magic, creamy, spoonable peanut butter.

It’s so fun to make your own peanut butter, and once you try doing so you may not go back to buying a jar at the store! Here’s why you’ll love making peanut butter:

  • It’s so easy. Just throw everything into a food processor or blender (though I would recommend a high-powered one), and blend! That’s all there is to it.
  • Fun to customize. Follow my recipe as written or adapt it to your personal preferences. You can add more honey if you like sweeter peanut butter, try less salt, or switch out the honey for maple syrup.
  • Naturally gluten-free. This is a wonderful naturally gluten-free recipe for homemade peanut butter. All of the ingredients needed to make it are already gluten-free so you won’t need to make any adaptations.
  • Better than storebought. There are no strange ingredients or additives in this homemade peanut butter recipe. And even better, no preservatives! All you need are simple ingredients and you’ll be able to make the best peanut butter in just a few minutes.
A hand dips an apple into a jar of honey sea salt peanut butter.

Ingredients

Just a few ingredients are needed to make this luscious peanut butter. Don’t forget to check the recipe card at the end of this post for the full ingredient amounts:

  • Dry Roasted Unsalted Peanuts: Roasted peanuts give this homemade peanut butter a rich and deep peanut flavor. However, you could use unroasted peanuts if you wish. I would not use salted peanuts in this recipe because the final result would be too salty.
  • Honey: Honey gives this homemade peanut butter a floral sweetness. Use local honey when possible!
  • Sea Salt: You’ll use flaky, coarse sea salt in this recipe.
  • Avocado Oil: Or you can use another neutral oil.
Ingredients needed to make homemade peanut butter including honey, salt, and peanuts, are shown in bowls with a white background.

How To Make Peanut Butter

My two-step method for making peanut butter is outlined below (the detailed directions are in the recipe card below):

  • Process the ingredients in a food processor. Add the peanuts, honey, and sea salt to a high-powered blender or food processor. Start by pulsing to break down the peanuts, then blend or process until it is smooth. This will take several minutes, and the outside of the blender may become warm to the touch.
  • Adjust the consistency. If it is not as smooth as you like, slowly stream in up to 1-2 Tablespoons of oil while it is blending in order to achieve your desired consistency.

How To Store Homemade Peanut Butter

Store honey sea salt peanut butter in an airtight container (I prefer to use a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid) at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. You can also store homemade peanut butter in the fridge for up to 2 months.

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Tips for the Best Honey Peanut Butter

Here are a few tips you can follow when making peanut butter:

  • Process the peanut butter thoroughly. For the smoothest peanut butter, make sure you run the food processor long enough so that your end result is smooth, creamy peanut butter. You may also have to stop the blender periodically to scrape down the sides.
  • Only use fresh peanuts. Make sure that your peanuts are from a fresh jar. If you use old peanuts they may be rancid, which will give you peanut butter with an off taste.
  • Substitute maple syrup. You can easily swap the honey for maple syrup in equal amounts if you want a slightly different flavor.
  • Add chocolate. Make this more of a dessert peanut butter by drizzling in some chocolate syrup.
  • Make it crunchy. If you like crunchier peanut butter, reserve 1/2 cup of the peanuts and add them into the food processor after you’ve processed the other ingredients. Pulse the mixture once to combine the peanut without totally crushing them.
  • Use a blender. You can use a blender rather than a food processor if needed, but make sure it’s a high-powered blender so that the peanuts are processed completely.
Honey sea salt peanut butter tops a stack of cookies.

Ways To Use Sea Salt and Honey Peanut Butter

There are so many ways to use sea salt and honey peanut butter, from smearing on apple slices or using it in a sandwich on gluten free bread. Here are a few of my favorite ways to use honey peanut butter:

A spoon is shown dipping into a glass jar of homemade peanut butter.
5 from 4 votes

Honey Sea Salt Peanut Butter

This Homemade Peanut Butter recipe is super easy and lightly sweetened with a little honey plus some flaky sea salt to make the flavors pop. And it takes just minutes to whip up in your food processor or blender.
Prep: 10 minutes
Total: 10 minutes
Servings: 16 servings (about 2 Tablespoons, makes about 2 cups total)

Ingredients

  • 16 ounce jar of dry roasted unsalted peanuts
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1-2 teaspoons coarse sea salt
  • 1-2 tablespoons avocado oil or another neutral oil, optional

Instructions

  • Add the peanuts, honey, and sea salt to a high-powered blender or food processor. Start by pulsing to break down the peanuts, then blend or process until it is smooth. This will take several minutes, and the outside of the blender may become warm to the touch. You may also have to stop the blender periodically to scrape down the sides. If it is not as smooth as you like, slowly stream in up to 1-2 tablespoons of oil while it is blending in order to achieve your desired consistency.
  • Place in a jar or other storage container and store in the refrigerator.

Notes

It will become a little firm or thick in the refrigerator. If you eat natural peanut butter, you are familiar with this. Just let it come to room temperature, and it will be easy to spread again.
Nutrition Facts
Honey Sea Salt Peanut Butter
Amount Per Serving (2 Tablespoons)
Calories 182 Calories from Fat 135
% Daily Value*
Fat 15g23%
Saturated Fat 2g10%
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
Monounsaturated Fat 8g
Sodium 147mg6%
Potassium 181mg5%
Carbohydrates 8g3%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin C 0.01mg0%
Calcium 17mg2%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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22 Comments
  1. Hi! first time on your website and I love if. Silly question what’s the “t” stand for in your ingredient list? tea spoon or table spoon?
    I want to get the quantity right 🙂 in french it stand for tasse which mean cup so I’m a bit confuse.
    Thanks!
    Karine

  2. Melinda Jones

    This sounds/looks awesome! 2 questions though. How long will it last, stored. And, does it absolutely HAVE to be stored in the fridge? It won’t let me rate on my phone. But I give it 5 stars for easiness!

    1. Not being a food safety expert, I did a quick Google search, and everyone seems to women’s the fridge for up to 2 months. I’m guessing it’ll be ok for a couple days at room temperature, but without preservatives it would go rancid.

  3. 5 stars
    Brianne, this pb sounds delish!! I need to try this….never made my own pb before. Love it! Thanks for sharing with my Fit and Fab readers!

    1. I buy natural peanut butter where the only ingredient is peanuts, so this is probably not something I wud do all the time, but it is a nice treat to be able to add something swwet or salty or maybe even other flavors, but have control over what I am adding.

  4. Terra

    I love the idea of adding the sea salt, that does sound delicious! My hubby would go crazy for your peanut butter cups, they look beautiful! Hugs, Terra

  5. 5 stars
    OMG your Peanut Butter Cups look delicious and those cupcakes….well, decadent is the only word that comes to mind! Now, I’m only sharing this with you because you say you are a Peanut Butter Junky! My dad was too and he used to make us a breakfast he called “The Cream Mixture”. It sounds gross, but we loved it! He cut up peaches or pears, depending on the season, and mixed them with peanut butter and sour cream. Dare you to try it!!!

    1. Hmmm, that sounds interesting. I have made sandwiches for my little guy where I mix chopped strawberries or grapes in with the peanut butter, because it is less messy than jelly. But peaches and sour cream. Though stranger combinations have worked.

  6. If you only knew how much I love peanut butter. I probably have a big spoon of it every day. Now you have inspired me to make my own.

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