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8 creative ways to use the nut butter that’s been sitting in your pantry for months

Most people know the best way to eat any nut butter—whether it’s almond, cashew, or plain old peanut butter—is by the spoonful. Or on celery sticks, which tastes just as good as a full-blown adult as it did as a 10-year-old. But if you’re only sticking to your go-tos, you’re really missing out on some of the most creative ways to use nut butter.

You can sneak nut butters into every meal of the day. It works in variety of brownie recipes and even an Alfredo sauce that gets its creaminess from cashew butter. These are the tasty picks to add to the top of your cooking list.

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The most creative ways to use nut butter

1. BAKED KALE CHIPS

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Photo: A Spicy Perspective

Who knew peanut butter would be the perfect way to add flavor to your kale chips? In this recipe, PB is combined with ground cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper to create a snack-worthy coating.

2. FUDGY NUT BUTTER STUFFED BROWNIES

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Photo: Paleo Running Momma

Take your brownies up a notch with this recipe that stuffs them with a thick layer of the nutter butter of your choice, whether that’s almond, cashew, or peanut butter.

3. Breakfast baked sweet potatoes

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Photo: Ambitious Kitchen

Why save baked sweet potatoes for dinner when you can eat them for breakfast? This recipe tops them with almond butter, banana slices, chia seeds, and cinnamon.

4. PEANUT BUTTER STUFFED DATES

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Photo: Healthy Little Foodies

If you’re not snacking on peanut butter stuffed dates, you need to change that ASAP. They’re super easy to make, and when you top them with a little chocolate, it’s basically like eating a healthier Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.

5. Root veggie noodle salad with sesame-almond dressing

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Photo: Blissful Basil

Dress up your sweet potato and beet noodles with this nutty sesame-almond dressing that’s the perfect mix of tangy and sweet.

6. ALMOND BUTTER QUESADILLAS WITH POMEGRANATE

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Photo: Fit Foodie Finds

This dessert-style quesadilla is packed with creamy almond butter, banana slices, and pomegranates.

7. PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE DOUGH DESSERT HUMMUS

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Photo: Cook Nourish Bliss

This isn’t your typical hummus. It’s loaded with chickpeas, chocolate chips, and—of course—creamy peanut butter for all your dipping needs.

8. CAULIFLOWER CASHEW BUTTER ALFREDO

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Photo: Flora & Vino

Put your cashew butter to good use in this healthy, dairy-free Alfredo. It adds an insane amount of creaminess—no added oils needed.

This chocolate peanut butter cup vegan ice cream is a must-try:

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