How To Make Chocolate Flavored Peanut Butter

Peanut butter is a sandwich spread made from roasted peanuts. It is one of the favorite foods of children and adults worldwide and used in bread, pasta, meat, vegetables and sauces. The first patent for peanut butter was released in the 1800s but many claims pertaining to its origin date back as far as 1500s.

However in 1922, Joseph L. Rosefield was issued the first patent for a shelf-stable peanut butter, the kind of peanut butter which we enjoy today. One of the first brands that adapted the same style was Peter Pan Peanut Butter which remains to this day America's much loved sandwich spread.

Manufacturers of peanut butter use special equipment to roast and process peanuts so as to provide consumers high quality peanut butter. However, using simple equipment, kitchen materials, and ingredients, you can create your very own peanut butter. While you can make a delectable peanut butter out of very simple ingredients, you can try adding flavors according to your desired taste. The following are easy steps to making your own chocolate flavored peanut butter.

1. Prepare your equipment and materials: the oven, baking pan, double boiler, food processor or blender, measuring cups, measuring spoons, bowl, and sterilized bottle, jar or other container.
2. Prepare your ingredients: 4 cups natural peanuts, 2 cups chocolate chips, 2 cups brown sugar, 2 teaspoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons hot water.
3. You can either roast the peanuts in their shells or remove the shells according to your preference. Spread them evenly on the baking pan.
4. Bake for at least 15 minutes. Make sure the oven has been pre-heated to 350 degrees F.
5. After 15 minutes of roasting, you can take it from the oven and allow the peanuts to cool.
6. While cooling the roasted peanuts, melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler. You can also use a chocolate bar or powder, depending on your preference. Be careful not to burn the chocolate. Once it is smooth, transfer it into a bowl in order to cool but keep it liquid.
7. After cooling the roasted peanuts, place half of the quantity into the food processor and pour in one teaspoon of olive oil.
8. Chop the peanuts for up to four minutes then gradually add the remaining half of the peanuts and olive oil.
9. Chop continuously until you achieve the desired consistency.
10. Pour the melted chocolate into the mixture and gradually add two cups of brown sugar, one teaspoon of salt and two teaspoons hot water.
11. Blend the mixture to the desired consistency.
12. Place the mixture into a bottle or jar and refrigerate your peanut butter.

While peanut butter is known to have reactions to people with peanut allergy, peanut butter is also popularly known for its nutritional value. It is good for your diet as it provides Vitamins B3 and E, proteins, magnesium, folate, antioxidants, and dietary fibers. It is known to fight cardiovascular due to it monounsaturated fats and resveratrol. It lowers blood pressure, protects against breast cancer, and fights adult-onset diabetes.