National Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day
"I need God's grace and something baked with peanut butter and chocolate." - Gloria Furman
23 July is National Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day, a day reminding us just how amazing these foods are, and that every day with them in it is a little better.
Today celebrates the coming together of a humble legume ground into a creamy and delicious paste, and a tree nut with delusions of grandeur. Ok, maybe chocolate isn’t actually experiencing delusions – it is in fact, pretty amazing. Peanut butter has been with us since the time of the Aztecs, where it was unexpectedly used as a sort of remedy for toothache, while chocolate was used as an offering to the gods and a drink of royalty.
We can’t speculate about when these two substances first came together, but we are sure that it was a fortuitous day for sweet lovers everywhere. Today, peanut butter and chocolate can be found in almost every combination you can think of, and in not one instance has the mixing of the two ever led to a moment of culinary regret.
Peanut butter and chocolate cupcakes are amazing, as are peanut butter cookies with a drizzle of chocolate over the top. National Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day encourages you to use your imaginations and combine these two ingredients in any way you can think of!
The best way to celebrate is by creating a combination of these heavenly ingredients that will leave you wanting more. Search through your recipe books, or online, for the perfect peanut butter and chocolate recipes, and make some treats to enjoy today!
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