Both are pastes made of mashed beans (peanuts and chickpeas are beans.) They also have a similar nutrient profile and are both used for similar dishes.

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    are both used for similar dishes.

    Man, I love hummus and jelly sandwiches. As well as my peanut butter shawarma.

    Reese’s hummus cups are to die for.

    Mmm, I’m going to melt some hummus over my ice cream.

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      Better hope your dump stat wasn’t charisma, then!

      "Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit.

      Wisdom is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad.

      Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad."

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        Depends on how you season the peanut butter. Store bought peanut butter is often chock full of sugar to make it sweet.

        A plain peanut butter with just salt and peanuts goes extremely well with savory. Like on a burger.

        A beef bacon cheeseburger with something like havarti, with peanut butter on it is delicious.

        And a lamb burger with feta and hummus goes really well together.

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    If you want to compare something to peanut butter, check out tahini. It’s basically peanut butter made out of sesame seeds, and even has a (kinda) similar flavor profile. Tahini and grape jam is delicious.

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    Peanuts and chickpeas are both legumes, just like beans. Therefor I propose that PB&Js amd hummus on bread should all be classified under “Beans on Toast”

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    Peanut butter usually has sugar in it, but it doesn’t have to. Peanuts can be great in savory dishes too, such as Thai peanut sauce. I eat peanut butter with celery and hot sauce.

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      Peanut butter with sugar in it is gross to me. I specifically look for it without any sugar in the ingredients. It doesn’t have to be sweet!

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        My favorite is from those machines some grocery stores have that grind it up on the spot - nothing but peanut. Definitely shows the extra ingredients like sugars, oils etc in some jarred ones are totally superfluous. Kind of offensive, really, how some major brands remove the peanut oil and replace it with a cheaper oil.

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      I am a peanut butter purist, so IMO real peanut butter is just crushed peanuts and maybe some salt. Anything else is just a peanut-flavored spread.

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      I’ve had that. I thought it was vile, but to each their own. The friend that made it for me loves it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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        It tastes like… peanuts? What could be vile about it? I guess you could mix in some sugar and other oil if desired, since that’s really all other peanut butters have.

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          It was the hot sauce. Some combination of something in the hot sauce flavor profile mixed with the celery and PB didn’t work for me. I like celery and PB, just not with hot sauces (I’ve tried a few over the years).

          Edit: I love peanut sauce in Thai food, if that’s what you were talking about

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            Oh, I get it, you don’t mean the fresh ground peanut butter but the celery-pb-hot sauce thing. I thought you replied to a different comment I made.

            I eat hot sauce on absolutely everything so it seemed really normal to me.

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              Oh, fresh-ground PB can be kinda “blah” for me. Also the constant need to mix it because it settles… I prefer the sugary, processed stuff! Although, at least I’m a crunchy guy!

              Hot sauce, on the other hand, I like, but not on everything, lol

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      No, but they are related. They differ because only hummus and peanut butter are used as condiments/dip as opposed to being eaten alone.

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        as opposed to being eaten alone.

        Allow myself to introduce… Myself.

        PB straight up is a great snack. They even sell little packets of peanut butter to be eaten by itself out here. I’ve also been known to eat the left over hummus with a spoon after all my pita chips are gone.

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          They even sell little packets of peanut butter to be eaten by itself out here.

          Are you sure you’re not just confused about those single serving peanut butter packets they leave on the table at brunch places to spread on your toast 😅?

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              I believe you, but I’ll admit the first thing I thought of was the little carousel of jams and peanut butter at a breakfast place, haha.

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        Bean dip or eating refried beans with chips or tortillas is not unusual at all. In fact, dipping tortilla in beans is basically eating hummus with pita.

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        Pshaw!

        If you have never hung around with my cousin, you might think that. But I’ve seen him get stoned as fuck and sit there finger-spooning either hummus or peanut butter into his gaping maw while washing them down with Dr Pepper. Sometimes he changes things up and uses RC cola.

        I suspect, when I show him this, he’ll take it as a challenge and try both at the same time.

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    In the way that ravioli, dumplings, and calzones are technically sandwiches.

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    They add stuff to peanut butter to keep the oil from separating, and they add a bunch of sugar. It’s ground finer too.

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      I literally never bought pb that isn’t 100% peanuts. Sometimes with a bit of salt. Stop buying junk.

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        I literally never bought pb that isn’t 100% peanuts. Sometimes with a bit of salt. Stop buying junk.

        It’s not automatically “junk”, it’s flavored.

        It just happens to be the most popular flavor in the U.S.

        I like my spicy red pepper hummus, other people like their extra-oil-and-sugar smooth consistency non-separating peanut butter.

        It’s like the difference between corn flakes and frosted flakes.

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          Junk, as in, junk food. Unhealthy. I also buy salted caramel pb sometimes just for fun. But you shouldn’t make that part of your regular breakfast…