I was working last night, and I decided I needed a snack. I opened the fridge and saw this huge leftover bag of baby carrots that needed to be eaten soon, so I grabbed it. I wanted something to dip it in, but wanted to at least pretend to be somewhat healthy, so I didn’t want to grab the Ranch dressing. So instead, I grabbed the jar of peanut butter (it has protein, see?) and went back into my office.
A few minutes later, Luke comes in to ask me something, and recoils as if I were hunched over my laptop, spooning the contents of the garbage can into my gaping maw. Instead, I was crunching on baby carrots and peanut butter. “What are you eating?” he asked me, disgusted. I thought it was pretty self-evident, but I answered him anyway. His response? “Ew. That’s like… weird gross.”
Weird gross? Really? Baby carrots and peanut butter are weird gross?
I was very confused, so I did what I usually do what I’m confused, and I asked Twitter. I got some responses along the lines of, “Do you mean peanut butter and celery?,” which made me laugh, because, yes. I just got confused between the tiny orange thing and the big stalky green thing. Luckily, Keith was on my side and informed me that Owen eats it. Facebook, however, was not as kind.
Some of my responses included, “NO. No they are not. Freak.,” “Not really…PEAS and carrots, PB and celery. Pb and apple…,” and the worst one of all, “Kona, Kinda sounds like you are w/child again?” Aaand, cut to me on my knees, screaming at the sky, “Nooooooooooooo!” Bob, however, agreed with me, making my CliqueClack Food respondents 2/2 in my favor, which is heartening.
I also got some interesting ideas. One friend suggested that I “try PB, carrots and honey with a little red chili powder in the food processor.” It sounds intriguing, but what do I do then? Put it on a cracker, scoop it out and eat it with my bare hands? Slather it all over my face for a rejuvenating mask? The possibilities are endless! My cousin even reminded me that our grandmother used to love peanut butter and pickle sandwiches, which always terrified me as a child.
So my question to you is two-fold: One, am I completely crazy for thinking that peanut butter and carrots are a snack? And, what’s your favorite peanut butter-based snack?
Clacked by Kona Gallagher 
on Jan 17, 2010 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
I have never tried peanut butter and carrots simply because I don’t like carrots. I do like peanut butter and pickles, peanut butter and lettuce, or peanut butter, pickles, lettuce, slice of american cheese make a good sandwhich.
LOVED IT!!!
Kona, I had an idea on the food processor recipe but decided to withhold that one for elsewhere! LOL
I do that with apples all the time. Peanut butter is universal. The rest of y’all are weird.
Peanut butter and carrots go together because peanut butter = creamy, and carrots = crunchy (just like apples = crunchy, celery = crunchy, etc.). As long as your crunchy item doesn’t have a really strong, weird flavor that completely clashes with peanut butter, I think it will work.
I’m all for the carrots and peanut butter, or almond butter or sunflower seed butter. And apples too, Julia! Great snack, healthy snack and satisfying too.