by Jen
on January 13, 2011
What better way to kick off the weekend than with a giveaway!? I’m really excited about sharing this product with you guys. I don’t accept product reviews often but when Marina reached out to me about her new company, Better Butter, I was interested in learning more.
After spending some time on her site, I knew that Better Butter was a product that I wanted to try. Marina is a fellow nut butter addict and started experimenting with ways to reduce the fat and calorie content in a serving of nut butter. She discovered that by replacing some of the oils with banana and pumpkin puree, she could cut the fat and calorie content nearly in half. A two tablespoon serving of better butter has on average 45% less calories, 50% less fat and 65% less saturated fat than normal peanut butter.
I received a full-sized jar of Honey Nut Banana Better Butter along with a sampler pack of the other flavors.
I have enjoyed sampling the Better Butter products and love that I can pile them on guilt-free! I’ve been topping toast, fruit and oatmeal with Better Butter ever since I received the sample a week ago. This nut butter is seriously delicious! I’m working on some recipe ideas using Better Butter too.
I asked Marina if she’d be willing to give away samples to a Peanut Butter Runner reader and she graciously agreed. She is going to send one reader a full-sized jar of their choice along with a sample pack. I am not a fan of contests that force people to follow you on Twitter and Tweet about the giveaway or make people like the product on Facebook for extra entries (of course I’d like for you to do both but only because you want to! :)). What I do ask is that you check out the Better Butter website and leave a comment about what flavor you’d like to try and why. I’d love to hear ideas on how you’d like to use Better Butter too!
You have until Sunday evening at midnight (EST) to enter. I’ll announce the winner on Monday!
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