Peanut Butter & Co. #Review & #Giveaway

Peanut butter is a staple in our house- especially with making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  Yum!  Peanut butter is peanut butter, right?  Wrong!  Peanut Butter & Co. has created some wonderful and very different types of peanut butter.  You’ll be amazed to hear the flavors:

• Smooth Operator – a smooth, natural peanut butter
• Mighty Maple – peanut butter blended with maple syrup
• Cinnamon Raisin Swirl – peanut butter blended with cinnamon and raisins
• The Heat Is On – peanut butter blended with fiery spices
• White Chocolate Wonderful – peanut butter blended with white chocolate
• Dark Chocolate Dream – peanut butter blended with dark chocolate
• The Bee’s Knees – peanut butter blended with honey
• Crunch Time – peanut butter blended with great big pieces of chopped peanuts
• Old Fashioned Crunchy – peanut butter blended with peanuts
• Old Fashioned Smooth – peanut butter blended with perfectly roasted peanuts

We received The Bee’s Knees and The Heat is On.  I had peanut butter with honey and this makes for such a great sandwich or serve on crackers.  As far as The Heat is On, I wasn’t really sure what to do with it since I am not a spicy type of person, but there are so many great recipes HERE, including the one below.

Peanut Butter Chicken Enchiladas

For chicken:

2 pounds chicken breasts (about 4 medium breasts)
2 quarts water
2 Tbs salt
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp Mexican oregano
1 bay leaf

For enchilada sauce:

1 Ancho chilies
5 Guajillo chilies
1 large onion
4 cloves garlic
2 Tbs oil
8 oz can tomato sauce (pureed tomatoes)
1 1/2 C soaking liquid from the chilies
3 Tbs Peanut Butter & Co The Heat is On (if you want it spicy) or Smooth Operator (if you want it mild)
1 Tbs sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp Mexican oregano
12 soft corn tortillas
1/2 C crumbled queso fresco

Procedure

1. Wash the chicken breasts. In a heavy bottomed pot with a lid, heat the water, salt, cumin, oregano and bay leaf and bring to a boil. Add the chicken and return to a boil. Cover with a lid and turn off the heat. Let it sit for 20-30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked all the way through (should read 160°F). Be careful not to overcook them, or they will be dry. When the breasts are done, remove them from the water and let them cool down. Use your fingers to shred the meat into small pieces.

2. For the enchilada sauce, preheat the oven to 350°F. Wipe each chili with a damp cloth then place them on a baking sheet and roast until fragrant (about 7 minutes), be careful not to burn them or they will be bitter. When they’re done, remove them from the oven and allow them to cool off enough to touch. Tear the stems off and remove all the seeds. Soak the roasted chilies in 4 cups of hot water until rehydrated, about 45 minutes.

3. In a food processor, puree the onions and garlic. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil and fry the pureed onion and garlic until reduced down to about 1/4 of the original volume and the mixture is nice and caramelized (20-30 minutes). The mixture may turn a greenish blue color due to a reaction with the garlic, but don’t worry, this is perfectly normal and it does not effect the finished dish.

4. When the chiles are rehydrated, add them along with the tomato sauce, soaking liquid, peanut butter, sugar, salt, cumin, and oregano to the food processor and blitz until pureed. Add this to the caramelized onions and simmer until thick. Pass the sauce through a mesh sieve to remove the chili skins and mix about a 1/3 of the strained sauce with the shredded chicken. Briefly warm up the tortillas in the microwave, they don’t need to be hot, just warm enough so they don’t crack.

5. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Put a couple spoonfuls of chicken into each tortilla and roll. In a 13″ x 9″ casserole dish, lay each enchilada down with the seam side down. Cover the rolled tortillas with the rest of the sauce and sprinkle the queso fresco on top. Bake until the cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbly.

To celebrate the release of Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, and two succeeding Peanuts DVD releases, Peanut Butter & Co., Warner Home Video, Peanuts Worldwide, and Delta Vacations have teamed up to create the Happiness In NYC Sweepstakes.

Five lucky winners will be chosen from three contest periods running throughout 2011, corresponding with the release of each of the three new Peanuts DVDs. These fifteen winners will each receive a prize pack containing Peanut Butter & Co. products, Peanuts DVDs and merchandise. Out of these winners one grand prize winner will be selected to win a deluxe trip for four to experience “Happiness in New York City.” The vacation package includes round trip airfare and hotel accommodations as well as lunch at the Peanut Butter & Co. Sandwich Shop, tickets to a Broadway show, and VIP access to New York City museums restaurants and shopping.

Promotion for the sweepstakes will appear on Peanut Butter & Co. products throughout 2011, as well as in national print, online, direct response, and social media channels. There is no purchase necessary to enter the sweepstakes. For a complete set of rules and to enter, consumers can go to http://ilovepeanutbutter.com/happiness.

We are giving away The Bee’s Knees and The Heat is On from the Peanut Butter & Co. to one reader.  Enter the giveaway by filling out the form below.  Also, be sure to check out all of our other giveaways.

This giveaway is open until May 7, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST to U.S residents.

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A complimentary product/service was provided for this review, however, all opinions expressed are our own.  We were not compensated in any other way.  See Mommies With Cents disclosure policy for more details.