Actually, if you look at the stats you would think every day of the year is National Peanut Butter Month! Americans LOVE peanut butter for sure. A home without peanut butter is as rare as home without a TV. In fact, how many PBJ sandwiches are eaten in front of TVs every year? Here’s some fun facts you can impress your friends with when you host your PB parties this month!
1. 540 peanuts are needed to make one 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
2. One acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
3. Americans consume 700 million pounds of peanut butter annually, about three pounds per person!
4. The average American kid will eat about 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before leaving the nest!
5. The world’s largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich measured 40 feet long. It contained 150 pounds of peanut butter and 50 pounds of jelly. It was created November 6, 1993 in Peanut, Pennsylvania.
6. “Arachibutyrophobia” (pronounced I-RA-KID-BU-TI-RO-PHO-BI-A) is the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth.
7. Folks on the East coast prefer creamy peanut butter, while those on the West Coast prefer the chunky-style.
8. Two peanut farmers have been elected president of the United States: Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.
9. Peanut butter helps you lose weight. Really? That’s what Prevention Magazine says!
10. According to a study at USA Today, Skippy Peanut Butter tastes the best, followed by Jif Natural.
What’s YOUR favorite peanut butter? Please tell us in the comments below!