The Gift of Peanut Butter

We have been selling The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg All Natural Peanut Butter since we began The Virginia Marketplace in 2006. This peanut butter is just that - peanuts, and maybe a pinch of salt. No added sugars. It is available in smooth, salt free smooth, crunchy, or as sampler of all three.
This holiday season we have added The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg All Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter to some of our gourmet gift baskets and gift boxes.

Our Snowy Days Gift Basket includes The Peanut Shop of Williamsbug All Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter, Byrd Mill Raspberry Pancake and Waffle Mix and Ginger and Spice Cookie Mix, Red Rocker Cashew Toffee, The Peanut Shop Williamsburg Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Bars, Chincoteague New England Clam Chowder, Puffenbarger’s Sugar Orchard Maple Syrup, and The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg Milk Chocolate Virginia Peanuts. Our Nut Lover's Basket includes The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg All Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter, Red Rocker Cashew Toffee, Graves Mountain Strawberry and Black Raspberry Preserves, and The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Bars.

Our Snack Happy Gift Box includes The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg All Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter, Byrd Mill Ginger and Spice Cookie Mix, The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg Milk Chocolate Peanuts, Graves Mountain Strawberry Preserves, Monastery Almond Creamed Honey and The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Bars. Our Snack Attack Gift Box includes The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg All Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter, The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Bars, Byrd Mill Cinnamon Muffin Mix, Monastery Natural Creamed Honey, Graves Mountain Strawberry Preserves, and The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg Hot Sriracha Seasoned Virginia Peanuts. Our Nutty Snack Time Gift Box includes Red Rocker Cashew Toffee, The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter, The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Bars, The Peanut Shop of Willimasburg Virginia Peanuts, Graves Mountain Strawberry Preserves and Monastery Natural Creamed Honey.

Some people feel they should not indulge in the rich, creamy taste of peanut butter because they are afraid of the fat. It’s time to take another look at peanut butter because studies have shown that it is indeed a very healthy food choice. Here are some of the reasons you should include peanut butter as a part of a healthy eating plan.
If you want to lose some weight, peanut butter can help. Peanut butter is very filling. A little bit goes a long way to keep you satiated. With its combination of protein (8g per serving) and fiber (2g per serving), it makes a big dent in your hunger pains and tamps down cravings to eat more than you’d prefer.
You can include peanut butter in your plan to keep diabetes at bay. The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study demonstrating that participants, eating 1 ounce of nuts or peanut butter for a minimum of five days per week, lowered their risk of developing diabetes by 30 percent!
Peanut butter is considered a good food in your plan to keep your heart healthy. Packed with fantastic nutrients like fiber, vitamins, minerals and potassium, peanut butter can be good for your heart. Several studies bear this out, as those who consume peanut butter regularly in their diets are less likely to develop heart disease versus those who avoid it. One study showed that diets high in monounsaturated fat, which includes foods like peanut butter, lower bad LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, while maintaining good HDL cholesterol.

To borrow from an old idiom about cake: you can have your peanut butter and eat it too!