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Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwich

May 12, 2013 by Joy the Baker 266 Comments

Peanut Butter + Pickle Sandwich

This is my Dance Like Nobody Is Watching Sandwich.

I’ve been pretty humble on my blog up until this point, but it’s time I tell you something:  I’m an uh-mazing dancer.  (This is a bald-faced LIE!)

In my dreams, I’m an amazing dancer.  In reality I’m a whole lotta elbows on the dance floor.  Things get real arm-y.  I also have this butt move that I’m pretty sure is flawless… but I refuse to bust that move in any sort of close proximity to a mirror.  I fear I may be sadly mistaken.

I dance like nobody is watching because on a dance floor, no one is watching!  Everyone is too consumed with their own possibly embarrassing butt move to be concerned with me, their elbow-y neighbor.

Peanut Butter + Pickle Sandwich

I’d like to take this moment to kindly suggest that we also eat like nobody is watching

Maybe that means putting peanut butter and sweet pickles on the same sandwich.  Go on… I dare ya.

Peanut Butter + Pickle Sandwich

I am not pregnant.  You can put that out of your mind here and now.

I am a little crazy.  You can keep that in your mind here and now.

Peanut Butter + Pickle Sandwich

I topped super-seeded whole grain bread with all-natural peanut butter.  I layered a mega amount of bread and butter pickles over the peanut butter and drizzled the whole madness with pure maple syrup.

Peanut Butter + Pickle Sandwich

How can this possibly be edible?

Oooh goodness… it’s like the taste bud fairies did an ugly backflip and blessed this combination.

The peanut butter is our earthy base flavor.  The pickles are a combination of sweet and tart so they know how to play nice with base flavors.  Maple syrup compliments the saltiness of the peanut butter and pickles and…. you’re still looking at me like I’m crazy.

I get it.  I’m weird.  You’re either on the awkward-elbow-dance-train, or you’re not.

Peanut Butter + Pickle Sandwich

I can feel you trying to brain-taste this combination.  I can feel your curiosity.  Give this sandwich a try!

Oh… I should tell you now that me and your great aunt Mary are the only two people on the planet that like bread and butter pickles.  If you’re scared to buy a jar of your own, just go to her house for a quick visit.  Make her a sandwich too.  She’ll be into it.  Trust me.  Your great aunt Mary and I know what’s up.

What’s that?  You want to go with dill pickles!?  I respect your tenacity.  Get up with the get down.

Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwich

makes 1 sandwich

Print this Recipe!

2 slices whole grain bread (extra yummy with seeded bread)

3 to 4 tablespoons all-natural peanut butter

6 to 8 slices bread and butter pickles

1 tablespoon pure maple syrup.

Spread each slice of bread with peanut butter.  Top the peanut butter with pickles.  Drizzle maple syrup over the pickles.  Smash on the other slice of bread, peanut butter side down.  You didn’t really need these directions to make a sandwich…. but this is just the sort of thing we do.  

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  1. Stacey

    September 1, 2021 at 4:46 am

    I have eaten this all my life. Sometimes I add jelly to jazz it up. I’m still trying to get my kids to taste this delicious sammy.

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  2. Lisa

    July 23, 2017 at 5:26 pm

    I just LOVE bread and butter pickles–the sweet, tangy and crunchy all in one bite–and PB sandwiches.
    I’ve tried numerous variations: with mayo, with yellow mustard, with cheddar. Today, I toasted my PBP and cheddar in the oven. Yum…the melty goodness of the cheese blended beautifully with the warm PB and the crispy bread. It just hit the spot. It’s good, too, with thin slices of apples added :) !

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    • JIL2

      February 5, 2021 at 2:48 pm

      MY FAMILY THINKS IM CRAZY —- I’VE EATEN PB, AM CHEESE, AND YELLOW MUSTARD SANDWICHES FOR YEARS! LOVE THEM! GLAD TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE ENJOYS THEM TOO.

      Reply
      • JIL2

        February 5, 2021 at 2:50 pm

        FORGOT SOMETHING — THE COMBINATION IS REALLY GOOD ON SEEDED RYE OR EXTRA SOURDOUGH BREAD.

        Reply
        • Heather

          July 21, 2022 at 5:30 pm

          Not so weird! I love sweet gherkins drizzled with tahini and kosher salt. Sweet, nutty, crunchy, and juicy…winning combination!

          Reply
      • Carol Brooks

        August 31, 2021 at 10:24 pm

        Been eating this sandwich for 84 years . Thanks to my mother .
        Carol Brooks

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  3. nolongerinlondon

    March 22, 2017 at 8:36 am

    I feel this sandwich is going to be really good and I want to try it but it has to be done just right. The problem is I live in the UK where we don’t have anything called bread and butter pickles or even dill pickles. We have gherkins, cornichons, and in my search for the perfect pickle I found (and bought) pickled cucumbers the other day. I’m not sure this is going to be right so I’ll have to keep experimenting with the pickles available here.

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    • Holly

      January 29, 2021 at 3:05 pm

      Oops not a query, a definite hearty suggestion ?

      Reply
  4. Andrew Davis

    January 8, 2017 at 5:35 am

    Yes! And the brands of Pickles and PB and bread matter! If the pickles are limp its no good ;)

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      January 8, 2017 at 8:38 pm

      Absolutely correct!

      Reply
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