Sugar Series December 2008: “Nutter” About Peanut Butter
(dessert #2)

Thu, December4th of 2008

11:25 am

My Sugar Series (December 2008) is made up of desserts that I’ve enjoyed recently. Because the holidays spell sweet excess, impress the people you love with any of the following desserts. They’re guaranteed to make an impression on them as they did on me.

Other desserts in this series:
Ann Puno’s Choc-Nut cake
A “Fruitcake” To Fall In Love With
Pleasure for Plaisir
San Lo’s Famous…
My 2 Favorite Cakes This Christmas
Hazelnuts and Lemons
Delicious as Only Dèlize Does It

NOTE: This series ends on Friday, Dec. 19, 2008.

I’ve always bemoaned the fact that there aren’t enough peanut butter desserts in Manila.

Now that I think about it, what are there aside from the occasional peanut butter-banana smoothies and Banapple’s new Myste-Reese’s pie? Ah yes, Xocolat’s peanut butter brownies. But it doesn’t make up for the sparse supply.

Thank god Sonja has saved me yet again with her ingenious creations. This time, she satiates my passion for peanutty treats. The first is her Elvis, named after the gyrating legend himself whose adoration for peanut butter and bananas is well known. A chocolate cookie crust, toasted till crunchy is the cradle for a peanut butter mousse that’s as subtle as it is velvety. Caramelized bananas are squashed under a splodge of softly whipped cream topped with chunks of Reese’s peanut butter cups. The combination borders on the beatific.

When I was in elementary school in Jakarta, the canteen sold these peanut butter cookies that I loved. Packed in threes, they were rough edged and crumbly and made with what I know now to be the cheapest peanut butter on earth. But they satisfied a sweet-tooth-in-training (me) and I was charmed by the crisscross they had on their tops, traditional marks of peanut butter cookies.

I haven’t come across cookies like that until I tried the Nutter Butters that are occasionally available at Sonja’s. Simultaneously crunchy and chewy, two peanut butter cookies littered with crushed peanuts embrace – ensconce, really – a peanut butter cream filling. Biting into one of these babies inspires in me such unmixed delight. It brings me back to my days in elementary sitting on the swings and munching on the canteen’s cheap peanut butter cookies – cookies which, now that I’m all grown up, have metamorphosed into something that surpasses contentment and fully sates my sentimental sweet side.

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My family and I also love peanut butter desserts, particularly when combined with chocolate. Is there a more heavenly marriage?! You’re right, there’s a serious dearth of peanut butter desserts in Manila, and I can’t figure out why. Filipinos do like and eat peanut butter, but it seems most of them only like it one way — on bread. I remember when Selecta used to have a Reese’s Peanut Butter ice cream; that didn’t sell well. I’ve also asked Ian about it (I adore his Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor), and he confirmed that it’s not a very popular flavor. WHY?????

I’m lucky that my sister bakes, so our craving for this flavor combo can easily be assuaged. I recently sent her a whole bunch of scrumptious-looking choco-PB dessert recipes I found online, and she’s promised to bake them all soon. If you’re in the mood to do the same, go to Smitten Kitchen — she’s posted at least four, and they all sound yummy.

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Comment by Katrina — December 4, 2008 @ 3:55 pm


Be still my beating heart. That cupcake looks awesome!!!!!!! Speaking of Reese’s, would you like some? I just recently got a some double sized peanut butter cups. When I mean double size, I do mean double size. It’s like two peanut butter cups on top of each other but that’s just one cup. And there are two of ‘em in a pack :-)

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Comment by Mellow Marco — December 4, 2008 @ 4:46 pm


One of my sister’s favorite cookies to bake was the basic peanut butter cookie (with the requisite fork crosshatch design). I remember weekends mixing the batter, helping her press the fork into the cookie dough, and eating it of course! I wonder if she’s ever considered adding chocolate chips in it or dipping it into a chocolate glaze…hmmm

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Comment by Mila — December 4, 2008 @ 5:54 pm


hi!you should try purple oven’s chocolate peanut butter cake!!the best i’ve ever tried!

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Comment by joanne — December 4, 2008 @ 10:30 pm


i almost died the first time i had a bite of Banapple’s Reese’s Wicked Pie! it’s so heavenly! but i gotta try this one by Sonja :)

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Comment by jonna — December 5, 2008 @ 4:00 pm


OMG this photo makes me want to rush to sonja’s! i love peanut butter desserts. thanks for this entry. this is going to be a MAJAH stop on my christmas pigout plans!

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Comment by leilapei — December 5, 2008 @ 9:22 pm


I’ve read that the King loves his sandwich filled with pb, banana and BACON. Weird combination, but I’ve tried it, and it’s awesome!

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Comment by dweebi — December 6, 2008 @ 2:39 am


Presto Creams’ Peanut Butter Cookies are my sure speedy-peanut-butter-cookie-fix!;)

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Comment by shalum — December 6, 2008 @ 10:17 pm


i just had an elvis yesterday and it was divine! :)

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Comment by themuffinmuncher — December 6, 2008 @ 11:49 pm


“When I was in elementary school in Jakarta, the canteen sold these peanut butter cookies that I loved. Packed in threes, they were rough edged and crumbly and made with what I know now to be the cheapest peanut butter on earth.”

- My Aunt once worked in Indonesia and I had a taste of these peanut butter cookies. Up to now it is still a dilemma to me to recall what it’s called. Aside from Sonja’s, is there anywhere else I could get these things, authentic ones? I miss these…

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Comment by Christine — December 7, 2008 @ 6:50 pm


hi ms. lori! i am an avid fan! heheh I am hoping to try this cupcake out this coming week! :) I am pretty excited! May I ask if it’s ok to borrow this image? I will credit you of course! :) thanks in advance!

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Comment by carla — December 7, 2008 @ 8:30 pm


I will definitely drop by Sonja’s when I go home this Christmas :-)

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Comment by Shan — December 7, 2008 @ 10:14 pm


My sis tried out the first of the Smitten Kitchen choco-PB recipes yesterday. She made the cake, and Lori, it’s the very definition of scrumptious!!! Super moist cake (you can tell why by looking at the recipe, despite the fact it only uses cocoa, not chocolate), strong peanut butter flavor in the frosting, and just altogether unforgettable. Everyone in my family — and you know what demanding dessert addicts we are — was floored. In fact, my sis wasn’t able to buy enough cream cheese for the frosting, so there was less than there should’ve been, but we didn’t miss it at all. And this was one of the VERY, VERY RARE times when a regular-sized slice was too much for us. People warn about thin slices all the time, but we don’t usually believe it. But this cake is so rich and heavy, that a sliver will sit in your stomach like a rock…albeit, a divinely delicious rock.

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Comment by Katrina — December 8, 2008 @ 3:20 pm


Oh my! Just by looking at the picture of the glorious PB dessert, my mouth was already salivating! I can’t wait for the next dessert that would be featured on your Sugar Series. Too bad for the diabetics, resisting the urge to feast on these desserts would really be a pain. I really admire you Ms. Lori for the wonderful desserts (and non-desserts) that you review regularly here in your site. Truly, you are an inspiration to us foodies. More power to you!

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Comment by Abby — December 8, 2008 @ 4:46 pm


Elvis is also my fave cupcake at Sonja’s! The first time I tried it, I thought it was weird that there were peanut butter cups inside the cupcake, but it’s so yummy! I love it! :)

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Comment by Becca — December 9, 2008 @ 10:13 pm


As someone who has tried to introduce several Peanut-Butter-themed Ice Cream flavors (fluffernutter, Banana Peanut Butter, etc) the reason you dont see a lot of Peanut Butter-based desserts is that the Filipino Mainstream just isnt as embracing of it.

It’s still mainly a cultural thing, American culture, to be specific. Anyone who was raised in America or on American Pop Culture will most likely appreciate PB, but for the majority of Filipinos, not so much. My Peanut Butter-themed ice creams have always sold slower than average.

You know what Filipinos DO love? Almost without fail? Nutella. I’ve substituted Nutella in the same flavor (Banana Nutella, Chocolate and Nutella Chunks, Nutella with Nutella swirl, etc) and the flavor goes FAST. I would suggest to any baker to fiddle around with Nutella more because Pinoys just LOVE the stuff.

Lori! Nutella Butter Cups please!!! heheheheheh

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Comment by Ian — December 12, 2008 @ 7:37 am


so….i guess my friend’s mom’s peanut butter pie is still one of manila’s best kept secrets!

think turtle pie…but peanut butter…and the crust is an oreo crust. to die for!!

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Comment by jencc — December 19, 2008 @ 8:57 pm


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I soooo love Banapple’s myster-reese’s pie :D

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