I tried a variation on this simple recipe years ago and thought, “I have to remember this for when I have kids! What a healthy snack option!”
I’ve whipped this little dip up on occasion over the years, but it wasn’t until the other day when I was skimming through my cookbooks and stumbled upon it again that I thought, HEY!! You have a kid now!! SNACK TIME!!! Hehehe…
The original snack recipe just called for peanut butter, yogurt and cinnamon, but I found it a bit too bland and nowhere near sweet enough for my tastes.. so I added honey and a tad more cinnamon and voila! Crazy yumminess right there.
This dip is perfect for apple slices, various fruits, pretzels, crackers, or even spread on toast! And yes.. my little Tessa approves!
I love that this is a healthy way to spruce up the organic fruits we receive in our weekly local co-op basket. A quick breakdown of each ingredient:
Natural Peanut Butter
While, like most nut butters, peanut butter is high in fat and calories, you get a lot of nutrition for your calorie investment. Peanut butter is a great source of protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals.
Raw Honey
Likewise, honey is a veritable health elixir… as long as it’s raw! Heating honey through pasteurization destroys all of the pollen, enzymes, propolis, vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants, minerals, and aromatics… so make sure it’s raw! We used buckwheat honey for this recipe, it’s especially known for it’s healing properties.
Cinnamon
Containing antibiotic and body warming properties, cinnamon contains fiber, calcium, iron, and manganese. Research at the University of Texas, published in the journal Nutrition and Cancer, showed that cinnamon may reduce the proliferation of cancer cells!
Yogurt
Natural, unsweetened yogurt provides animal protein, plus several other nutrients found in dairy foods, like calcium, vitamin B-2, vitamin B-12, potassium, and magnesium. Not to mention the beneficial probiotics! Probiotics are friendly bacteria that help to boost the immune system and promote a healthy digestive tract. Buy yogurt made from raw milk for a bigger boost of probiotic health!
Honey and Cinnamon Peanut Butter Dip
½ cup natural chunky peanut butter (you can use creamy, but we love us out crunchy peanut butter over here!)
½ cup of unsweetened, plain yogurt (find raw dairy yogurt if you can)
2 tablespoon of raw honey (we used buckwheat honey)
½ teaspoon of cinnamon
Mix all the ingredients until smooth and creamy, then serve with your favorite fruit slices, crackers, or spread on toasted bread! Enjoy!
I have to say, this both looks and sounds incredibly yummy! I definitely have to give it a try 🙂
It’s kind of our new favorite snack around here! ^_^ If you give it a try, let me know what you think!
This looks delicious and so simple! Love it! I also love how kid friendly it is. Yum. <3 your blog!
Yeah, I kind of hesitated calling it a “recipe” because it’s just “stir it all together and go”.. haha! But it’s soooo good!!
Totally love cinnamon and honey. Love the health benefits and they can be used in almost everything. Thank you for sharing! I have a bottle of honey here so I might as well experiment. 🙂
Have you tried raw honey yet? TOTALLY worth the extra $$!!
That sounds great! Lately peanut butter can be found here, in fact, tasted it for the first time in my life some months ago :)))
Rosa
Styleyourselfinstyle.blogspot.com
Wow, are you serious?! It’s so common here it’s ridiculous! Although when I was living in the south last year, I tried boiled peanuts for the very first time, and everyone there freaked out because they were so common! haha..
Looks great!
Sarah x
http://www.palmtreesandheels.blogspot.com
Thanks! <3
Nice dip and thanks for sharing. Lovely blog. Will be coming over more often to read all those stuffs you post.
Yay! That makes my day!! <3 <3
This looks so good! I think peanut butter, actually all nut butters, get an undeserved bad rap. They’re so good for us and the calories are nothing to worry about if you eat a plant based, or mostly plant based diet.
Yeah, I actually was one of those misinformed masses regarding plant based fats and oils. It wasn’t until I met my husband and decided to go on a whole and minimally processed diet and cut out all sugars for a few weeks for a detox that I realized the truth of the matter.. not only did I feel better, stronger, and healthier, but I was never hungry!! I ate my fill of good foods (mostly veggies and healthy grains) and I lost 50 pounds in just 8 months.. without even TRYING! It was awesome!
This sounds delicious and easy. I bet my girls would even like to help me make it. I’m definitely pinning this to try. Thanks for for sharing it!
Yay! Let me know what you guys think of it!! <3
This looks delicious! I LOVE raw honey!
WinterAngel.Naughty&Nice
Yeah, we go through a TON of it here at my house! ^_^
Yum, that sounds amazing! I’m going to have to try this!
Melanie @ meandmr.com
Let me know what you think if you do! ^_^
I have seen that dip around, but I like what you added. And I will usually only do raw honey. The taste is unmatched. I love cinnamon and peanut butter and yogurt.
Yeah, it’s like an amazing pre-mixed, ultra creamy peanut butter and honey sandwich.. ya know.. without the sandwich. 😉
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I might try this, but substituting almond butter rather than peanut butter.
I love almond butter, but I have a slight allergy! But I was tempted to try with new butter combinations myself!
What a yummy dip recipe! And this blog has a great look to it 🙂
Awww, thanks! I’m always burning with jealousy over everyone elses really cool blog layouts, lol!
I have to try this! This is new to me. I have never tried to dip fruit before 🙂 I usually eat them straight up just like they are. Sometimes I make a fruit salad mixing all kinds of fruit. It is nice to eat it with greek yoghurt and maybe ringle some honey on top. On special occassions I may serve the salad with whipped cream or icecream.
It’s funny, I love veggies, but I am not a fan of fruit! So making it more tasty and upscale is a BIG plus for me! Let me know what you think of it!!
Love your sense of style!
Kisses from Miami,
Borka
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Wow! This looks yummy! I am going to have to make this with almond butter and co but yogurt for my sensitive kiddo!
Let me know how the kiddo likes it! ^_^
I want to use natural peanut butter since it has no added sugar, but I always make a huge mess with the oil and mixing. Do you have any suggestions? (Can’t wait to try this dip, btw. We put peanut butter, yogurt, and honey on our waffles, but haven’t tried adding cinnamon. Sounds so good.)
I wish I had a suggestion, but I always end up making a huge mess with the oil and mixing myself, lol! Maybe pour the whole contents into a bowl BEFORE stirring? I always end up sloshing it over the rim of the peanut butter jar since they pack it to the top!
Oh this sounds good! Two perfect items nicely paired together. Thanks for sharing!
No problem! It’s quite yummy IMO!! ^_^
You are so right that these ingredients are loaded with “good for you” stuff! I don’t think I would even need to dip anything in it as it sounds just yum all by itself!
Hehe, my daughter kept dipping her fingers in just to eat it by itself!
We are crazy for anything peanut! The dip looks so very creamy and delicious.
Ohhh, it is!! And yeah, I’m on a bit of a peanut butter trip right now.. Just make peanut butter cookies tonight, haha…
I love anything with PB in it! This looks delicious!
Thanks! <3
Why am I just now seeing this post!? This looks delicious and I will be making it immediately! Yum!
Let me know what you think Janelle!! ^_^
This dip looks absolutely delicious, I can imagine me being a couch potato just dipping away into this 😀
Love the photos!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Yay, I’m glad! It’s a favorite around here! ^_^
Thank you for your comment on my blog, glad you did so I could come across yours. I will definitely need to try this recipe!
Yay, thank you for stopping by! I hope we can keep in touch! <3
This looks delicious! I’m off to get a snack. 🙂
Let me know what you think if you try it!
oh my heavens…is that heaven in a jar?
It just might be. 😉
Now that looks incredible! I would use vegan yoghurt obvi but this is such a great idea 🙂 I love the peanut butter taste yet not a huge fan of the consistence.. this might work perfect for me, thanks! xx, Jona
Ohhhh, vegan yogurt, that sounds interesting! What’s in vegan yogurt??
So simple and yet if you mix it up beforehand it makes snack time SO much easier. Around our house we’re always looking for things we can dip in chocolate (grain-sweetened chocolate that is) and I can see spreading this on banana slices, dipping in chocolate and WOW!
Yeah, the problem with making it in big batches around here, is that it tends to get eaten REAL FAST! hehe! Great ideas for chocolate dips, yum yum! <3
honey with medicinal effects and cinnamon who is capable of controlling hunger, and butter will handle the department of flavour. amazing.
I like honey with cinnamon. But this time I found one interesting thing peanut butter. Its amazing and delicious dish. After eating this health food lets take an exercise and read out mi40 ebook.