Bananas Foster Peanut & Cashew Butter
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Gluten Free, Soy Free, Palm Oil Free, No Refined Sugar, Fair Labor Cashews, Vegan
Inspired by the legendary New Orleans dessert with the same name, our Limited Batch Bananas Foster Peanut & Cashew Butter is handmade with fresh-roasted High-Oleic Runner peanuts, Organic cashews, bananas, Kill Devil Rum, Organic maple syrup, Organic coconut nectar, cinnamon, vanilla, and Jacobsen sea salt. Oven-toasted nuts perfectly complement the comforting flavor profile of this famously rich, boozy dessert. We also made it vegan and without refined sugar, just for you.
When we introduced this nut butter as an R&D Batch last winter, it sold out in a matter of hours! Rest assured, Bananas Foster lovers, this Limited Batch will be available through the end of September (or very close to it, while supplies last).
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BANANAS FOSTER
The origin stories of iconic American dishes are often mysterious, or at the very least, contested. Not so with Bananas Foster, the classic New Orleans dessert comprised of bananas flambéed with rum and served with vanilla ice cream. In 1951, legendary restauranteur Owen Brennan asked his sister Ella to come up with a “fancy new dessert” for a dinner that night at their restaurant, Vieux Carre, honoring local civic leader Richard Foster.
Ella remembered a simple dessert her mother had made by sauteing banana halves with butter and brown sugar. To “jazz it up,” as one does in New Orleans, Vieux Carre’s chef Paul Blange poured rum and banana liqueur on top, setting the mixture on fire at tableside, and tossed in cinnamon to make it sparkle in the flames before serving the concoction over vanilla ice cream. They called it "bananas Foster," and a classic was born.
A NOLA CLASSIC MEETS RUM FROM THE OUTER BANKS
For the ever-important rum in this recipe, we partnered with the Manteo, NC-based craft operation of Outer Banks Distilling, whose flagship Kill Devil Silver Rum offers pitch-perfect notes of toasted marshmallow, crème brûlée, and vanilla with a clean finish. As far back as the 1600’s, rum was referred to as “kill-devil,” and the Outer Banks town of Kill Devil Hills is believed to be named for the shipwrecked cargos of rum from the Caribbean that would wash up along its shores. Lighthouses and technology have made those waters safer, but thankfully, Outer Banks Distilling is keeping the tradition of rum in the Outer Banks alive.
SHIPPING RATES & TURNAROUND TIMES
Our handcrafted nut butters and bars are freshly made in small batches and typically ship in 2-3 business days. We offer real–time shipping rates for services including USPS Priority Mail, USPS Retail Ground, FedEx – 2nd Day, and FedEx Home Delivery. These options include estimated shipping and arrival dates, but please note that delivery dates are not guaranteed, as they are subject to change by carrier. We don’t add any handling fees to your orders, and we work hard to negotiate the best shipping rates available.
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
We use sustainable, compostable, and recyclable boxes and shipping materials to minimize our environmental impact, conserve resources, and get closer to our zero-waste goal.
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INGREDIENT INTEGRITY
Each ingredient we use is carefully sourced based on our strict standards for taste, sustainability, transparency, and the fair and ethical treatment of everyone involved in producing it. Most of our ingredients are Certified Organic and all are GMO-free. We work exclusively with whole, natural foods, and you won’t find gluten, soy, or anything described as a “flavor” among our ingredients. We also never use fillers or shelf stabilizers like palm oil, hydrogenated oils, or partially hydrogenated oils.
SMALL-BATCH CRAFT
Our skilled food artisans roast, toast, measure, and mix each batch by hand to exacting standards to get the pinnacle of taste and freshness from each ingredient. The small scale of our batch process allows us to craft each jar and bar with incredible precision and care you can taste. This level of focus also allows us to carefully inspect and taste each product to make sure it meets our standards before it is packaged and delivered. Our commitment to keeping production in-house ensures the highest quality standards while also creating sustainable jobs for our team.
SUSTAINABILITY
OUR ZERO-WASTE APPROACH
We know our environmental footprint and work toward zero-waste operations. Most days, we come very close. We also contribute positively to the communities we touch – through fiscal and in-kind donations - from farm to spoon. Our community support takes many forms, with one of the most tangible being our Community Blend donation program.
