Peanut Hottie: Peanut Butter flavour hot drink review!

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Many thanks to the makers of Peanut Hottie for sending me this jar of their new peanut butter-flavour hot drink to review!

Peanut Hottie is aiming to "make a storm in the nation's tea cups" with this drink, which is available exclusively from Sainsbury's. Apparently it's the first peanut butter hot drink on the market, which is surprising to me as I would've thought someone would have tried making one before now! Even more surprising is that it's made in the UK by a British company (not many of those left these days!) using American peanuts.

Peanut Hottie is also caffeine-free, suitable for vegetarians, contains no artificial additives or colours, and is under 100 calories per cup. Impressive stuff!


I made a cup as directed but added a little milk to make it creamier. This produced a brown, nutty-coloured drink with a slight froth on top as you can see in the pic above.

It tasted slightly salty and intensely nutty, but also surprisingly "light" and creamy. It's quite hard to describe the flavour, actually, because it was a differing mixture of savoury, salty, nutty, sweet and creamy. All the flavours worked really well together, in the same kind of way that Reese's Peanut Butter Cups do. It certainly captures the taste of peanut butter in hot drink form very well, although I was hoping it would be just a bit more intense. Perhaps adding a dollop of real peanut butter might add an extra kick...I shall have to experiment! (in the name of science, of course!)

Overall, this is a tasty and unique hot drink which I really enjoyed. It's the first of its kind that I'm aware of and I really hope it takes off! I'll certainly be buying this from now on as an alternative to regular hot chocolate.

Price: £2.99 a jar at Sainsburys.
Suitable for vegetarians?: Yes.
Allergy Information: Contains milk and nuts.
Nutrition (per 20g serving): 83 Calories, 16.9g Carbs, 12.2g Sugars, 1.4g Fat, 1.2g Saturates.

RATING: 8 out of 10.

 *I was kindly sent this product for an honest review and all opinions expressed are my own. 

Comments

  1. Unknown28 October 2013 at 13:48

    Oooooo, Peanut butter hot drink - I adore peanut butter, I will have to get some of this Kev, thanks for the heads up :)

    Emma
    (Dear Thirty)

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  2. Unknown29 October 2013 at 02:51

    Bought a pot of this the other day I couldn't wait to try it. Gotta agree it's epic. Great review

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  3. Unknown29 October 2013 at 04:01

    Wow, very interested - thanks for the tip off! I'll be checking my local Sainsbury's ASAP.

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  4. baobao30 October 2013 at 05:51

    I NEED to stop off at Sainsbury's! :D

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  5. Hannah The Review Addict5 November 2013 at 12:26

    I purchased this for Mr Review Addict after reading your review and he LOVED it. Cheers Kev!

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  6. Anonymous11 November 2013 at 06:45

    It's amazing!!!

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  7. Unknown18 January 2014 at 09:58

    Wow,just bought Peanut hottie drink for the 1st time,absolutely gorgeous,love it,shall be buying it all the time.5 stars.

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  8. Halfbloodpixie6 March 2014 at 07:15

    Totally have to buy this!

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  9. ashikjennifer26 June 2015 at 12:26

    I have just had it sprinkled over chopped banana and fat free Greek yoghurt.....yumeeeee

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  10. Anonymous9 July 2015 at 11:04

    I bought the peanut butter and chocolate 'peanut hottie'. I was most dissapointed with the product. It tasted aweful with water so I made another cup just with milk. Tasted a bit better but will not purchase it again.

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