National Peanut Festival Day- Stacy's Way

I love me some peanuts and I love me some peanut butter! Don't know if ya'll have noticed the huge spike in the cost of peanut butter, something about flooding then droughts, supply demand. Blah, blah, cha-ching, cha-ching $$. Anyway, stumbled across this delightful little snack (and great way to stretch peanut butter) about a month ago when I used it as frosting on an ice cream cake I made for my husband's birthday. Started thinking about all the yummy things I could use it as a dip for! Apples, pretzels, celery, graham crackers, bananas... the possibilities are truly endless! In my opinion, pretty guiltless too! Here it is:

Cool Whip Peanut Butter Dip/Frosting 

*2 heaping tablespoon fulls of peanut butter
  1 8oz. container of Cool Whip

Thaw Cool Whip and add peanut butter. Stir until well combined. Dip your favorite treats and enjoy!


*Adjust amount until desired ratio is reached


Notes:

• As mentioned above this also can replace any whipped cream frosting for things such as ice cream cake or angel food cake!
• Tastes a lot more peanut buttery with the pretzels
• Add chocolate chips or chopped peanut butter cups for an extra special treat (no longer guiltless)