OK, my not so scientific test is complete...finally! I made the four sweetener variations -- Splenda, agave, sugar and honey. I tested for both taste and blood sugars. Taste results from best to least tasty (your taste might be different): Sugar, agave, honey, Splenda Blood sugar results from lowest to highest: Splenda, agave, honey, sugar Unfortunately, the one that had no effect on my blood sugars also was the least tasty...Splenda. Although they tasted very good, the honey and sugar cookies upped my blood sugars more than I'd like. The agave cookies, as its low GI value would indicate, raised my blood sugars but not as much or as quickly as honey and sugar, but over a longer period of time. And the taste was quite close to ones made with sugar. This is a keeper. Thanks everyone for your help! Marsha

"I'd rather get my healthy fat in a less fattening way...this way I have the best of both worlds...and I can enjoy the peanut butter without the enormous amount of calories it contains.... " I'm not making any sense of this. How does one 'get healthy fat in a less fattening way'?? Vegetable fats are good for you. The fat in a legume like peanuts is a good healthy fat and your body needs fat in the diet. It is animal fats that should be avoided in a healthy diet. Peanut butter is a near perfect food as a part of a diet containing fruits and veggies. If you love peanut butter as you say, then you would be better off putting it on celery and eating it, or using it making a granola that contains dried fruits. The only thing I can see this dried peanut powder good for is adding flavor to baked items without having to adjust the recipe to allow for the extra oil in the peanut butter. I am wondering if it could be mixed with breading for coating fried foods to add taste? Hmmm. I might experiment with that one. There are some intriguing recipe ideas with this product in cases where one does not want to add extra oil that would affect the outcome of a dish or cooking process, but as a substitute for regular plain peanut butter I don't see the reasoning behind it.

Peanut butter powder (aka peanut flour) is available in stores now, when I first started using it 15-years ago, I had to purchase it in #10 cans. One of the first brands was PB2, Jif now has regular and chocolate peanut butter powder. I have Honeyville Organic Peanut Butter Powder on hand just now, and some in #10 cans I stocked up on when the price of peanut butter rose a couple years ago, and have used a couple other brands over the years. When I reconstitute peanut butter powder and water to use as a spread, I usually add a little coconut oil to improve the mouth feel. There are a whole range of recipes using peanut butter powder when you do a search on the subject. Simple recipe.... Mix equal amounts of (natural) peanut butter and softened coconut oil. I add about 1 t. palm nectar to 1 c. peanut butter and 1 c. softened coconut. I mix it by hand, but a hand-held electric mixer would also work. It kept very well in our cold kitchen this winter, but as the temperature goes up I've needed to refrigerate it, so when this portion is gone, I won't make any more until it's cold again. @pink - My friend sells lavender/products locally at different stores and the farmer's market. It's his post-retirement fun.

OK, I'm back to buying peanut butter again (LOL)! Our Doberman, Knight, has been making too much mischief while I'm out running errands (hauling blankets, rugs, pillows, chew toys, etc. into the laundry room to wait for me there . . . while he nibbles on the said blankets, pillows, etc. ). My DD gave me this idea and I've been giving both dogs one right before I leave now: Stuff Kong chew toys with Jiff peanut butter (not totally full) and freeze. Both dogs love them, and no more mischief . . . thank goodness! I still hold me breath while I make them, though.