Spreading the love for nuts 

Sweet or savoury. Spicy or chocolate. Whatever your taste, there's an Irish-made nut butter to suit it 

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Look at the shelves of your local speciality food shop and you can see that there's been an explosion of artisan, Irish-made nut butters in recent years. 

Previously, peanut butter was something that we experienced vicariously through American TV series and films. That ‘70s Show introduced us to the combination of peanut butter and celery while Brian’s “nutritious lunch” in The Breakfast Club included a PB&J. Peanut butter and jelly was a combination that we just couldn’t get our heads around.