If you have a Trader Joe's nearby....

[thewayne]

Peanut butter-filled pretzels + Almond Chocolate Spread = YUM. If you don't have a TJ's nearby, you might be able to cobble something similar together. If not, well, your loss. :-)

I dip the pretzel nuggets directly in to the jar. I think I brought four jars back from Phoenix last month, and if needs must, I can drive up to Albuquerque for more.

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[moxie_man]

It's only an hour to the nearest TJ's. The Maine Wilderness is as much wilderness as it use to be. Prior to it opening about 5 years ago, it was 3 hours one way and $5 in tolls each way to the nearest TJ's in the Boston Suburbs.

Wife is currently hooked on their cookie butter spread. I find it too sweet. I'd probably find your suggested combo too sweet. (chuckle), but I could see her trying it.

[thewayne]

Seems like it was about an hour from my sister's-in-laws in Cape Elizabeth to the one in Portland, or South Portland, whatever. Praise the FSM for inventing GPS! And they didn't have mega-death by chocolate bundt cakes, apparently those are regional to the southwest. Very disappointing as I was making dinner for the sisters and wanted a really decadent dessert. For us here, it's 3.5+ hours to Albuquerque, or 400 miles to Tucson to get to TJ's. We keep hoping for one in El Paso or Las Cruces, but we don't hold our breath.

I can't say that I've ever been too keen on cookie butter spread or ice cream. I admit I clean the bowl when I make my oatmeal chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies, but that's simple tradition. This chocolate almond spread isn't as sweet as you might think, and the saltiness of the pretzel is a nice offset. You might like it.