Peanut Butter and What?

Recently my mom posted a link on Facebook to allrecipes.com where you could find directions for peanut butter and bacon cupcakes. (Yes, there are pieces of real bacon, and the recipe calls for bacon grease instead of cooking oil.) When I mentioned this at school today, it sparked an entire discussion of what people eat with peanut butter. Some of the usual culprits were mentioned: celery, cucumbers, pickles. However, one of my colleagues said she like peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches (on white bread, of course) along with peanut butter and tortilla chips. While I'm a fan of peanutty goodness, I can't feature eating these combos, but tonight while surfing the web I found a whole slew of interesting couplings for peanut butter.

• Garlic bread topped with peanut butter (and spaghetti on another site)
• Peanut butter and Cool Ranch Doritos sandwich
• Peanut butter and ham sandwich
• Raw pasta dipped in peanut butter
• Peanut butter on a grilled cheese (Apparently sharp cheddar is best.)
• Peanut butter and blue cheese dressing sandwich
• Peanut butter and fried chicken
• Ritz crackers topped with peanut butter, a bread and butter pickle slice, and a vidalia onion bite
• Peanut butter stuffed green olives (Take out the pimento; insert the peanut butter. Another site suggested this technique with Nutella instead of peanut butter.)
• Fried egg and peanut butter on toast
• Peanut butter in chili
• Peanut butter and tomato sandwich
• Peanut butter and salad sandwich
• Vegemite and peanut butter on toast (Another twist adds some cream cheese to this combo.)

Of course this list ignores the whole bacon side of the recipe, and I found quite a few of those combos, too, including bacon ice cream and bacon caramels. But, alas, I think that's a topic for another time.