My kids started school last week and we wanted to do a little celebration with this fun grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich recipe! There is both ups and downs when it comes the way I feel about my kids heading back to school. Regardless of how I feel about the situation, I still have to come up with fun lunchbox ideas as well as afterschool snack ideas that the kids like. Thanks to our friends at Smucker’s we not only sent the kids to school with their favorite peanut butter and jelly sandwich for the first day of school, but we were able to celebrate with a twist on the traditional PB&J sandwich. My kids and husband LOVE the Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.
Vayda, Mattie and Bud started school last week and I wanted to send them with something they liked as well as surprise them with a fun afterschool snack to celebrate their first day of school. Since the kids LOVE their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches I used each of their favorite Smucker’s Preserves and of course Jif Peanut Butter.
Thankfully, Smucker’s offers a nice variety of flavors, so all of my kids are happy with their lunch and of course the fun twist on the traditional peanut butter and jelly they all requested as an afterschool/work snack – the fabulous grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Smucker’s has always been my favorite fruit spread, because I can always count on their authentic tastes and awesome variety in flavor to make everyone in the house happy. Which doesn’t happen without variety, there is 7 of us, lol. It’s funny because I expect my kids to love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but when my husband requests them alongside the kids it’s an awesome reminder of just how important it is to bond with our children. It’s almost like watching cartoons together, we get to feel young aside from our children for that moment.
Even though we make the grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich, the best ever is the traditional PB & J because it helps remind me we’re only as old as we feel. Whether it’s making my kids have their best day back PB & J or their best every after school snack PB & J, it helps me to stop for a moment and enjoy the little things in life, like sitting down for a PB & J with my kids the way my parents did with us when we were young.
Some may think the PB & J is just a PB & J, but when it’s with quality ingredients and your favorite flavor of Smucker’s preserves it transforms into #MyPBJMoment!
Thanks to our friends at Smuckers we were able to celebrate the kids’ first day back to school with their favorite sandwich in their lunch box and a fancy twist on the traditional PB&J – the grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
You’ll need:
- Your favorite Smuckers Jelly
- Jif Peanut Butter
- 2 Slices of Bread
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
Let’s create a grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich recipe:
- Cover one side of one piece of bread with peanut butter and the other slice of bread with your favorite jelly. Just like you would if you were making a traditional peanut butter and jelly for your kids school lunch.
- Melt butter in frying pan over a medium heat.
- Add peanut butter and jelly sandwich to a warm frying pan and cook first side until the bread is a nice golden brown color. Use a flat spatula to flip and cook the other side of sandwich to a nice golden brown color.
- Serve warm and enjoy.
There is no wrong way to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! What’s your favorite way to enjoy creamy peanut butter and fruity jelly on two slices of your favorite bread?
Ingredients
- Jif Peanut Butter
- 2 Slices of Bread
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
- Let's create a grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich recipe:
Instructions
- Cover one side of one piece of bread with peanut butter and the other slice of bread with your favorite jelly.
- Melt butter in frying pan over a medium heat.
- Add peanut butter and jelly sandwich to a warm frying pan and cook first side until the bread is a nice golden brown color. Use a flat spatula flip to cook the other side of sandwich to a nice golden brown color.
- Serve warm and enjoy.
This is a sponsored post for Smucker’s as part of the Mom It Forward Blogger Network. All opinions expressed are our own.
9 comments
I have never tried PB&J this way, but you bet I’m going to.
I was in college before I had a grilled PB&J…for those of you who have not had one yet…AMAZING. It is like dessert. So good.
This sounds so good. I never thought of doing this. Our favorite is also Smucker’s and Jif peanut butter. What a great combination. Thank you so much for sharing
I make a grilled peanut butter and marshmallow cream sandwich. I use crunchy hone nut pb. It’s messy but very tasty.
I’m thinking my kids would really enjoy this…it’s kind of like combining their 2 fav things so why not? Gonna have to try it, thanks!
This is definitely one thing I have never tried! And, I ate PB&J every day in elementary school! I also love Smuckers jam/jelly! It’s the only one that you can count on to be full of flavour! But, here in Canada, almost every school has banned Peanut Butter from coming to school, because of allergies! Luckily for me, I don’t have to worry about that, and am going to try this awesome grilled PB&J at home!!!
Yum! This does look delicious, I can’t wait to give this a try. I can’t believe I never thought of doing this. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I love grilled PB&J sandwiches. I thought I was the only one that like them that way. Well I got the idea when as a young girl I heard Elvis loved grilled PB and banana sandwiches. I tried it but it definitely needed some jelly. I keep forgetting to add the bacon which I later learned that it was how Elvis liked it. That is great that Smuckers sent you a variety of flavors. Growing up my brother only wanted to have grape flavor. I have venture off and tried strawberries, and currant. I don’t like the seeds in the currants. I would love to try the other flavors, I saw in your picture there was cherry. I never knew that was an option.