National Peanut Butter Cookie Day

Peanut butter cookies became a popular dessert in the early 1900s. George Washington Carver, an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor, promoted the peanut and its uses in 1916. Carver published three peanut butter cookie recipes in his bulletin, “How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption.” The Schenectady Gazette published a peanut butter cookie recipe in 1932, marking the first time bakers were instructed to add crisscrossed fork marks on the top.

Celebrate this fun holiday by enjoying some peanut butter cookies! Challenge yourself to see how many you can eat, or bake a batch to share with friends and family.

National Peanut Butter Cookie Day Fun Facts

• Girl Scouts of America use about 230,000 pounds of peanut butter per week to bake Do-si-dos and Tagalongs.
• Peanut butter cream is deposited onto Do-si-dos at the rate of 2,800 per minute.
• The average peanut butter cookie contains 60 calories, 3.3 grams of fat, and 1.1 grams of protein.
• One cookie contains about 52 milligrams of sodium and 7 carbohydrates.
• Kraft Foods now owns the Baker’s brand that originally made German’s chocolate, which is often paired with peanut butter recipes.

National Peanut Butter Cookie Day Jokes

• Why did the peanut butter cookie cry?
  Because his mother was a wafer so long!
• When should you take a peanut butter cookie to the doctor?
  When it feels crummy.
• Why do basketball players love peanut butter cookies?
  Because they can dunk them!

National Peanut Butter Cookie Day Quotes

• “If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.” – Bill Watterson
• “Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.” – Charlie Brown
• “Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.” – James A. Garfield

National Peanut Butter Cookie Day Destinations

• Visit Grandma! Grandma always has cookies.
• Go to a local bakery and order peanut butter cookies.
• Stay home and bake your own peanut butter cookies with a favorite recipe.

Alternative titles for this holiday include: International Peanut Butter Cookie Day, Peanut Butter Cookie Day, and National Peanut Butter Cookies Day.

When is National Peanut Butter Cookie Day in 2025?

National Peanut Butter Cookie Day is observed on June 12 each year.

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