REVIEW: Skippy P.B. Bites (Pretzel and Double Peanut Butter)

Skippy Pretzel P.B. Bites

When it comes to peanut butter and the pronunciation of animated internet images, I – like all of those choosy moms – always choose Jif. I can’t even remember the last time I had Skippy. In fact, I’m so trained on my Simply Jif; I almost forgot Skippy was even a brand. One might say I skipped…

Nope, this one is not gonna roll with that cornball pun. Let’s get to the review instead.

A couple months back, these popped up in the “Spotted on Shelves” section of this site. A commenter named “JETKITTY” mentioned these reminded him or her of the greatest snack in the history of our time – Planters PB Crisps. Just off that mere mention alone, I made it my life’s mission to track these down. If they were anywhere near the quality of the dearly departed PB Crisps, I would have found the heir apparent to one of my five favorite snacks of all time.

So do they stack up?

Drumroll, please…

No! But they aren’t bad.

Pretzels and peanut butter are a marriage made in heaven. How could these be bad?

The peanut butter coating is creamy and not nearly as synthetic as I anticipated it to taste. I was expecting the fake peanut butter type filling from say a Nutter Butter or a Peanut Butter Oreo, but this is really smooth.

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It’s also a reasonably thick coating, giving each piece a nice balance with the pretzel inside. There’s a brief sweetness to the peanut butter, but once you crunch into the pretzel, it’s gone. That was a tease. Skippy P.B. Bites basically land on the “savory” side of the snack scale. As you eat them, your mouth gets saltier. So if you expect these to be a sugary snack, you might be a bit disappointed.

Peanut butter on its own isn’t exactly “sweet” per se, but I always expect a snack built around it to be really sweet. I needed more of that out of the peanut butter. If it somehow held the brief hint through the entire bite, these would be excellent. All I could think while eating them was how much I’d appreciate a thin layer of chocolate around the outside.

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I dig the shape and “poppability” of the bites. If they sold a bag of pretzels in this shape, I’d snatch them up, because they’d be fun to eat. You’d think by having a pretzel that small and compact, it would be on the hard side, but these have a really palatable crunch.

So while they’re not “Top 5 Dead or Alive” like PB crisps, they’re tasty and worth a buy. Just make sure you get the pretzel flavor, because…

Double Peanut Butter is terrible. While it has the same creamy peanut butter coating, the center has a texture I can barely describe. Once you get past the good peanut butter, you hit a square of hard, gritty chalk-like peanut butter. Have you ever gotten Cookie Dough Bites at the movie theater? Think of the cookie dough inside. Now age that 7 years and give it a considerably worse flavor. That’s what these taste like. The inner peanut butter tastes like a hardened block of sand. Horrible. They shouldn’t exist.

(Nutrition Facts – Pretzel – 15 pieces – 160 calories, 90 calories from fat, 10 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 300 milligrams of sodium, 13 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, and 5 grams of protein. Double Peanut Butter – 10 pieces – 160 calories, 90 calories from fat, 10 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 120 milligrams of sodium, 14 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 8 grams of sugar, and 5 grams of protein.)

Item: Skippy P.B. Bites (Pretzel and Double Peanut Butter)
Purchased Price: $2.98 each
Size: 6 oz. tub
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 7 out of 10 (Pretzel)
Rating: 3 out of 10 (Double Peanut Butter)
Pros: Creamy peanut butter coating. Shape and size. Tasty pretzels. “Poppability.” Any reason to reminisce about PB Crisps. You can reuse the container should you choose.
Cons: Melts very easily. Double Peanut Butter is awful. “Jif” vs. “Gif” battles rages on. RIP PB Crisps.

49 thoughts to “REVIEW: Skippy P.B. Bites (Pretzel and Double Peanut Butter)”

    1. I found them on a register end cap at my store. Ask a grocery associate if you can’t find them, they should know where to locate them.

    2. They are in the peanut butter section in my Walmart. And I have to disagree with the writer of this story. My son picked up the double peanut butter ones and the minute I popped one in my mouth, I immediately thought of peanut butter fudge, which I LOVE but don’t eat often because of the sugar and I’m diabetic. I have been eating my son’s peanut butter bites all morning. But, they do have A LOT OF INGREDIENTS listed, so they can’t be that good for you, but with only 8 grams of sugar per 10 pieces, I will eat occasionally as a snack.

    3. In the snake isle. They also have them with gram crackers in them. I think all three are yummy but my granddaughter loves the double pb

  1. TT_TT I’m so upset that they didn’t taste like PB Crisps! I was so looking forward to finding them and trying them!

  2. I had to laugh at the isle/aisle exchange. I signed in to comment on “Peanut butter on its own isn’t exactly “sweet” per se.” That’s redundant,

  3. I have to weigh in on the teacher comment. Is ‘kinda’ a word you teach students? Just saying ‘ …

  4. Btw I think u were a little harsh on the double peanut butter bites. I really Don’t think they were that bad. Lol

    1. Good idea Kay (PB & J Bites). Also wouldn’t mind seeing the Almond Bites (could market to the healthy crowd, sure). I like them plain or with some dark chocolate chips… so good.

      We originally bought these for our dog as a convenient treat. But, I’m a confessed peanut butter addict and I tried one (yes, it felt like I was eating a dog treat, lol). Now? They are one of my favorite snacks for work. Easy to eat on the go, decent protein and taste very good. Two major thumbs way up through the roof!

      By the way, Phelummy said he would like to see almond as a flavor RAPED in peanut butter… that’s intense! ?

  5. Just a suggestion in the peanutbutter balls put grape and strawberry jelly in the center for peanut jelly bites!!

    1. Good idea Kay (PB & J Bites). Also wouldn’t mind seeing the Almond Bites (could market to the healthy crowd, sure). I like them plain or with some dark chocolate chips… so good.

      We originally bought these for our dog as a convenient treat. But, I’m a confessed peanut butter addict and I tried one (yes, it felt like I was eating a dog treat, lol). Now? They are one of my favorite snacks for work. Easy to eat on the go, decent protein and taste very good. Two major thumbs way up through the roof!

  6. Just bought the skippy pb pretzel bites and they are AMAZING!! I will still try the double pb bites even though they received a bad review, lol.

    1. Agreed Beth. Something with that many ingredients is not all that healthy. I couldn’t even see the ingredients, the type was so small, but as an occasional snack I would eat them.

  7. So we go to war about idle/aisle but NOONE is going to comment on the raped comment?! ???

    1. The wrapped isle sat idle while the aisle was raped in peanut butter. Think that about covers it! :-p

  8. I have to disagree. I like the double peanut butter ones. They are the only ones I have tried but intend to try all of them. The double peanut butter ones are something I eat when I’m not feeling well. They tend to help my stomach. My sister has tried the ones with the graham cracker in the middle and she says they were terrible.

  9. They give me and my husband gas. Delicious treats, but worse than dog farts about two hours after consuming.

  10. I grew up with Skippy, and would never do anything else. (I agree with you on the .gif pronunciation, though.)

    I forgot PB Crisps ever existed; I remember eating those as a young girl.

    They DO actually make pretzels in this shape and general size. You might have to look around, but they’re out there.

    As for Cookie Dough Bites, I happen to LOVE them. I wonder about your palate?

  11. Hi,

    I look after seniors in their homes and 2 of them said they seen “Skippy P.B. Bites (Pretzel and Double Peanut Butter)” advertised on TV and wanted me to pick up some for them.

    I live in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada and have looked in some supermarkets for them but had no luck. Are they sold in my area yet? If so, which stores?

    Regards

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