Will a peanut butter bacon cheeseburger catch up in popularity with the long-loved bacon cheeseburger?

This burger is topped with bacon, cheese and peanut butter!

It was developed to offer diners something new and different.

Chef John Franke, on behalf of the Boulder-based SRG Culinary Council, set out to develop some new approaches to classic burger garnishes.

One of the winners was this PB&B Burger (peanut butter and bacon).

The burger is comfort food; the added ingredients offer new palate excitement with a delicious combination of flavors—a combination that most home cooks would never think up on their own.
 
 
RECIPE: PEANUT BUTTER BACON CHEESEBURGER

The base of two beef patties goes onto a King’s Hawaiian hamburger bun, layering on:

 
Chef Franke makes his own blueberry jam from scratch, and it adds a unique and delightful flavor impact.

“The jam adds a tangy, cooling contrast against the peppery bacon and savory beef, and the peanut butter lends a softer flavor,” he says.

You don’t have to make jam from scratch. Just buy a good brand and counter the sweetness with some balsamic vinegar.

Or, buy fig jam, which is naturally less sweet.

Have fun with it!
 
 
By the way, a small drive-in burger stand in the Sedalia, Missouri, introduced a peanut butter–slathered hamburger at an early date—we just don’t know exactly when.

Known as the guberburger (for goober, a nickname for peanuts), The Wheel Inn topped a burger with peanut butter, mayonnaise, lettuce, and tomato.

The Wheel Inn was opened from the 1940s until 2007, when it had to close for a highway expansion project. Here’s more about it.
 
 
> HAMBURGER HISTORY
 
 
> PEANUT BUTTER HISTORY
 
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*We’re not fans of processed American cheese slices in any color. Upgrade the flavor with Cheddar, Gruyère, Jarlsberg or anything else!

[1] Two patties topped with a creative combination of five ingredients (photo © U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council).

[2] Creamy peanut butter is required here. Crunchy just doesn’t work with the texture (photo © P.B. & Co.).

[3] With blueberry jam on the burger as well, this is like a PB & J burger. Here’s the recipe for this two-ingredient blueberry jam (photo © A Pretty Life In The Suburbs).