Last Updated on March 11, 2025 by Leah Hall
What’s a better combo than PB&J? How about a Peanut Butter Whiskey combined with jelly for a Peanut Butter and Jelly cocktail?
Today we bring you the Peanut Butter & Jelly Old Fashioned. This easy recipe is a mashup of a childhood favorite with nostalgia and grown-up flavor that works shockingly well together. This unique cocktail is on the sweet side, so if that isn’t what you are into, don’t make this Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey drink! Try another peanut butter cocktail with this peanut butter drink!
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This Peanut Butter and Jelly cocktail recipe is refreshing with subtle hints of nutty flavor and grape jelly. The main ingredients bring about thoughts of childhood days with a peanut butter sandwich! But, we have made it adult for your next party or happy hour!
Peanut Butter Whiskey
For a peanut butter lover, this liqueur is a great choice, just like a lover of chocolate would love chocolate liqueur. But, a regular whiskey drinker will probably not like this sweet peanut butter whiskey cocktail.
We looked to our kids’ favorite creamy peanut butter for inspiration for a childhood staple: the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. These simple ingredients are always a tasty and sweet treat.
We used Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey in this cocktail, but there are quite a few more brands of Peanut Butter Whiskey! Couple suggestions are Sheep Dog and Ole Smokey.
Grape Simple Syrup
We made homemade Concord Grape syrup and this drink is the adult version of the lunchbox favorite. We didn’t want it to be cloyingly sweet, but the fruity flavor is on the sweet side. We added some salt to the mixing glass to take away some of the sweet. This PB & J drink is a great way to end a meal.
Try grapes in our Grape Moscow Mule and Roasted Grapes appetizer, as well!
Tips & Tricks
- Garnish: This tiny PB&J sandwich is the perfect addition to this cocktail! Use a skewer so that it doesn’t fall into your drink, as it will get soggy. Tip: cut the bread before making the sandwich. Have your 2 halves and then put on the jelly and peanut butter. Much easier to make to garnish your delicious recipes, we promise! If you don’t want to make a teeny sandwich here are some other suggestions: fresh strawberries, raspberries or grapes, or a Peanut Butter Cup. A cocktail cherry is also a great choice, like our brandied cherries or bourbon cherries!
- Glassware: a rocks glass is a classic Old Fashioned glass choice. And is easier to place a large ice ball in, too!
- Syrup Flavors: if you are wanting to try other flavors of syrup, please do! We used Concord Grape Jelly not Concord Grape Juice. You can, but it would be thinner. Some suggestions could be cranberry juice or jelly, brown sugar syrup, cherry jam, apricot jam, seedless raspberry or blackberry jelly, or strawberry jam. Just use in the same ratio as our Concord Grape Jelly Syrup for another jam or jelly. For a juice option, try making it with no water, just the juice with a dash of sugar and cook it down until slightly thicker and less liquid.
- Liqueur substituted for Syrup: if you want to use a liqueur instead of the Grape Jelly syrup, Chambord (black raspberry liqueur) would be a great idea!
Try out jam in our Green Tomato Jam or Gin & Jam cocktail, too!
Cheers!
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Other Old Fashioned Cocktails
- Brown Butter Old Fashioned
- Christmas Old Fashioned
- Pine Old Fashioned
- Fired Peach Old Fashioned
- Ginger Clementine Old Fashioned
- Spiced Old Fashioned
- Blueberry Pie Old Fashioned
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Cocktail
This Peanut Butter and Jelly cocktail uses Peanut Butter Whiskey as its base and makes for a great jelly cocktail that will please any lover of the classic PB & J!
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Old Fashioned
- 2 ounces Peanut Butter Whiskey
- dash salt
- .50 ounce Grape Jelly Simple Syrup
Grape Jelly Simple Syrup
- 1/4 cup Concord Grape Jelly
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
Peanut Butter Old Fashioned
- This is a build in glass cocktail, so place an ice ball in a rocks glass.
- Pour in Peanut Butter whiskey, and then Grape Jelly Simple Syrup.
- Add in dash of salt and stir until all is combined.
- Garnish with tiny PB&J sandwich if desired.
Grape Jelly Simple Syrup
- Combine water and grape jelly into small saucepan. Bring almost to a boil, turn off heat. Let cool.
- Can be stored in fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
You can use any flavor jelly that you prefer. Strawberry would be great, along with anything spicy, such as the peach jalapeno we have in our fridge right now!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
1Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 187Sodium: 10mgCarbohydrates: 12gSugar: .1g
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Christine
Monday 15th of November 2021
I usually pair my Skrewball with Grand Marnier for a PB&J shot!! But I'll try this recipe next time. Thanks for sharing!
The Noms
Monday 15th of November 2021
Interesting! We will have to try yours out, too! Cheers!
maggie
Thursday 22nd of October 2020
Love this recipe! I just posted another recipe using peanut butter whiskey on my blog! Linked this recipe too for reference!
The 'Noms.
Thursday 22nd of October 2020
Thanks much, its definitely a fun one to use! Cheers!