Creamy or Chunky?

Creamy or chunky?

"Spread" the word: Peanut butter is the leading use of peanuts in the United States.

Although it's over, March has been National Peanut Month, and it's not too late to celebrate. So grab a spoon and a jar of peanut butter – and let's dig into some peanut butter facts:

• It takes roughly 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.

• Peanut butter is consumed in about 89 percent of US households.

• The world's largest peanut butter factory – Jif, in Lexington, Ky. – churns out 250,000 jars of the tasty treat every day.

• The average child will eat 1,500 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches before he or she graduates high school.

• Women and children prefer creamy, while most men opt for chunky, according to the National Peanut Board.