Hi I’m from Germany and I recently discovered these different spreads other than peanut butter here that I found quite tasty.
One was a peanut butter chocolate spread from Reese’s who also makes my favorite candy Reese’s peanut butter cups.
And I found a chocolate cream that’s like Nutella but with crunchy pieces mixed in like the one in the image (tastes like Ovaltine powder or Whoppers candy and 55% of the ingredients is just sugar).
Nutella (/hazelnut spread) of course is very popular here but I rarely eat it. As a kid I used to love and be obsessed with this cookie butter from Lotus.
Other spreads I know would be Dulce de leche which is caramel flavored and popular in Latin America.
Is that something Americans would eat or does this sound very exotic/weird and they mostly stick to standard peanut butter?
Health food stores will often have other nut butters as spreads. Almond butter is common, sunflower butter is common because some schools ban peanuts. Nutella is pretty popular, there’s also people who do marshmallow fluff on their sandwiches. There’s also “goobers” - which has peanut butter mixed with jelly.
For savory spreads - mayo and yellow mustard (look up the brand “French’s” - I imagine a German would be horrified at the most popular mustards here.) There’s also sub dressing - oil and vinegar.
Is marmite a thing in Germany? It’s not common at all here - I get it from a Indian grocery store.