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I live in an agriculturally rich part of Northern California where fruits and nuts are bountiful. It has always been a family practice to “put up” fruit for use in the lean Winter months. Smucker’s® knows the importance of preserving Summer’s bounty for later use. It’s especially tasty in my Raspberry-Fig Goat Cheese Spread on crackers!
Too often we think of jams and jellies in conjunction with toast, English muffins and peanut butter sandwiches. Jams and jellies are much more diverse than the previously mentioned uses. My mom has won a couple of chili cook-offs by using a secret ingredient (now not-so-secret) of grape jelly. Hopefully after reading this post you will have inspiration of some new pairings for jams and jellies as we “Spread a Little Sunshine this Winter” with the help of Smucker’s® Natural Fruit Spreads.
The key to a truly magnificent pairing is to use Smucker’s® Natural Fruit Spreads. Not only will you have great taste, but you will also receive the benefits of using only natural sources, with no preservatives. You can find these Natural Fruit Spreads in Strawberry, Red Raspberry, Orange Marmalade and Concord Grape. All are great options for a variety of pairings. A Smucker’s® Pairing is a simple uniting of unique and/or traditional ingredients with fruit spreads as the star. They are easy for any home cook to create and have a wow factor! I have three recipes for you, straight from Smucker’s®.
The first recipe is for a Raspberry-Fig Goat Cheese Spread. I just had to make this one because it’s right up my alley! Serve with sea salt bagel chips or a variety of crackers. I found a really delicious sea salt crisp that complimented the spread quite well.
- Goat cheese, softened
- Medium dried figs, finely chopped
- Smucker's Red Raspberry Preserves
- Chopped pecan pieces or walnuts, toasted and finely chopped
- Combine the cheese and figs in a medium bowl. Gently fold in 2 tablespoonsof the preserves to form a marbled look.
- Spoon into a shallow bowl,, sprinkle with pecans.
- May serve with sea salt bagel chips or a variety of crackers, if desired.
- Smucker's Natural Red Raspberry Fruit Spread
- Graham Crackers
- Low-Fat Cream Cheese
- Slivered Almonds
- Start this fast, delicious recipe by spreading the low-fat cream cheese on the graham crackers
- Top the cream cheese with Smucker's Natural Red Raspberry Fruit Spread
- Sprinkle on slivered almonds and enjoy!
- Smucker's Natural Orange Marmalade Fruit Spread
- red onion, diced
- red pepper flakes
- cranberries, chopped
- pecan pieces, toasted
- Combine chopped cranberries, toasted pecan pieces, diced red onion and Smucker's Natural Orange Marmalade Fruit Spread into a bowl
- Add a dash of red pepper flakes and stir well
- Serve with a wedge of gorgonzola cheese, rustic crackers, or cinnamon pita chips
you had me at goat cheese. love that stuff. can’t wait to give this a try.
I love mixing with cream cheese. Simple but so good!
I love to use Smucker’s fruit spreads in cookies!!! They are so yummy!!
i would spread it over waffles and pancakes
I like to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Smucker’s spread
I would use the concord grape spread on an English muffin.
I would put a little in the center of cupcakes as a surprise!
I would use them as the fruit filling in a homemade coffee cake.
Strawberry is my favorite!
I would pair some with brie on some crackers
I want to use Smucker’s Natural Spreads on my bagels.
NOt too imaginative I would just make some homemade bread toast it and spread away
I would spread it on my waffles or pancakes
I would try these on waffles!
I would just like to eat them in toast or maybe swirl them in a cheesecake!
On top of graham crackers would be great.
I really never thought about using jams or jellies for anything else than PB&J! Or biscuits….this is awesome! I can’t wait until a get together so I can be fancy!
I love jam and jellies for biscuits! The raspberry goat cheese spread sounds amazing!
I would bake a simple yellow or white sheet cake, spread some Smuckers Natural Fruit Spread on it, and finally frost the cake with Cool Whip. I think this would make a simple and delicious dessert, especially refreshing on a summer day!!
strawberry smuckers and cream cheese in crescent rolls
Aside from the obvious uses of toast and bagels, I want to use this on ice cream or as part of a fruit and yogurt parfait.
I would love to try the fruit spread on some pancakes.
I would like to try adding a little Red Raspberry Smuckers Natural Fruit Spread to a meatball recipe. I think the touch of sweetness would make them extra special.
I would use it to make mini fruit pies.
Cream cheese and fruit spread on a bagel—YUM—nothing’s better than that!
I would like Red Raspberry spread paired with smoked Gouda on toasted baguette.
I’d love to spread it on some pancakes! Yum!
i drizzle it on cheesecake or as an icecream topping.
I’m planning on using it to make a cheesecake.
I like the idea — Place one teaspoon of Smucker’s Natural Orange Marmalade Fruit Spread into a single serving of plain nonfat yogurt for a simple snack. I don’t like plain yogurt so this would be great.
I’ve got to try the goat cheese recipe!
Would love to add this to a PBJ – simple, but my favorite!
I would like to use them to make homemade fruit and oat breakfast bars!
I have a fabulous Quick bread recipe that calls for 1 jar of fruit spread, I’d like to try it with Smuckers Raspberry.
I would like to use them on toast and pancakes.
I would like to use some in between cake layers, maybe even a peanut butter cake with strawberry or raspberry in between. I also like to mix with cream cheese on crackers.
I would love to use a little orange marmalade in a Turkish pastry called Aycure which is like a cookie with brownie cake that has pieces of orange.
I would mix apricot or peach with cream cheese on a bagel
for pancakes bagels muffins and toast
I would love to put it on brownies and top with cool whip!
I think that these would be divine as an ice cream topper!
I have a great coffee cake recipe that is topped with jam and nuts. I love mixing the different types of jams and nuts and I love the quality of the smuckers natural flavors.
I’m not a creative cook – I would use the orange marmalade to drizzle over my fruit pizza.
I put smucker’s on ice cream.
I would love it on my waffles or pancakes.
On our morning bagels!!!
I’d put it on a bagel.
My idea is cocktail mini meatball with a pineapple spread. In the crockpot. Yummy.
I’d like to top my waffles with Smucker’s – thank you.
I think it would be great spread on croissants before you roll them and bake them. Then sprinkle with powdered sugar
I would love to use any of the smucker’s fruit spread flavors on top of a bagel ad cream cheese for breakfast. I just love that combo!
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They would be good on sandwiches.
I would use it to make a Asian style glaze for chicken.
I would spread them on rice cakes.
i would use them on a toasty bagel!
I’d like to eat it with bananas or apples 🙂
i would love to try it on English muffin.
I would love to mix it with cream cheese and smoked salmon and then spread it on a ritz cracker. YUMMY!
My kids would love it on their waffles or crackers with cream cheese.
I want to try the natural fruit spreads with cottage cheese.
Mini grilled tarts on the Big Green Egg, oh yeah baby.
I will simply put in on English muffins and toast.
Make an egg crepe and use the grape concord and spread it on, roll it up and enjoy!
Visited the site and I would use the Natural Red Raspberry Fruit Spread to make a Jam Roly Poly dessert!
I would use it in good old peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches. My girls would probably also use it on butter toast. Thank you!
peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
I would put it on pork chops as a glaze
I like it on English Muffins.
I would use these on waffles!
Oh it would be delicious on toast.
I already found a recipe using Smucker’s Raspberry in a filling for some macaroons I am making.
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I’d use it on bagel’s, toast and english muffins.
I’d love to spread it on a grahm cracker.
Ritz crackers, cream cheese and Smucker’s Natural Fruit Spread makes the perfect snack!
spreading some on a slice of pound cake
I would love to bake them in a little dough with some brie, or slather them on some toast made from homemade bread or put them on pancakes.
My fiancé used a spread by Smuckers with Aprocot in it as an ingredient in a sauce to put on steak. It was delicious.
I would love these on english muffins and also homemade muffins 🙂
I would use smuckers spreads as a topping for Angel Food Cake or on Ice Cream.
I would use it as a topping for a bagel
Love it on bagels w/cream cheese …yum!!!
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Can’t beat thumbprint cookies made with the kids.
put it on ice cream!
I would make some type of cookies or muffins
I would mix it with cream cheese, in muffins or top pancakes.
spread on a corn muffin would be yummmy
cookies, sandwiches, meatballs and pancake toppings are my typical usage
I’d like to try it on a bagel with peanut butter.
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Id like to add some starwberry Smuckers to pound cake for strawberry shortcake.
I would use it on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
As soon as I saw the pictures, I could almost taste the awesome flavors! I would also mix smuckers with cream cheese for a sweet dip.
I’d add some to my cakes! 😀
These natural fruit spreads would be a great addition in poke cakes. Imagine how yummy it would be in each piece! 🙂
i’d love to bake some jam filled muffins!
I love putting butter first and then the Strawberry spread. 🙂
They would be great to use when I make homemade poptarts. Thanks for the chance.
I’d use them to make cookies, but probably mostly with biscuits and butter (my favorite!)
I could use the strawberry spread to make strawberry short cake with some whipped cream!
I’ve actually used jams as the sweet in the sweet and sour meatballs, and I’ve also used them in desserts.
I would put it on my pancakes.
I add some Smuckers to berry cobblers and pie fillings to make the flavor even better.
I’d love to use it on a pie 🙂
I like to pair Smucker’s Strawberry Natural Strawberry Fruit Spread with my bagel and cream cheese for breakfast.
I would put it ontop of yummy waffles
I would use it on sandwiches.
I would put some into smoothies
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mixing with cream cheese for some crepes filling!
I’d use them to make chutneys, use them to fill donuts and cookies, and try out a fruit spread/dip with them.
I will make my thumbprint cookies with these natural spreads.
great for baking cookies and for topping pancakes
I add some into my yogurt
I am thinking my go to when I was pregnant, a flour tortilla shell, with cream cheese and smuckers strawberry.
spread it over waffles
I make a sauce for pork chops or chicken with raspberry or blackberry jam and chipotle
I would spread Smucker’s spread on my toast in the morning!
I want to make the Instant Raspberry Cheese cake.
I’d like to have the Strawberrry on toast, or make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with the grape.
on an English muffin
Love it on a toasted bagel with cream cheese!!
I would spread it on a biscuit.
This sounds great for a snack with some toast or an english muffin.
I would love to try these on waffles!
I would love to make some fruit rolls with this! my kids love them!
I think that these would be delicious as an ice cream topper
I would make a warm fruit ice cream spread for ice cream!
Thanks for the chance.
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Smucker’s orange marmalade makes a great ham taste better!
i’m thinking a bagel with cream cheese would be good with it.
strawberry jam is my very favorite….
I love putting it on my toast or bagels.It’s would also be really good to swirl in a cheesecake or make little hand pies.
I love smuckers strawberry jam on my croissants!
Eat with waffles or crackers or maybe rolls
hand pies with fruit spreads and fresh fruit
I think I would use the fruit spreads for cookies.
they’d go wicked good in thumbprint cookies!
I’d use them in Polish Donuts.
waffles spread and peanut butter with a dash of syrup yum
Belgium waffles and these would be great
I would spread on pancakes, for starts.
Spread some on pancakes, waffles, and cheesecake.
I’ll use it on cheesecake.
Mix with cream cheese…yum.
I use it to put as a bbq mixture on top of my chicken.
My plans are for good, old fashioned PB&J sandwiches.
i just like it on english muffins. i am simple.
I like fruit spreads on sandwiches with other smoky flavors present. I would love to make the Sweet and Smoky Ham Paninis with the Smucker’s Strawberry Natural Fruit Spread recipe found on their site.
Oh I would love to try adding some to my cottage cheese and yogurt!
I’ll use them on baked brie in a croissant crust!
I’d use them to make danishes, or perhaps baked brie in crescent roll dough
I would put it on my oatmeal
On our toast and English Muffins would be great!
on french toast would be good
a fruit cobbler would be good
raspberry on top of cream cheese on top of a bagel MMMMM
id mix it with cream cheese and put it on pancakes
I love it on my morning toast
I guess I’m boring but I’d enjoy it on my toast
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I like the Smucker’s Natural Orange Marmalade on toasted English muffins.
No bake oatmeal cookies!
i’d use it on toast
I would love to try it on a english muffin
I like to use fruit spread on top of chicken breast.
Use fruit spreads with cream cheese on bagels and crackers.
I am going old school. I will spread it on homemade bread with butter.
I like to use raspberry jam in my thumbprint cookies. I make them every Christmas.
I would love to make German Pfankuchen rolled up with Smucker’s fruit spreads in the middle!
I use it on fresh baked breads.
I would make cookies stuffed with smuckers preserves..yummy
I like the old fasion on toast with Cream Cheese also
I would use the orange marmalade to glaze cinnamon rolls.
use it on top of a cake
I would use it for the filling in my homemade donutd
I would put them on toast with peanut butter
We mix it into yogurt with berries
I’d use them on English muffins and as dessert toppings.
I’d use them on English muffins and as dessert toppings.
I would put them on icecream.
Anything with goat cheese and fruit makes a wonderful spread on toasted french bread
I’d used them in PB and J. Also, I’ll put a little on plain yogurt too.
I would like to use smuckers on my morning english muffin.
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I would love to use the red raspberry in my husbands favorite cookies.
I love to use Smucker’s fruit spreads on cookies
Baked w/brie in phyllo.
I like to put it on vanilla icecream 😉
I use it to make mini tartlets.
I’d put it in the sauce for meatballs
My daughter is sensitive and doesn’t tolerate high fructose corn syrup very well. We’d just make toast with this. It’s tough finding her jellies, jams and preserves without it. I also thought it’d be good in phyllo dough as a little bite size pie.
I would love any of Smucker’s Natural Fruit Spreads on Ezekiel’s English Muffins! Very yummy and healthy!
I usually just spread it on toast, but after reading everyone’s comments, I’d love to try some of their suggestions.
biscuits, butter, Smucker’s
i would put the spread on top of a bagel with cream cheese
I would use it on waffles
on toast
I would use these as an ice cream topping.
Making thumbprint cookies!!
on top of sugar cookies
peanut butter and jelly roll ups!
I would use it in my biscuits
I want to try them on my hot buttered biscuits that sounds really good
Puff pastry, brie, slivered almonds and we have a winner!
Slathered on thinly sliced turkey on fresh rolls
I would try them on celery, maybe even try it on ice dream……….
I would try these on top of bagels!
I would serve them with buttermilk biscuits or make cookies with them.
I would like to spread it on tortillas, roll up and make fruit spirals.
I’d spread Smuckers Natural Fruit Spread on a square of puff pastry, top with mascarpone cheese with nuts and bake until puffy and crispy
I would love these on my English muffins and on my peanut butter sandwich. Thanks for having this contest.
There have been many nights when we will just make jelly biscuits for dessert. Thank you
Thanks for the giveaway… my daughter loves Natural Concord Grape Fruit Spread & almond butter spread on a toasted whole wheat bagel !
I would use it to put on some apples and celery sticks.
I would use the spreads on English Muffins for breakfast and on bagels for lunch!
I like adding it to my unflavored greek yogurt.