Yeah yeah I know you guys invented it but modern american peanut butter isn't even peanut butter. That shit just tastes like icing sugar holy shit. It's fine in something small and chocolatey like a reeses cup but I can't eat that shit in a sandwich without feeling sick.
It's supposed to be a savory spread of mashed peanuts in oil and salt, it's not fucking cake frosting
I just checked and my Jif peanut butter has 1 gram of added sugar per tablespoon. That's barely anything, but the taste is definitely a bit different from unemulsified peanut butter. Actually it's been a while since I've had any of that so I should try it again and see if my tastes have changed. The smooth texture is from the partially hydrogenated oil and not the sugar. Where are you finding super sweet peanut butter outside of candy?