Dr. Peanut in Brazil is a health and nutrition brand centered around precisely what you think it would be with a name like that. Dr. Peanut makes a delicious selection of flavorful peanut butters, including options like Dulce de Leche, Italian Chocolate, Hazelnut Chocolate, and a decadent Brownie. The colorfully marketed brand also has a protein powder available as well as a protein snack in a format that you won’t find anywhere else, inspired by the traditional South American treat, Alfajor.
Dr. Peanut’s Alfajor is a better-for-you, mild protein version of the familiar Alfajor, traditionally made with flour, honey, and nuts, presented like a chocolate-covered cookie sandwich, where you get two crumbly cookies, a creamy filling, and a chocolate outer. There are two new tastes now available in Brazil for Dr. Peanut’s one-of-a-kind protein-packed snack, both named Dulce de Leche; the difference between them is that one is covered in white chocolate, and the other is milk chocolate.
As mouthwatering as Dr. Peanut’s latest innovations look, they have reasonably fair nutrition profiles for a protein treat or craving-crushing food, at least far better than your usual Alfajor. The macros are about the same for the white chocolate Dulce de Leche Alfajor and milk chocolate with around 7.5g of protein. From there, you get to the high carbohydrates at 22 to 24g of, none of that added sugar and less than 3g of sugar, 16g of fat, and calories up in the area of high 200s at 271 to 276.
