Get ready to spread love and deliciousness one bite at a time with this Avocado Butter recipe! Free from any artificial additives and ready in mere minutes, this creamy avocado spread is a celebration of 6 natural ingredients. Use it as a toast topper, spread for corn on the cob, flavor enhancer for veggies, and more – this will be your newest condiment obsession!
Featured comment: Grilled corn is THE essence of summer and one of my favorites. I tried it with this avocado butter and oh my goodness, I cannot even TELL YOU how heavenly this stuff is! I’ll be trying it on baked potatoes next.” – Lucie
Updated: This recipe was originally published in August 2016. I made updates the article below to include more information about this compound butter flavored with avocados.
About this recipe for avocado butter
You guys, this avocado butter spread is AMAZING. Herbaceous, rich, luscious, and super creamy, with an ethereally light and airy whipped texture. You know how they say butter makes everything better? Well, nothing could be truer of this butter avocado toast topper. This right here is avocado at its finest.
If you’re looking for more delicious avocado recipes, try these next: Avocado Eggs on Toast, Avocado Green Goddess Dressing, Spicy Avocado Hummus Recipe, Chopped BLT Salad with Avocado, and Avocado Tuna Poke Bowl.
Why you’ll love this DIY butter
Aside from being the gee-dang best substitute for butter on toast, this creamy, dreamy, fresh, and green-y avocado butter spread is ALSO:
- Tested and perfected – I’ve been making this butter spread made from avocados since 2016. This recipe’s been duplicated (but never truly replicated) many times online, but you can get the original here!
- Quick & Easy – Plop all your ingredients in a food processor, flip the switch, and witness the magic. In less than 5 minutes, you’ll have the tastiest corn on the cob butter you’ve ever tasted.
- Super Versatile – This flavorful compound butter is delightful on all of your grilling season favorites including chicken, fish, pork, steak, lamb, and ALL the grilled veggies. It’s also excellent on any kind of carb you can think of like potatoes, pasta, bagels, and toast. Honestly, friends, this avocado garlic spread could make a dirty ol’ shoe taste good.
- Allergen-Friendly – This yummy avocado butter recipe is naturally free from soy, nuts, eggs, and gluten. It can also easily be made dairy-free and vegan, so everyone can get in on the fun.
- Made With Only 6 Ingredients – And 2 of them are in the name!
What is avocado butter?
At it’s core, avocado butter is simply a compound butter. Essentially, it’s a delightfully lightened-up and flavorful substitute for butter on toast, where both avocados and butter are puréed with seasonings until light, creamy, and spreadable.
Ingredients for avocado butter
As promised, you only need a handful of ingredients to make this sonnet-worthy avocado spread recipe. Here’s what to grab:
- Avocados – Look for heavy ripe avocados that yield ever so slightly with a gentle squeeze of the thumb. Aside from the squeeze test, seek an outer skin that’s unblemished, vibrant, and as radiant as a Hollywood star. If the little “belly button” easily comes off with a gentle flick of your thumb, you’ve struck green gold!
- Unsalted Butter – If you’ve got it, now’s the time to bust out the grass-fed, European-style, high butterfat percentage good stuff. If you only have salted, omit the kosher salt until you’ve tasted it first. Just make sure your butter is at room temperature.
- Lime – Fresh is the only way to go. To get the most juice from your limes, give ‘em a good roll on the counter for 10-15 seconds before slicing them open. (PRO TIP: If you think ahead and zest them first, you can use the zest to rim a cocktail to pair with your avocado butter yumminess!)
- Lemon juice works too!
- Garlic – Fresh will give you the zestiest, spiciest version of garlic, but I definitely won’t judge if you use jarred or frozen.
- Shallots make a good swap here! In a pinch, you can swap in garlic powder. Just note that this will be a much more toned-down version of the poppy original.
- Fresh Cilantro – I’m someone who loves it. PRO TIP: Since this is getting blended, you can totally use the tender parts of the stems. (Discard any woody pieces!)
- If cilantro isn’t your favorite, try other tender fresh herbs, like lemony parsley, sweet basil, or peppery arugula.
- Cumin – For warmth. If you only have whole seeds, briefly toast them in a dry pan until fragrant and whiz them through the food processor first, before adding any of your other ingredients.
- Kosher Salt and Ground Black Pepper – For seasoning. To taste.
Recipe variations
While I think this avo mixture is pure magic, that doesn’t mean there aren’t tons of other butter spreads out there worth trying! Here are a few fun variations to consider:
- Vegan/Dairy-Free! Simply replace the real butter with your favorite vegan butter substitute.
- Spice It Up! Sriracha powder is a delightful addition, especially if you plan on making Mexican-style corn or Asian-inspired meals like fried rice or corn avocado tomato salads. However, if you don’t have sriracha in powder form, hot sauce works too. You can also spice this butter up with various chili powders, such an ancho.
How to make avocado butter recipe
You can whip up this recipe for avocado spread in 10 minutes or less. Here’s how:
- Gather ingredients: Collect all the necessary ingredients.
- Add to food processor: Measure the ingredients and add them to the bowl of a food processor.
- Blend: Cover the food processor with its lid and process until the butter is completely smooth.
- Adjust for taste: Taste the corn on the cob butter and adjust the flavors as you see fit.
- Use or store: Use the avocado butter as a spread for corn on the cob and toast recipes, dot it over baked potatoes, toss it with hot pasta, dollop it on sizzling steaks, and more. Alternatively, you can store the homemade butter in the fridge.
Expert tips for the best avocado spread
- I used a food processor to make my avocado for butter, because I wanted a smooth, feathery light butter. However, if you prefer a chunkier butter that’s more avocado toast/guacamole texture, I see you. You can use a food processor and pulse the ingredients together, or, go more analog and use a bowl and fork to mash the ingredients together.
- Since the butter contains avocado, and the enzymes in avocado will oxidize (causing it to turn brown), I do not recommend making the butter too far in advance. Don’t worry, though. If you’re anything like me, you’ll have exactly zero trouble eating the whole dang thing in one sitting! (See below for tons of serving suggestions!)
FAQs: avocado for butter
Is avocado butter better than regular butter?
Better? That’s not accurate. Butter is friggin’ awesome. I mean. Look at cake pops and chocolate cookies! However, better is subjective and can mean lots of things.
This avocado butter spread is probably a bit better for you than regular butter. I mean, it has actual avocados in it, guys. It may also be argued that it’s a more interesting spread than plain butter. Plus, it can be made like a zillion different ways. So, not better, but awesome nonetheless.
What is avocado butter good for?
Spreading anywhere you would spread regular butter (for savory applications only — no guarantee on how it’ll pair with sweets 😂). Meat, veggies, carbs, you name it.
Is avocado butter healthy?
We’re not actually using avocado as butter, so much as adding it to butter. So, there’s still butter in it, but I’d definitely consider it healthier than butter since it also has fruit in it. As well, avocados are a rich in vitamins A, D, and E, as well as unsaturated fatty acids, all of which are beneficial to your skin, hair, and general health.
Serving avocado as butter substitute
While some might think this is an avocado spread recipe for toast, honestly, it’s SO MUCH MORE. Consider this your culinary go-to, that delicious secret you keep in your back pocket for bland dinner emergencies. This DIY toast spread substitute is yummy on pretty much everything, including any and all of the following:
What can I use avocado butter for?
This homemade avocado spread recipe tastes amazingly delicious on EVERYTHING. Here’s some ideas to help your culinary creativity flow:
- Roasted or Grilled Veggies – Roll Call: Eggplant? YUM. Zucchini? YESSSS. Onions? Oh boy! Corn? A-MAIZE-ING.
- Starch of All Varieties – Add a dollop to your jacket potatoes before topping it with all the usual suspects (or UNUSUAL suspects, if you prefer). Use it in place of regular butter in your mashies for a veritable delight. Spread it on toast, or use it instead of mayo for your next sandwich or wrap. Butter noodles, who? Avocado butter noodles are the new sheriff in town.
- Bread Baskets – I’ve heard bread is a new course, and I’m diggin’ it. Assemble a stellar basket of cornbread, dinner rolls, crusty cread, mini bagels, bread sticks, and any other bread that makes your toes curl, then serve it up with a side of THIS.
- Butter Boards – Haven’t hopped on this train yet, but maybe NOW I will 🤷🏼♀️
- Elote or Esquites – Not traditional, but boy-oh-boy is it beyond DELICIOUS.
- Pretty Much ANYWHERE You’d Use Butter In A Savory Capacity (except when you need to pan fry something). Seriously. This is a test. Tell me what dishes you wouldn’t use this on in the comments below. I bet the list will be short. 🤔
Storing butter with avocado
- There’s no GREAT way how to preserve avocado spread because avocado is prone to oxidization, which is a fancy way of saying it’ll turn brown and gross after being exposed to air.
- If you do have leftovers for storage, your best bet is to treat it like guacamole — spread it into a small, clean, air-tight container, pressing it up against the sides and pressing out all the air. Spread the top flat using the back of a spoon, then drizzle your least expensive oil on top in a very thin layer, and cover it with a piece of plastic wrap.
- Pop the avocado corn on the cob butter in the fridge for up to 2 days. To use, pour off the oil and spread as usual. (NOTE: you may want to let it come to room temp before pouring off the oil to make it more spreadable.)
This homemade spread from avocados is so dang delicious it inspired a little diddy. This one’s for you:
So whip it up quick, with just seven delights,
Indulge in its richness, take culinary flights.
With a dollop of love and a sprinkle of fun,
Avocado Butter, a recipe well done!
May your culinary adventures be grand,
With this luscious spread at your command.
You guys are just the best! 😘
Cheyanne
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How to make the best Grilled Corn with Avocado Sriracha Butter at home👇
How to Make Avocado Butter
Equipment
- 1 Food Processor
Ingredients
- 2 ripe Avocados – pitted, peeled and chopped
- 1/3 Cup Unsalted Butter – at room temperature & cut into 8 pieces
- 1 small Lime – juiced (about 2 TBS)
- 1 Clove Garlic – smashed & peeled
- 2 TBS Fresh Cilantro - packed & roughly chopped
- ¼ tsp Ground Cumin
- Kosher Salt and Ground Black Pepper - to taste
- 1 tsp Sriracha Powder - more or less, to taste (Optional - SEE NOTES)
Instructions
- For the Avocado Butter: Place all ingredients for the butter into the bowl of a food processor. Season with heaping 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cover with the lid and process until the ingredients are well combined and smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as necessary. (SEE NOTES). Taste and adjust for seasoning.
- Use or Store: Use the soft butter right away as a spread for grilled corn on the cob and toast. Storing option 1: The best option is to treat the butter like guacamole — spread it into a small, clean container, pressing it up against the sides and pressing out all the air. Then, use the back of a spoon to spread the top of the butter flat. Finally, drizzle your least expensive oil on top in a very thin layer and cover it with a piece of plastic wrap before storing in the fridgeStoring option 2: Alternatively, you can transfer the avocado mixture to a sheet of plastic wrap or parchment and carefully roll the compound butter into a log before storing in the fridge.
Notes
- Sriracha: 1 teaspoon of sriracha powder will make the avocado butter slightly spicy. If you don’t like a lot of spice, use ¼ to ½ tsp. If you are a huge fan of spicy, add ¼ tsp or more to taste.
- You can substitute liquid sriracha if you don’t have the powder.
- Texture: If you want a chunky avocado-sriracha butter, instead of processing the butter, simply pulse the ingredients to combine. Or you can use a bowl and a fork to mash ingredients together.
- Grilled Corn on the Cob is one of my favorite ways to use this avocado butter spread. Below is how I cook corn on the cob (shown in the post photos):
- Prep Corn: Peel back the husks of corn leaving them intact at the root. Remove the silks and recover the corn with the husks.
- Soak corn in a large bowl of cold water for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat grill to medium.
- Remove corn from water, gently shaking off excess.
- Place corn on the grill, close lid and grill for 7-8 minutes, rotating halfway through for even cooking. Remove from grill and pull back the husk (or completely remove it) and return corn to the gill. Continue grilling corn, turning occasionally, until all sides of corn are charred, about 7-8 additional minutes.
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Happy anniversary you two!!! 10 years?!? That’s amazing! The big man and I are about to celebrate 4 years of being together this Friday BUT he just proposed to me in Disney World (a complete surprise) this past Saturday!! I have a feeling August will be a busy month. I always find myself writing posts as I’m going to publish them too – I work better under pressure!
I’m always amazed by your genius creations. You seriously have a knack for finding the best flavor combos and then using them in a totally appropriate, scrumptious way! I would be all over this grilled corn with avocado sriracha butter if I could reach into my screen! <3
Happy (belated) Anniversary!! I hope that you had a wonderful day.
I love corn. And I cannot wait to try this.
Enjoy your weekend (even if you do have to do a little work!).
xx
Happy Anniversary (2 days late!) 🙂 So so sweet!
Corn is my FAVORITE. Like, I squeal when the it starts popping up at the farmer’s markets! Grilled corn is a regular on my plate all summer long, so you know I HAVE to try this avocado-sriracha butter! I have a feeling I’ll be eating that by the spoonful, or at least slathering anything and everything I can with it! Have a great weekend and don’t work too hard 😉
Happy Anniversary!! that is so awesome! 🙂 and how good does that butter sound! omg!
Awww, Happy Anniversary, Cheyenne! 10 years, yay!! We celebrated 21 (26 together) this year and having someone awesome to share this life with is just the best. So glad that you have that too.
And this corn. I’m drooling and it’s SO creative! Love the buttery combo of avocado and, well, butter, plus that sriracha kick!
WOA – Happy, happy happy 10 year anniversary to Boy and you, Cheyanne!!! Such a sweet sap-less tribute post this is! Though, you look far too young to have been maried 10 years – what’d y’all do – get married at 10 or something? 🙂 Seriously – CONGRATS – here’s hoping y’alls lives are always filled with happiness and love AND the most “culinary crack-like deliciously addictive” food there is!
Speaking of which, that butter sounds wonderful – I’d never heard of sriracha powder before – so thanks so much!
Hope you and Boy have wonderful weekend!
Happy Anniversary! Your guys are so sweet! I also have my husband as hand model sometimes. 😀 Hope you guys are doing something fun to celebrate! These corns sure look like a celebration! Perfectly charred with an avocado-sriracha butter? That is genius! Gotta try that!
You’re too cute, congrats to you both! I just got three, yes three, new sriracha powders and seasonings in the post and can’t wait to try although one already looks hard as a rock. No bueno, no points there. Anyways… LOVE the avocado sriracha butter! This looks killer, so SUMMER. Pinned & Yum, thanks Chey!
BTW, email me if you like with the answer, but I swear I can never grill and char my corn with out torching the husks, what’s your trick? The photos as super. 🙂
happy anniversary! a decade is a long time to put up with anyone and i hope you guys are doing something fun to celebrate. i will be celebrating this butter. i want to make it and put it on everything….toast, fish, chicken, or maybe just a big ol spoon. this is a winner!!
Grilled corn is THE essence of summer and one of my favorites. I tried it with this avocado butter and oh my goodness, I cannot even TELL YOU how heavenly this stuff is! I’ll be trying it on baked potatoes next.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY m’dear!! How exciting! We like to celebrate the day we first started dating as a second anniversary, too. 🙂 Hope you had the happiest of days with boy yesterday. Now to talk about this recipe … you are a genius! Avocado Sriracha Butter? Someone hold me while I faint with pleasure. 🙂 😛
Happy anniversary guys – it’s really great! I’ve got a secret too, Chey (for the record: I didn’t shake my head saying yes when you’re asking but my vote didn’t count). I write my texts normally 1 or a few days in advance. Sometimes that happens a week before I’m planning to post the recipe. Well, I have found recently a few papers with a post written 1,5 years ago. Yup, I am an old-fashioned guy (sometimes just old). I was just inspired but didn’t have computer around me:) Now about serious stuff: this corn looks fantastic! Love this addition of avocado butter. It’s just a perfect summer quintessence, Chey. Have a nice weekend!
Congrats – he is one lucky boy!! And, right there with you in spirit on the weekends, cooking and shooting and retouching and writing and whew! xoxo
Happy Anniversary!! This corn would make a great side for a romantic dinner at home!
& I hate writing my posts the night before, but it keeps happening that way. I get so stressed knowing I have to get the post up. Hopefully, I’ll get better so I can enjoy my weekend 🙂
Happy anniversary! I count the day my husband and I got together too. It means a lot!
Like you, I write my posts the day before. I wish I could be better, but my day job and family stuff means it gets pushed back a lot. Oh well.
So this corn looks incredibly festive and happy. Such a cool butter! I never woulda thought of it, but now I want it!
Happy Anniversary of you two being together! 🙂 These grilled corn on the cob with the avocado butter sounds absolutely delicious, wish I could just dig in right now!
Happy real anniversary this time 😉 Can’t believe you’ve been lying to us, saying your taking off when you are really writing on a Sunday! I’ll forgive you if you send me a box filled with 20 ears of corn and 5 pounds of this avocado sriracha butter. So much yum, I can’t stand it. Yay to Boy too! We appreciate all his hard work supporting NSN, especially going back and forth to the grocery store because we know you’ve got him running all over the place. heeheehee 🙂
Aaw happy happy anniversary, girlie!! Hope you and boy have a great time. And yes – less work and more celebrating this weekend! Grilled corn is a must during the summer and I know this batch would be gone in no time at our house! Looks incredible and I LOVE the sriracha butter!
I HAVE been grilling all the corn humanly possible this summer! It’s my FAVE. So delicious. I’ve done some sriracha butters on it, but nothing with avocado too!!! It looks absolutely divine, I am totally on the hunt for some sriracha powder (because awesome) and making this next week.
Corn is at it’s best here right now, so I will definitely be trying this. Loving the sriracha powder
Happy Anniversary to you and your boy! I love corn that has a bit of char on it. It’s the best and doesn’t last long so I cook it every day (almost). Have a great day celebrating!
Avocado butter? Grilled corn? Ten years together? Gorgeous hand model? Tenacious blogger? My-oh-my…you guys have got it going on! This post made me all sorts of happy! It won’t surprise you to know that I absolutely love hearing about you and your honey! You two are the sweetest!! Now take a weekend off, my friend! You’ve earned it! Cheers! xoxo
I love grilled corn. I love butter. I love avocado! OMG! I LOVE this grilled corn with avocado-sriracha butter business! I need this in my life like yesterday! What a great way to celebrate 10 years with Boy. Happy Anniversary! XOXOXO
Happy anniversary! A decade is a lot and I wish you many more. 🙂
I can’t live without corn, and this looks like an amazing way to enjoy it with that avocado-sriracha butter! Why have I not seen that sriracha seasoning before? I’m getting my hands on that ASAP!
I saw this on FB and immediately thought – GENIUS! Grilled corn on it’s own is amazing, but this avocado butter just sky rocketed this dish out of the solar system! I can’t wait to make this – I’m going to be slathering this on everything from my morning toast to corn and burgers for dinner!
So yummy! My hubby and I were going to try grilling our corn this past weekend for the first time and we chickened out, into the pot of water it went. You make it look so easy and I love how you tied the husks back, so fancy 🙂 . This butter is the icing on the cake…I mean corn, lol. Happy anniversary. Take care.
Of course! I want to know ALL of your secrets. 😉 So THIS is why you’re always working on the weekends!! Tsk tsk.
Happy 10 year anniversary to you and… what’s his name? I hear it’s Boy. 😉 Lololol. Please tell him thank you for taking care of my dear bestie. Also, for being such a talented Hand Model Extraordinaire. What would No Spoon Necessary be without him? Two points for your rhymes, and two more points for this awesome recipe!! Heck, let’s make it 200 points. What are friends for? 😉 You know I’m gonna be hounding you this weekend to stop working, so… stop working! Thought I’d get that one in sooner rather than later. Pinned! Muah. xoxo
Happy 10 year together anniversary, Cheyanne! I love grilled corn and your avocado sriracha butter sounds divine! I’ll have to look for sriracha powder – I haven’t seen that before. Have a great week!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to you and Boy. And may there be many many more. You guys make it work!!!! Super happy for you, hope you celebrate big, even if that just means staying in your jammies all day. The corn, is ah-mazing girlfriend. Love everything about it – the char- the sriracha – the cilantro – the lime squeeze. All together, this summer corn is the bomb. Gorgeous pictures. Pinned!!!! Have an awesome weekend my friend! XO
Well Happy Anniversary to you guys Cheyanne!! Hope you both do something special today to celebrate! Second only to tomatoes, corn is my favorite summer vegetable. Jersey corn is gorgeous and juicy and enjoyed as long as we can get it here. This avocado-siracha butter…OMG!! I know I’m going to love it! I’ve got a bunch of friends coming over next week for dinner while Tom and I are on vacation, so I’ll have to try it! Happy weekend!
There’s nothing better than summer corn cooked on the grill….unless it’s topped with this butter! Seriously this butter is making me drool! I can’t wait to get some corn and try this up right away! 🙂
Congratulations and happy anniversary, Cheyanne! Those grilled corns look phenomenal !
Happy 10 year anniversary! That’s a serious achievement. Although, one year is an achievement too!
I only discovered sriracha about a year ago, as it’s not huge over here, but I am obsessed with it now and I am loving finding new ways to use it. Otherwise I just put it on all my food haha.
Happy happy anniversary!!! I hope you are doing something fun (and relaxing?) to celebrate!!! haha you cracked me up with the 2am comment – staying up that late makes me almost want to cry at the thought of it! Old lady right here! 🙂 ANYWAY this corn sounds amazinggggg. I’m putting in a request now for some in … less than 2 weeks. Maybeeee I should start packing? Ah! Moving is so stressful!! haha
Wow! Many congratulations dear Cheyanne. Many more to come! And grilling out together sounds the best thing ever! And these grilled corns look fantastic dear. You had me at the title when I read sriracha butter. Really? Wow! I haven’t heard of this before and now want this badly. I love everything sriracha and avocado so I know I am gonna love it too. Can’t wait to try this. Have a wonderful weekend girl! Cheers!
Ok my mind is blown with this grilled corn! Not only do I live off grilled corn in the summer, but I don’t have to share with my husband, because he’s not the biggest fan (go figure, right?). But now you’ve created an avocada srirach butter?! AMAZING! I can only imagine how good this must taste. I need to try this out soon! Such gorgeous pictures too, friend! Pinned!
Aww, happy 10-year anniversary to you guys! Very cool that you’ve been together a whole decade now! And this looks like a fun way to celebrate, knowing how much you both love to grill out 😉 I’ve also been all about the corn this summer – adding it to this, that and everything else. And I didn’t know about sriracha powder, so thank you very much for that gem – can’t wait to track some down and give it a try!! Cheers to summer goodness my friend! XO