Salted Plum Cookie Butter (Limited-Edition)

Salted Plum Cookie Butter is meant to be eaten by the spoonful—straight from the jar, no regrets. It’s my favorite (and I love them all)!

As someone who’s half Chinese and grew up in the 70s and 80s, visits to my Chinese side of the family were occasional—but unforgettable, mostly because of the food. My parents were divorced, and while time with that side of the family was limited, the meals we shared left a lasting imprint.

Food was how we connected. Tangyuan soup, preserved plums, almond cookies—these weren’t just treats; they were expressions of care, culture, and love in a language we didn’t always speak openly. So when I discovered Rooted Fare’s Salted Plum Cookie Butter, Chinese Almond Cookie Butter, and Crunchy Black Sesame Butter, it was like opening a door back to those moments.

The Salted Plum Cookie Butter captures the tangy, fermented bite of the preserved plums I used to savor, reimagined with a tang and sweet cookie crunch. The Almond Cookie Butter tastes so much like the cookies I’d sneak—rich and toasty. And the Black Sesame Butter brings back the depth and warmth of tangyuan filling, that unmistakable roasted flavor I’ve never found outside traditional family kitchens.

Rooted Fare has done something rare—they’ve bottled the kinds of flavors that once only existed in memories, making them accessible, familiar, and deeply moving. These aren’t just spreads—they’re bridges back to the parts of my heritage where connection lived quietly, but powerfully,…