Almond butter is a food paste made from grinding almonds into a nut butter. Her sponsors include Nike, Spartan Race, Coros Global, Unived, and Squirrel's Nut Butter. Pumpkin seeds can also be made into a nut butter. A nut butter is a spreadable foodstuff made by grinding nuts into a paste. Because peanuts were the least expensive nut available, they rapidly dominated the nut butter market.