The Definitive Fluffernutter Sandwich
There was some debate over on Talk as to what a proper Fluffernutter includes, but it's been clarified. Two untoasted pieces of white bread (like Wonder), creamy non-organic peanut butter (like Skippy), and Marshmallow Fluff. That is all. No bananas, no honey, no artisanal bread, no crunchy peanut butter. Yes, we are taking the Fluffernutter nuances very seriously.
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14 Comments:
Yes that is the classic, but that doesn't mean you can't make it fancy.
Monkey4Sale at 11:07PM on 10/26/09
Sure, you can make it fancy, and some of the fancy variations are pretty tasty, but... they're not the true Fluffernutter. Which is exactly as described.
I lived on those in college for a while.
benbenberi at 11:51PM on 10/26/09
I like Jiff better...I don't know.
dnk668 at 1:00AM on 10/27/09
I saw this thread the other day and agreed that it is exactly 2 pieces of white bread, PB and fluff. If you want to "fluff" it up you can, of course. I've been toying with the idea of buying the fluff for months and decided tomorrow is the day. It's been 20 years since I last had one....I hope it's just as I remembered!
arm1970 at 7:29AM on 10/27/09
So do you want to eat Kraft macaroni and cheese out of a blue box, or do you want to eat Martha's? Maybe if you grew up on the blue box....
But would you recommend to someone who'd never had mac and cheese that they try the blue box because that's "proper," or would you let them know there's mac and cheese nirvana out there.
And why would I eat Wonder bread with my fluffernutter when I wouldn't eat it with any other sandwich filling? Even the official fluff site totally sidesteps the bread issue:
Long a staple of playgrounds, after-school snacks, college dorms, and the local diner, a Fluffernutter is a wonderful concoction of Marshmallow Fluff and peanut butter in a delightfully tasty sandwich!
http://www.marshmallowfluff.com/pages/fluffernutter.html
So I still want my fluffernutter on good bread.
lemonfair at 9:04AM on 10/27/09
A fluffernutter on good bread sounds kind of nasty. The mushy cotton-wool bread is an integral component of the texture. (That's why it can't be toasted.)
benbenberi at 9:54AM on 10/27/09
In other news, the world is round and water is wet. And, like dnk said, Jif beats Skippy.
sloppy at 11:09AM on 10/27/09
And Peter Pan beats both.
MichaelN at 11:49AM on 10/27/09
I try not to eat busses.
Monkey4Sale at 3:38PM on 10/27/09
@ Monkey4Sale
sure, make them fancy, but then it becomes a whole other sandwich. It's the same with grilled cheese sandwiches. Once you go past white bread, pre-sliced cheese, and butter, it's no longer a Grilled Cheese. It becomes something else.
Raiders757 at 5:12PM on 10/27/09
I had my first fluffernutter (with crunchy pb and the official fluff) 5 min ago; you can fight over the bread, but I just had it with sourdough bread, weird and tasty.
mtgall at 5:31PM on 10/27/09
Skippy is better!
What is Jiff? Does that sound like a mistake someone who truly likes Jif would make? ;P
wunami at 6:41PM on 10/27/09
That's pretty much exactly what I said!
eeels at 8:19PM on 10/27/09
I've never even had a fluffernutter until I moved out of my parents house(they aren't a big fan of junk food) but I decided to try mixing it up and adding some nutella in there and oh my goodness is it delicious. Also throwing some bananas in with the nutella is pretty tasty as well.
smellxkelly at 11:42AM on 11/19/09