In New England, kids and adults have been enjoying the Fluffernutter sandwich for over a century.
The humble sandwich This one is the simplest. Two slices of white bread, with peanut butter on one side and marshmallow “fluff” on the other — well, sandwiched together and then cut in two for easy eating.
However, despite its simplicity and high sugar content, this sandwich remains a comfort food and lunch staple even after all these years.
While the concept of a “marshmallow creme and peanut butter sandwich”Nightmare Retro Foods” According to the New England Historical Society’s website, the Fluffernutter’s origins date back to the 1960s and are actually believed to date back to World War I.
At that time, a woman named Emma Curtis — who was the great-great-great granddaughter of Paul Revere — and her brother, Emory, developed a product they named “Snowflake Marshmallow Creme.”
Although the Fluffernutter sandwich was invented in Melrose, Massachusetts during World War I, the current name “Fluffernutter” did not come into vogue for nearly half a century. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
The New England Historical Society reported that he initially made the product in his kitchen in Melrose, Massachusetts, but demand grew so great that he had to produce it in a factory.
The product sold very well, and Emma Curtis began writing recipes using marshmallow creme and printing them in brochures. First world warThe same historical society said he printed a recipe for the “Liberty Sandwich” — a peanut butter and marshmallow creme sandwich served on oat bread.
While other companies had similar marshmallow creme products, Liberty Sandwich is believed to be the first published recipe for what eventually became known as the Fluffernutter, the New England Historical Society said.
At the same time that the Curtis siblings were making marshmallow creme, two other people in Massachusetts were also making spreadable marshmallow products.
Though the Fluffernutter has stood the test of time, the Curtis siblings’ company has not. The New England Historical Society reports that an arsonist destroyed the Curtis marshmallow factory in 1962; the company closed shortly thereafter.
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Around the same time that the Curtis siblings were making marshmallow creme, two other people in Massachusetts were also making spreadable marshmallow products.
On May 14, 1920, H. Allen Durkee and Fred L. Mower, both Swampscott, MassachusettsAccording to the product’s website, they have announced a partnership to produce marshmallow fluff.
Durkee-Mower Inc. has been making marshmallow fluff for more than a century in Massachusetts, the birthplace of the Fluffernutter. (AP Photo/Alice Amendola)
According to the website, Durkee and Mower purchased the recipe for marshmallow fluff from a man named Archibald Quarry — and they began selling it door-to-door.
Marshmallow Fluff was a huge success, and Durkee-Mower Inc. managed to avoid sugar rationing. second World War According to the website, this will help the company to continue its business.
In 2024, 104 years after Durkee and Mower announced they would team up to create Marshmallow Fluff, it is still being made in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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John Durkee, grandson of H. Allen Durkee and current president of Durkee-Mower Inc., told Fox News Digital in a phone interview last week that he had a Fluffernutter sandwich for lunch that day.
John Durkee, president of Durkee-Mower Inc. — which makes marshmallow fluff — said he still loves a good Fluffernutter sandwich. (AP Photo/Alice Amendola)
“It’s a combination of the sweetness of marshmallow fluff and the saltiness of peanut butter. And, you know, those are two original flavors that go really well together,” he said.
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However, Durkee uses whole wheat bread in place of the traditional white bread.
“I try to make it a little more wholesome,” he said.
“But honestly, the Fluffernutter really isn’t that bad in terms of the calorie count. So, it’s actually a reasonable, good sandwich,” Durkee said.
Now, check out these fun facts about the Fluffernutter.
5 Fun Fluffernutter Facts
1. The New England Historical Society reports that the name “Fluffernutter” was developed by an advertising agency in the 1960s, nearly 50 years after the sandwich’s creation. The term is trademarked by Durkee-Mower Inc.
2. “National Fluffernutter Day” is celebrated each year on October 8.
3. The “What’s the Fluff? Festival” is held each year in Somerville, Massachusetts.
This incident is a “crazy festival” According to its website, it honors the invention of marshmallow fluff and features an Archibald Quarry impersonator, “fluff jousting” and a marshmallow toss contest.
The annual “What the Fluff? Festival” is held each year in Somerville, Massachusetts. One of its activities, shown here, is a blindfolded Fluffernutter sandwich-making contest. (Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
4. Several astronauts have eaten Fluffernutter on the International Space Station.
In 2011, Massachusetts native Richard Linnehan ate a can of it while in space, and in 2012 Commander Sunita “Sunny” Williams showed off a jar of marshmallow fluff during a video tour of the International Space Station.
“I love Fluffernutters, and so I was sent up — some fluff — so I could make my own Fluffernutter with peanut butter,” the Needham, Massachusetts native said in the video, while floating a jar of marshmallow fluff in zero gravity as she spoke.
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5. Merriam-Webster added “fluffernutter” to its dictionary in 2021.
It is defined as “a sandwich made of peanut butter and marshmallow creme between two slices of white sandwich bread.”
