Remember sitting down in elementary school, opening up your lunchbox and biting into a sweet, gooey fluffernutter sandwich?
It may come as a surprise that most people outside of New England do not know that joy. In fact, both the fluffernutter and fluff itself were invented in Massachusetts in the early 1900s. Since then, the peanut butter-fluff combination has largely remained a regional treat, with the rest of the country choosing to pair their peanut butter with jelly.
Here’s a brief history of the quintissential New England sandwich.
What is a fluffernutter?
A fluffernutter, known more commonly in Massachussetts as a “fluffahnuttah,” is a sandwich made with creamy peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, typically on white bread.
History of the fluffernutter
According to the New England Historical Society, the fluffernutter can be credited to Emma and Amory Curtis of Melrose – the great-great-great-grandchildren of Paul Revere. In 1913, the siblings began producing Snowflake Marshmallow Creme, and while they did not invent the marshmallow product, they were the first to popularize it with peanut butter…