Fluffernutters: smart nutrition or just damn tasty?

That sounds disgusting. Not only is honey the lowest of sweeteners, but most outgrow marshmallow fluff by the age of six. You are mad, my friend.

I'll have to try this sometime just to confirm that it is a sweetness overdose.

I must agree. This concoction sounds disgusting.

Clearly you people live too far away from Lowell Massachusetts and the glory that is its world renowned Fluff. The fluffernutter (recently almost declared the Official State Sandwich of Massachusetts - I kid you not) is an amazing conconction of sugary / salty sweetness. Vive la Fluffernutter!

Hope you didn't crash, dude -- I'm betting not.

At the time I'm posting this, this thread appears right below the one that tells me that soy, which I'd just started consuming, basically turns guys into gals. So...maybe we need to take a more serious look at fluffernutters.

Update: I did not have a sugar crash. And I had a decent run. Grains, nuts, honey, and sugar... kind of like a power bar, but more delicious.

I agree that with the menace of soy turning us all into gals, serious attention should be paid to fluffernutters. A man's meal, for sure.

Fluffernutters are a food group. Go for it. It will make you smile.

Fluffernutters aren't good nutrition. Tasty, of course, but not good for you. High in simple sugars which jack your blood glucose levels around, high in fat from the peanut butter. You'd be better off having a peanut buttet and honey sandwich, leave the fluff out of it. There really isn't any redeeming nutritional value to it, so just leave it out. Just as good, and better for you.

Don't pick on marshmallow fluff until you read the nutrition facts. Two tablespoons of the Durkee-Mower brand(Fluffernutter) has 0 fat, 5mg sodium, 10g carbs (6g sugars), and 0 protein. There's no high fructose corn syrup or trans fats. I think most people would use no more than two tbsp on a sandwich, so fluff, especially when combined with the protein and fats in peanut butter, won't throw your blood sugar levels out of whack. Fluff tastes sweet enough without honey. If you're eating it on white bread, the bread is doing more harm than the fluff--switch to whole wheat. Fluff has been on my training table for at least two years; it satisfies my sugar cravings and prevents me from eating foods that are high in simple sugars and fat. Fluff is great stuff!

What in goodness' name is marshmallow fluff, and why the hell would anyone eat it?

Fluff in my Diet: thank you for finding the nutritional values of Fluff.

Here's the breakdown of my honey Fluffernutter. I think I'll call it a Flufferkiwinutter in honor of the Manuka honey I used in it...

2 slices 9 grain wheat bread:

Calories 200

Sugars 6g

Total Fat 4g

Sat. Fat 0g

Protein 8g

Cholesterol 0mg

Sodium 360mg

Total Carb. 40g

Calcium 8%

Dietary Fiber 6g

Iron 12%

1 Tbsp Simply Jif:

Calories 95

Sugars 1g

Total Fat 8g

Sat. Fat 1.5g

Protein 4g

Cholesterol 0mg

Sodium 32.5g

Total Carb. 3g

Dietary Fiber 2g

Iron 2%

Vit E 7.5%

Ribof. 1%

Niacin 10%

1 Tbsp Manuka Honey:

Calories 60

Sugars 16g

Total Carb. 17g

1 Tbsp Marshmallow Fluff:

Calories 30

Sugars 6g

Total Carb. 10g

Sodium 5mg

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Total kCal: 385

Total Fat: 12g

Total Sat. Fat: 1.5g

Total Protein: 12g

Total Sodium: 397.5mg

Total Carb: 70g

Total Sugars: 29g

Total Fiber: 8g

OK so I guess it ain't health food. Though perhaps I ought to use it more as a post-workout indulgence / "recovery."

I groaned when my wife brought home the tub of Fluff, but I think I might become a regular user of it to satisfy my sweet tooth. It really isn't that bad.

exactly, wtf - i'm a grown man, i don't eat things called fluffernuttersounds like something to be done in the bedroom to me by my wife

Pete wrote:

What in goodness' name is marshmallow fluff, and why the hell would anyone eat it?

Back in the day, there usedta be this stuff called Koogle. 'Twas essentially chocolate flavored peanut butter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koogle

The fluffernutters of my misspent youth were more like s'mores. And laden with trans fat.

Once you turn nine or ten you'll probably be ready to move on. If you want to stick with the Koogle theme you satisfy your sweet/carb jones with kugel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugel) - a little farmer's cheese will give you some protein and fat too, making it a more complete recovery snack.

I vaguely remember the banana-flavored Koogle: I distinctly remember my brothers and I begging our Mom to buy it, then barely able to stomach it once she gave in. Similar to that pb+j combo they sold at the time... not too great.

That got me thinking though... how good would a Nutella fluffernutter be? Probably darn good.