50 Fluffernutters
October 4, 2024 8:10 PM   Subscribe

Did you know Tuesday, October 8, is National Fluffernutter Day?

To celebrate this notable day, I'm making 50 Fluffernutter sandwiches. My question is two-fold:

For how long can a peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff sandwich on soft, white bread safely stay out at room temperature? I will need to prepare these sandwiches on Monday evening, and deliver them Tuesday mid-morning. I plan to pack them in those old-school, fold-over sandwich bags and present them on a platter.

Do you have any tips and tricks for mass-making sticky sandwiches on soft bread? First thoughts are refrigerating the bread but warming the peanut butter a little, maybe the Fluff too. Putting the pb&F in a piping bag might help, but is probably an extra step I'd rather not take.
posted by feistycakes to Food & Drink (6 answers total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: None of the components of the sandwich require refrigeration; the sandwich does not require refrigeration.

Use real peanut butter, not the healthy stuff.

Use two offset spatulas, one for the PB and one for the fluff.

How many slices of bread fit comfortably on your work surface? That's your batch size. Lie the slices out, do half with PB, half with fluff, slap them together, then bag them and move them aside. Set yourself back up for the next batch.

Don't warm anything, for the love of god don't try to pipe it. You'll become a sticky greasy mess of slop and hate yourself.

My unit of time for projects is SVU episodes. This is a one SVU project. Have fun!
posted by phunniemee at 8:24 PM on October 4, 2024 [5 favorites]


I have a vague idea of spreading a layer of fluff onto a silicone mat, then freezing it and cutting bread-sized pieces to assemble into sandwiches. I am pretty sure that given unlimited funds, several industrial engineers, and a lot of time, I could build a factory that would roll out a continuous stream of sandwiches 24/7.

I’m pretty sure the previous post has it right for your situation, though. Good luck with it.

I was amused to find today (10-4) is National Trucker’s Day in the United States. Possibly even dumber than Pi Day or that Star Wars thing on May 4th. Which is a pretty high bar to clear.
posted by Gilgamesh's Chauffeur at 8:34 PM on October 4, 2024 [2 favorites]


I'm guessing this would be easier if you built the sandwich on frozen bread.
posted by shadygrove at 10:59 PM on October 4, 2024 [1 favorite]


I have made and eaten many, many Fluffernutter sandwiches, and lived for many years in walking distance of where marshmallow fluff was first divinely conceived. Factoid: many Bay Staters consider sand an acceptable ingredient of a Fluffernutter sandwich.

The sandwiches will be fine overnight, no worry there. While frozen bread may make assembly easier, my concern would be that condensation would affect peanut butter and the fluff. Not worth the risk in my opinion.

I'd suggest a slight tweak of phunnimee's process: once each sandwich is made, wrap it in wax paper, or put it in a sandwich-sized wax paper bag before putting it in the lunch bag. Then, importantly, lay the lunch bag on it's side so that the sandwich is lying flat overnight, and not vertically. You don't want to give the fluff or the peanut butter 8 hrs to ooze downward.
posted by cocoagirl at 9:24 AM on October 5, 2024 [4 favorites]


Best answer: Protip: Spread a bit of PB on each slice of bread, then put the Fluff in between. When left for a day, the Fluff can suck the moisture out of the bread and make it stale. The PB on both sides helps to prevent that from happening.
posted by chiefthe at 12:48 PM on October 5, 2024 [2 favorites]


Best answer: I might be around that day as luck would have it. Maybe I can help spread the bread?
posted by vrakatar at 7:02 PM on October 6, 2024 [1 favorite]


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