Fluffernutter Balls
Kids in the northeast grow up eating fluffernutter sandwiches. Unfortunately their primary ingredient, Fluff, isn’t available throughout the country. It wasn’t until college that I gained an appreciation for the wonderful peanut butter and Fluff sandwich when a dorm mate from New York received Fluff in a care package from her mother. We were lucky that she was so generous and shared.
Peanut butter and marshmallow are meant to be together, so I came up with this treat:</em>
<strong>FLUFFERNUTTER BALLS</strong>
1 1 lb. bag Nutter Butter cookies, crushed
1 cup extra crunchy peanut butter
1 ½ cups Fluff or marshmallow crème
1 pound bag milk chocolate chips (Use Nestle or Ghirardelli, not the store brand. You’ll be glad you did.)
Combine crushed cookies and peanut butter until the peanut butter is fully incorporated and the mixture looks like crumbs.
Fold Fluff or marshmallow crème into the peanut butter and cookie mixture until it holds together. It should have a marbled appearance.
Roll into one inch balls.
Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler, or in the microwave. (30 seconds at a time until they start to melt, then stir every 15 seconds.)
Dip balls in chocolate, put on waxed paper, and refrigerate until set.
<em>Makes 6 dozen balls.</em>