Fluffernutter Strawberries

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It’s Valentine’s Day!!! A day filled with love, happiness, but most importantly chocolate. And strawberries. Chocolate covered strawberries, what Valentine’s day is all about. Except for here. I much prefer a fluffernutter covered strawberry. Because marshmallow and peanut butter pair far better with strawberries than chocolate does, in my opinion.

I used to satisfy my fluffernutter strawberry craving by hollowing the berries out, filling them with a peanut butter and powdered sugar mixture, then dipping the strawberry in marshmallow fluff. But I did kind of miss the snap of the chocolate shell that came from a traditional covered strawberry. So after some experimentation, I finally found a way to make great fluffernutter covered strawberries. The secret is Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips. They have the perfect peanut butter flavor (obviously), but they harden like regular tempered chocolate, making them the best for fluffernutter strawberries. 

Fluffernutter strawberries are as easy to make as chocolate covered ones, you lightly heat marshmallow fluff in one bowl, and melt some peanut butter chips in another bowl. Dip your picture perfect strawberry in the fluff, then let it rest for a few minutes on some parchment paper in the refrigerator. Once the fluff has chilled, dip the berry into the melted peanut butter chips. Rest the strawberries until the peanut butter coating has hardened, and eat as soon as possible. These really are best eaten within an hour after they are made, and at room temperature. That’s when the flavors are all at their most prominent but still perfectly blended. But, if need be, the strawberries can be refrigerated for up to two days. 

I like the look and taste of fluffernutter strawberries best when they are coated half in marshmallow and half in peanut butter, but you can do any design you want. I am particularly fond of the way a peanut butter drizzle looks on a marshmallow coated strawberry. 

The only downside to using the peanut butter chips is that they set fairly quickly, and they don’t remelt well at all, so you have to work in small batches. And the marshmallow doesn’t always stick the best to the strawberries. You will probably find that most of the fluff will stick to the parchment paper after it’s rested, which is a bit annoying, but it will be fine, just continue on with the peanut butter layer and enjoy. 

Also, if you find that the peanut butter is thickening oddly as you go, what happened is too much fluff has worked its way into the melted chips and you have basically made a really small batch of peanut butter fudge. Set it aside to eat later, melt some more chips and keep going.