Fluffer Nutter Bites, Yum.

Pinterest = quicksand 

 Sucks you in and you just can't escape it.

It's like when Facebook first came out, and we all spent hours stalking people we hadn't seen for a while, trying to dig up all sorts of juicy info about new girlfriends/boyfriends, new cars, getting kicked out of college, ya know, all that stuff.  Oh wait... not everyone did that? My bad...

The worst part about Pinterest is that it's full of seriously amazing looking food. I think I'm gaining weight just seeing all of it.  Oh, and of course the most compelling pictures aren't of healthy food, but of cookies, cakes, caramel filled crescent rolls... ah!!! 

One of those goodies are these fluffer nutter bites. I surprisingly had all the ingredients in my cupboard, and it seemed so simple. Well and peanut butter is kind of healthy, right?

Here's the link to the original recipe that was pinned.

Ingredients:



1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
 1 cup nonfat dry milk
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
1 cup dry roasted peanuts

Directions: 

In a medium bowl, combine the peanut butter, honey and dry milk. Stir until combined. The mixture should be similar to a thick cookie dough, moldable and not sticking to your hands. I ended up adding just a little bit more dry milk. I also am not the most accurate measurer... I kinda just throw it all in :)

The peanuts were put into a plastic baggie, and smashed with my meat tenderizer hammer. Way easier than chopping. BUT, it made some of the peanuts turn into a powder. You can see in my pictures that some of the bites don't have the same rough peanuty texture as others. 

Take 1/2 Tablespoon of dough and wrap around each mini marshmallow creating a ball with a marshmallow center. Roll each ball in crush peanuts to coat.
I didn't measure out the dough. I just took a small bit, flattned it out in my hand until it looked like just enough to cover the entire marshmallow, then wraped the marshmallow up. 

In the end... Mr E thinks these are delish! But they are junk food, which I'm trying to rid our house of.
Also, they take forever to assemble!  This would be a much better recipe for a mama with kiddos a little bit older who could help.  It took me over an hour to do it all.

It doesn't make a whole lot - but these Fluffer Nutter bites are so rich and sweet.  I think it's a combo of the sweet, and the protien in the peanuts and peanut butter, but just a handful (5 or 6 of them) and I found that sweet tooth and snack loving tummy were quiet.

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