The earliest mention of marshmallow creme in an American cookbook is from Fannie Farmer's Boston School Cook Book, printed in 1896.

[1] In 1910, ice cream company Limpert Brothers in Vineland, New Jersey created a product of the same name, intended as a dessert topping.

[2] Around the beginning of the 20th century, Somerville, Massachusetts, resident and inventor of the product[3] Archibald Query started selling his version door-to-door.

In 2006, State Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein planned to file a bill that would make the fluffernutter the official sandwich of Massachusetts.

[13] According to a 2006 Boston Globe article, Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios proposed a restriction on the number of weekly servings of fluffernutter sandwiches in the form of an amendment to a bill that would limit junk food in schools.