Lifestyle & Social Issues
Who discovered the combination of peanut butter and jelly?
Jonathan Peppar
The first published recipe for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (in 1901) was written by Julia Davis Chandler, but the idea to combine the two spreads may have occurred to others before then. As peanut butter became a growing fad in the late 19th century, people were experimenting with its culinary uses quite a bit. Some were experimenting with it as a meat substitute, while other recipes and recommendations made peanut butter more flavorful—it was a bit more bland back then than it is today. Examples from the 1890s include peanut butter and Worcestershire sauce, peanut butter and pimento, and peanut butter and watercress. Peanut butter was also served with toast or crackers alongside other spreads, and there were likely platters that included both peanut butter and jelly. Combining peanut butter with other spreads wasn't so unique: a recipe combining peanut butter and cream cheese was published in 1897.
It was perhaps the mass production of both jelly (1910s) and peanut butter (1920s) that led to the combination becoming so much more popular than others. They offered a cheap meal during the Great Depression, and the long shelf life of both products made them food staples of soldiers during World War II.
You can read more about the history of peanut butter and jelly in Andrew F. Smith's Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea.
https://www.nationalpeanutboard.org/news/who-invented-the-peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich.htmhttps://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/peanut-butter-and-jelly-history/https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/history-pb-jelly.htm
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