Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich (PB&J) consists of peanut butter and fruit preserves—jelly—spread on bread. The sandwich may be open-faced, made of a single slice of bread folded over, or made using two slices of bread. The sandwich is popular in the United States, especially among children; a 2002 survey showed the average American will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before graduating from high school.[1] There are many variations of the sandwich, starting with the basic peanut butter sandwich or jam sandwich.
"Peanut Butter Jelly" and "PB&J" redirect here. For the Galantis song, see Peanut Butter Jelly (song). For other uses, see PB&J (disambiguation).Alternative names
PB&J
Julia Davis Chandler
Room temperature
Peanut butter, jelly or jam, sliced bread (Typically white bread)
Preparation
In basic preparation methods, a layer of peanut butter is spread on one slice of bread and a layer of fruit preserves is spread on another before the two sides are sandwiched together. (Jelly is a fruit-based spread, made primarily from fruit juice boiled with a gelling agent and allowed to set, while jam contains crushed fruit and fruit pulp, heated with water and sugar and cooled until it sets with the aid of natural or added pectin.[2])
Sandwich preparation, where each slice of bread is protected by a layer of peanut butter
Close-up view of a cut peanut butter and jelly sandwich showing soggy whole wheat bread
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich that is made with two slices of white bread, two tablespoons each of peanut butter and grape jelly provides 403 kcal, 18 g fat, 58 g carbohydrates (mostly sugar), and 12 g protein, which is 27% of the Recommended Daily Intake of fat and 22% of calories.[11]
While roughly 50% of the calories are from fat, most of them come from monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fats, which the American Heart Association considers beneficial to heart health.[12]