# Circus Peanuts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 20, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921 "2000-06-20T01:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/1 "2000-06-20T01:27:49Z")
**I like Circus Peanuts, and I’m proud of it!** [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5\_222b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_222b.html) So there. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/2 "2000-06-20T01:32:12Z")
Then you must like Lucky Charms, too, David. The creator inspired by Circus Peanuts to develop the cereal with those styrofoam marshmallow bits. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/3 "2000-06-20T01:32:41Z")
I always knew there was _something_ wrong with you, I just couldn’t put my finger on it. Now I know. Weirdo. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/4 "2000-06-20T03:53:19Z")
Count me in with the person who said they would choose Circus Peanuts over a Dove bar. I _love_ those things! The guy in the article gave an absolutely wonderful description of eating them! You have to squeeze (or squish) them before you eat them. And sure enough, soon after eating them you begin to get that very familiar nauseating feeling! It’s wonderful! The strangest thing about it is that I hate almost anything banana flavored! (I love actual bananas but the flavoring–blech!) I never really identify Circus Peanuts with a banana flavor. It’s almost like a unique flavor all on it’s own! Mmmm…Circus Peanuts! Now, Peeps, _there’s_ a candy I can’t understand the appeal of! Given the choice between any type of chocolate and some slightly stale Circus Peanuts, I’m going with the orange marshmallow goodness every time! BTW, I _hate_ Lucky Charms! But that’s mostly because of the oat cereal rather than the marshmallows. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/5 "2000-06-20T15:05:57Z")
Here’s something weird for you: I popped over to read the Circus Peanuts column and now I can _smell_ them! I think I’m having a psychotic hallucination. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/6 "2000-06-20T20:32:34Z")
Oh, David. Say it ain’t so. I weep for the future. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/7 "2000-06-21T03:36:46Z")
Andros: It is so. And it is good. Yes, Jill, I do like Lucky Charms – or rather, as evilbeth noted, the Circus Peanut-like bits, not the oat parts. I would choose them over a Dove bar, but then, I’m not particularly fond of Dove’s brand. Other chocolate? Dunno. One thing is that Circus Peanuts are, I believe, fat free! See, they’re healthy! I really don’t understand how anybody could _not_ like Circus Peanuts. I think they’re more addictive than chocolate-covered crack. (To steal a phrase) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/8 "2000-06-21T05:00:14Z")
Quoth evilbeth: > [@](#): > > Now, Peeps, there’s a candy I can’t understand the appeal of! We’ve got to get Ch-- er, Persephone over to this thread! Slay the evil (no offense, beth) Peeps! ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/9 "2000-06-21T05:13:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Now, Peeps, _there’s_ a candy I can’t understand the appeal of! > > \*\* mmmm, Peeps! But you have to let them get a little stale first. Used to eat Circus Peanuts as a kid but haven’t had any in years. My sister loves them though, the nut. –tygre ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/10 "2000-06-21T14:01:07Z")
The column ( **including two** of Slug Signorino’s illustrations) can also be found on pages 222-227 of Cecil Adams’ book “[_Triumph of the Straight Dope_](http://www.straightdope.com/otheroutlets/books.html)”. I’ve never tasted one of these, and I doubt I ever will after reading Cecil Adam’s description. ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/11 "2000-06-21T20:23:31Z")
I’ll take chocolate covered crack any day. ---
**Author:** ![Franklin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3e96dc/32.png) [@Franklin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Franklin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/12 "2000-06-21T21:50:19Z")
Circus peanuts are alien food. Anyone who actually enjoys consuming them should be viewed with suspicion. The same applies to people who really eat fruitcake. Franklin ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/13 "2000-06-21T21:58:48Z")
Mmmmm, circus peanuts. A little hard on the outside, velvety smooth on the inside. Plus they melt in your mouth! What more could you ask for in a snack food? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/14 "2000-06-24T04:45:22Z")
After reading that column, I could smell them too. I can almost TASTE them, and that’s just gross. CPs and Peeps are too disgusting for words, they really are. Just thinking about them make me feel sick to my stomach 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/15 "2000-06-24T06:12:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Circus peanuts are alien food. Anyone who actually enjoys consuming them should be viewed with suspicion. The same applies to people who really eat fruitcake. Fruitcake makes an excellent dessert to follow haggis. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2000, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/16 "2000-06-24T12:12:32Z")
I can’t believe you people are comparing the food of the gods to fruitcake and haggis! Zut is right – they are the perfect snack food. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/17 "2000-06-24T15:08:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I can’t believe you people are comparing the food of the gods to fruitcake and haggis! Zut is right – they are the perfect snack food. > \*\* Actually, I’m thinking they could also be the perfect diet food. Pick up the bag, stick yer snout in there, deep inhale, and I know my appetite would be gone. David B., at leasxt I won’t be fighting you for the circus peanuts. Anywhere/anytime. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/18 "2000-06-24T15:51:13Z")
Well, they are a good diet food, as they’re fat free! But the problem is that if I took a deep inhale like that, I’d have to eat every circus peanut in the bag! ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/19 "2000-06-24T17:21:02Z")
I understand they can also be used as effective tampons in case of emergency. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921/20 "2000-06-25T05:01:10Z")
Well, I don’t eat em, but I sure do admire their spunk and sculptural virtuosity. And, they make a fine Halloween costume: Let em dry out a bit, then string em into bikini formation with monofilament. _Gentle microwave softening on the brassierre fitting_ Just hope it’s not a rainy Halloween night. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/22921.md?page=2)