# Circus Peanuts!!!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/49621
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [January 12, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/49621 "2001-01-12T01:35:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Kailur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kailur)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/49621/1 "2001-01-12T01:35:02Z")
Turns out, just yesterday, before reading the article on Circus Peanuts, I had read something else about Circus Peanuts. it is quite funny. Here’s the address: [The Ultimate Bad Candy Website - Circus Peanuts](http://www.bad-candy.com/circuspeanuts/circuspeanuts.shtml)
(link fixed by moderator)
[Edited by Arnold Winkelried on 01-12-2001 at 03:21 PM]
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### Author:  [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/49621/2 "2001-01-12T05:36:57Z")
And the links are:
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5\_222b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_222b.html)
and again:
[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/980102.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/980102.html)
I read somewhere that the guy who came up with Lucky Charms cereal thought man, if Circus Peanuts are so good alone, lets see how great they’ll be in this puffy sugary cereal! So that’s what he did. The same styrofoam texture in all those hearts, moons, and clovers.
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### Author:  [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/49621/3 "2001-01-12T21:27:28Z")
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### Author:  [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-peanuts/49621/4 "2001-01-12T22:05:37Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by JillGat \*
> \*\*I read somewhere that the guy who came up with Lucky Charms cereal thought man, if Circus Peanuts are so good alone, lets see how great they’ll be in this puffy sugary cereal! So that’s what he did. The same styrofoam texture in all those hearts, moons, and clovers. \*\*
**JillGat** , “This is Your Life”, because that “somewhere” was _right here_ on this very Message Board, a year-and-a-half ago. Do you remember this voice?–[Lucky Charms–spawn of Circus Peanuts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=144)