# I just ate my very first circus peanut

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-my-very-first-circus-peanut/106566>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 30, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-my-very-first-circus-peanut/106566 "2002-04-30T22:23:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-my-very-first-circus-peanut/106566/41 "2002-05-02T00:58:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by mblackwell \*  
> \*\*Don’t they contain animal products (gelatin)? \*\*

::sneaking to Kitty Fridge, where a bag of Circus Peanuts[sup]tm[/sup] has been quietly laying in wait for a few months now::

::ahem::

“Sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, glycerin, modified soy protein, sodium hexametaphosphate (controls acidity), pectin, artificial color (yellow 6), artificial flavor, cornstarch. May contain traces of milk, egg, wheat, peanuts, and/or tree nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans, cashews, brazil nuts, hazelnuts [filberts], pistachios, macadamia nuts).”

::sneaking back to Kitty Fridge, replacing CPs so Mr. Kitty is non-the-wiser to her temporary borrowing of the Evil Peanuts::

So no, **Opal** can’t have Circus Peanuts.

And our **pharmacy** sells the things at 50 cents a bag. One wonders if they’re trying to drum up business.

-BK

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**Author:** ![flygirl99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/46a35a/32.png) [@flygirl99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flygirl99)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-my-very-first-circus-peanut/106566/42 "2002-05-02T01:41:38Z")

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Just reading the words “C P” made me run to brush my teeth, they still feel gritty and they ache. I’m getting a headache. My ears itch and my jaw pops when I move it.  
What is the antidote? Did poison control know?

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