# I Like Circus Peanuts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 22, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806 "2012-12-22T02:34:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coustralee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Coustralee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coustralee)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/21 "2012-12-25T16:10:10Z")
i had no idea what they were… why would anyone eat these when they could eat real peanuts and not some flouro orange crap… (rips open a bag of witchety grubs and pineapple lollies) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/22 "2012-12-26T01:28:49Z")
Because they are sugar congealed into a somewhat mushy bite of awesome. Think giant-sized marshmallows from Lucky Charms cereal. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/23 "2012-12-26T02:38:50Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Because they are sugar congealed into a somewhat mushy bite of awesome. Think giant-sized marshmallows from Lucky Charms cereal. Only better. Much, much better. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/24 "2012-12-26T03:23:40Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Because they are sugar congealed into a somewhat mushy bite of awesome. **Think giant-sized marshmallows from Lucky Charms cereal.** I almost screamed when I read that. And no, not in the good way. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/25 "2012-12-26T03:36:50Z")
Love circus peanuts…and like most marshmallow treats, I love them even more when they’re stale. Sometimes i pinch the bag at the gas station to gauge how stale they are and if too fresh, I won’t buy them. hahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Mornac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mornac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mornac)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/26 "2012-12-26T04:54:16Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > Sometimes i pinch the bag at the gas station… –If that’s a euphemism for something, I think I’d rather not know what it is. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/27 "2012-12-26T06:30:37Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > Love circus peanuts…and like most marshmallow treats, I love them even more when they’re stale. Isn’t that redundant? How could you even tell if they’re stale? They’re born stale! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/28 "2012-12-27T03:20:49Z")
Noooooo, not redundant. When they are fresh they are gummy. Stale, however, they are the nectar of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/29 "2012-12-27T07:26:03Z")
> [@Coustralee](#): > > i had no idea what they were… why would anyone eat these when they could eat real peanuts and not some flouro orange crap… > > (rips open a bag of witchety grubs and pineapple lollies) I don’t think they’re pitched in competition with actual peanuts - they’re just a kind of candy. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/30 "2012-12-27T10:56:12Z")
WTF is a witchety grub??? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/31 "2012-12-27T13:11:45Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > WTF is a witchety grub??? Imagine if you will, a white maggot the size of a hotdog sausage. > **[Witchetty grub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchetty_grub)** > > The witchetty grub (also spelled witchety grub or witjuti grub) is a term used in Australia for the large, white, wood-eating larvae of several moths. In particular, it applies to the larvae of the cossid moth Endoxyla leucomochla, which feeds on the roots of the witchetty bush (after which the grubs are named) that is widespread throughout the Northern Territory and also typically found in parts of Western Australia and South Australia, although it is also found elsewhere throughout Austra Th... ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/32 "2012-12-27T16:08:40Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > Noooooo, not redundant. When they are fresh they are gummy. Stale, however, they are the nectar of the gods. Well, not that gummy. They tend to be a bit chewy and sticky. The older/drier they get, the less sticky they are. But they’re never anything like gummibears/gummiworms, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/33 "2012-12-27T23:29:25Z")
I loooooove circus peanuts! Mmmm… I can eat an entire bag in one go… and I’m not talking a little grab-bag either, I mean the BIG bags I can buy at Farm & Fleet full of yummy smooshy peanut-shaped goodness… mmmm… I eat them at work and drive my coworkers nuts. Now I’m all hungry for some. Going to have to drive over to F&F tomorrow and get me some. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/34 "2012-12-28T02:46:23Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > WTF is a witchety grub??? I think they serve them at Hogwarts. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/35 "2013-01-03T15:19:34Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Imagine if you will, a white maggot the size of a hotdog sausage. > > [Witchetty grub - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchetty_grub) And you don’t need mustard because they have their own sauce _already inside_. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/36 "2013-01-03T18:19:37Z")
I like all candy, ergo even Circus Peanuts. However, on a 1(best)-10(worst) scale they rank close to 10. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/37 "2014-04-14T17:54:16Z")
Bumping this old thread because Cecil’s column is back on the front page. I fall into the “circus peanuts are OK but not my first choice of candy” category. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/38 "2014-04-14T17:58:54Z")
_gags slightly_ ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/39 "2014-04-14T18:29:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Bumping this old thread because Cecil’s column is back on the front page. > > I fall into the “circus peanuts are OK but not my first choice of candy” category. This is about how I feel. I’ll eat 'em and enjoy 'em but they’re not my first choice. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/40 "2014-04-14T19:02:57Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Because they are sugar congealed into a somewhat mushy bite of awesome. Think giant-sized marshmallows from Lucky Charms cereal. It’s actually the other way around: [QUOTE=Wikipedia] Lucky Charms were created in 1962 by John Holahan. General Mills management challenged a team of product developers to use the available manufacturing capacity from either of General Mills’ two principal cereal products— Wheaties or Cheerios—and do something unique. Holahan came up with the idea after a visit to the grocery store in which he decided to mix Cheerios with bits of Brach’s Circus Peanuts.[URL=“[Lucky Charms - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Charms#cite_note-3)”] [/QUOTE] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806.md?page=3)