# I Like Circus Peanuts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806>\
**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")\
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**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:** [April 17, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/61 "2014-04-17T23:14:29Z")

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> [@vontsira](#):
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> Heavens ! This is the first time in 55-plus years, that I’ve come across any mention of Circus Peanuts. I’m a lifelong UK citizen and resident. In the late 1950s, when I was aged nine, my primary school in England hosted, under some exchange-type arrangement, a visit by a charming young lady teacher from the US, who took us for some classes. She gave us some samples of American candy, including Circus Peanuts – which I thought strange, but nice.
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> And that has been my entire experience of Circus Peanuts, from that day to this. Having spent a good deal of time on various mostly-US-based message boards in the past few years, and seen nothing whatever about Circus Peanuts, I had imagined that this particular form of confectionery must have died out decades ago. Pleased to discover that I was wrong, and they’re still around.

The UK equivalent of Circus Peanuts is [foam bananas](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Barratt-Giant-Foam-Bananas/dp/B0047073HM) and [Pink Shrimps](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingsway-Foam-Pink-Shrimps-1KG/dp/B009E3WBVA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1397776431&sr=8-2&keywords=pink+shrimps). Same thing, just different shapes.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-circus-peanuts/644806/62 "2014-04-17T23:18:00Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> The UK equivalent of Circus Peanuts is [foam bananas](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Barratt-Giant-Foam-Bananas/dp/B0047073HM) and [Pink Shrimps](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingsway-Foam-Pink-Shrimps-1KG/dp/B009E3WBVA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1397776431&sr=8-2&keywords=pink+shrimps). Same thing, just different shapes.

“Description: strawberry shaped shrimps”.

Er, I don’t think that’s quite right.

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