# Peanuts--dry-roasted vs. honey-roasted **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962 "2014-12-22T22:44:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/1 "2014-12-22T22:44:27Z")
I love peanuts, but they must be dry-roasted. The honey-roasted ones seem almost slimy to me. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/2 "2014-12-22T23:37:12Z")
I’ve never had a honey roasted one that was slimy. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/3 "2014-12-22T23:51:14Z")
Dry roasted because I prefer them not to be sweetened. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/4 "2014-12-23T00:01:35Z")
I just bought some dry roasted and when I had the first mouthful, I realized they were “lightly salted.” What a comedown. You gotta really watch the labels nowadays. What I want in dry roasted is maximum salt. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/5 "2014-12-23T00:19:31Z")
Love 'em both, but I give honey roasted peanuts the edge. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/6 "2014-12-23T00:22:59Z")
I know what you mean. The oil level is pretty extreme. I still prefer the honey roasted ones. Best of all is raw ones though. Tastes like summertime in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/7 "2014-12-23T01:00:13Z")
I know that airlines try to cut prices whenever possible, but offering me dry roast seems like the ultimate in stinginess. Especially when you pair those dry bastards with a thimblefull of a beverage (80% ice). ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/8 "2014-12-23T01:08:37Z")
I like both, but the honey ones are too sweet and go go well with beer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/9 "2014-12-23T04:58:52Z")
Why not both? 🙂 I’ll give the edge to the honey-roasted ones just for the poll, though the brand I’m buying now (Aunt Ruby’s) makes outstanding dry-roasted peanuts too. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-dry-roasted-vs-honey-roasted/707962/10 "2014-12-23T05:02:21Z")
Dry roasted. Preferably by me in my own oven. My parched peanuts are not salted. On a plane, or at some event I ask for roasted peanuts. I will eat honey roasted if thats the only option. [how to parch peanuts](http://www.ulmus.net/library/recipepage784d.html?ID=83) Same method my grandad taught me except we parch ours in the shell. We say parched in the South, other people say roasted. They are tasty no matter what they are called.