# Planter's Peanut Bar or Munch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [February 9, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247 "2015-02-09T19:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/21 "2015-02-10T06:52:39Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I do still discover new candy bars I haven’t heard of from time to time. Like there’s this one in Northwest Indiana–IIRC, it was a long bar, something like a Butterfinger, but I can’t for the life of me remember what it was called. I did see it again in Illinois, at a Walgreens, but I’m blanking on its name. Are you thinking of Zagnut? They are awesome and kick Butterfingers’ ass. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/22 "2015-02-10T14:22:50Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Are you thinking of Zagnut? They are awesome and kick Butterfingers’ ass. Not Zagnut or Marathon. My vague memory is that it was like a Butterfinger in the sense that it was really crumbly when you tried to eat it. I can’t remember whether it was chocolate coated or not. I want to say it came in packaging as long as a Charleston Chew, but I don’t completely trust my memory. Oh, this is going to bug me now. I’m gonna have to see if they have it at the local Walgreen’s, where I remember last seeing it, though I can’t remember seeing it anywhere else around here. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/23 "2015-02-10T15:17:57Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > How on Earth are you in Chicago and never heard of [Munch](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91YmKdDW76L.jpg) or a [Planters Peanut Bar](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p/l/planters_peanut_bar_1.jpg)? I’ve seen them all over the U.S. going back at least to the early 70’s. I’ve never had either one! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/24 "2015-02-10T16:03:47Z")
I figured it out. The bar I was thinking of is [Chick-O-Stick](http://candyality.com/shop/crunchy/chick-o-stick-case-of-24). I bought one just to check my memory, and, yes, it basically tastes like a Butterfinger without the chocolate. No sign of Munch or Planters Peanut Crunch at the Walgreen’s, though. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/25 "2015-02-11T23:36:43Z")
Add me to the “never heard of those, just Payday” list. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/26 "2015-02-12T00:39:54Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Add me to the “never heard of those, just Payday” list. Yeah, in the last few days I tried Target, Walgreen’s, and three local/regional grocery stores (Jewel, Pete’s Market, Shop and Save), and none of them have either. I wonder if this is just random gas station candy here in Illinois. I’m tempted to ask on Facebook where I can find one of these bars in Chicago, just so I can see what they’re like. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/27 "2015-02-13T16:24:30Z")
Success for Planter’s Peanut Bar! Finally found one at a BP after checking out a couple gas stations. Verdict? I like it, but I need to find the elusive Munch to compare. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/28 "2015-02-13T22:43:05Z")
I’m winning! > [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > For the last 15 years when I hear the word ‘Munch’ I only think of Richard Bellzer! 😃 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/29 "2015-02-14T03:33:01Z")
I can’t answer. I’ve never heard of Munch. I love Planters, Peanut Brittle, Payday, Baby Ruth, Snickers… I like me some peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/30 "2015-10-23T10:57:03Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > One of these days you guys will be in a gas station or something and see either one (or both) on the candy bar rack and say “well I’ll be damned”. Just wanted to update this. Since this thread I’ve been looking for the elusive Munch bar. I still can’t find it. Every gas station or grocery or drug store in Chicago and the suburbs I’ve visited, on my car trip to KC and back, in Harrisburg, PA, and its environs… I’ve been coming up empty. It is driving me crazy. Today I’m off to Savannah and Hilton Head. I hope today is the day I finally find it. Is there a region of the US where it’s popular? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/31 "2020-12-23T21:23:17Z")
@pkbites Finally!!! After more than five years, I’ve found a Munch bar! I was at a Binny’s (liquor store) here in Chicago buying some gifts for family and there it was, the holy grail, right in front of the check-out counter. I immediately thought of this thread. I’ve been looking for the damned thing for ages. I enjoyed it quite a bit! ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/32 "2020-12-23T23:31:24Z")
He likes it so much he purchased the company (decades ago)! ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/33 "2020-12-24T01:07:39Z")
Congratulations, but after 5 years you’re still avoiding the question 😁 Do you prefer that or the Planters peanut brittle bar? –G? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/34 "2020-12-24T01:09:42Z")
Ya know, I was thinking that, but now I have to go back and find a Planters bar to compare, because I don’t remember. Hopefully the gas station I bought it at (I remember which one it is) still has it. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/35 "2020-12-24T05:16:13Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I enjoyed it quite a bit! They’re good. But now it’s been quite a while since I’ve seen a Planters bar anywhere. Hmm. It’s kind of like not seeing Clark Kent and Superman at the same time. I wonder…!😕 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/36 "2020-12-28T03:40:35Z")
Dammit. Now I’m on a hunt for a Planter’s Bar to compare. The gas station I got mine at five years ago didn’t have it, and none of the grocery stores I’ve visited in the past few days have. Don’t tell me it’s going to be another five years before I find it in the wild. I don’t even see it on Amazon. I type in “Planters Bar” and the first hit I get is a Munch bar. Is the universe mocking me? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247/37 "2020-12-28T04:21:42Z")
Near as I can tell, Planters no longer makes the Peanut Bar; Lance makes them now instead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planters-peanut-bar-or-munch/712247.md?page=1)