# Whatever happened to corn nuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065 "2008-05-12T18:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/1 "2008-05-12T18:35:11Z")
Put this one in the category of “things that disappeared when I wasn’t paying attention.” The other week I got a hankering for corn nuts, and I’ve been searching for them ever since. They used to be a common enough snack – what happened to them? Or maybe this is just an Eastern Massachusetts thing. If so, I may have to ask someone in another part of the world to mail me some. ---
**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/2 "2008-05-12T18:37:27Z")
I just grabbed a bag maybe 2 months ago or so. My experience was the opposite of yours. Now the original Corn Nuts were buried in between ranch, nacho cheese, barbecue, and other random flavors of Corn Nuts. They had multiplied when I wasn’t looking! I gave the cheese ones a shot, but much prefer the original. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/3 "2008-05-12T18:39:06Z")
I’m pretty sure we still have 'em here in the midwest, I’ll take a look on my way home from work and see if I can find any. I’ll get back to you in about an hour or so. What flavor do you want? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/4 "2008-05-12T18:58:28Z")
I still see them around in the midwest but oddly never at grocery stores. Always at gas stations when traveling on the interstates. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/5 "2008-05-12T19:29:41Z")
I’ve seen my share 'round here. I can mail you some if you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/6 "2008-05-12T19:50:10Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] I still see them around in the midwest but oddly never at grocery stores. Always at gas stations when traveling on the interstates. [/QUOTE] Yes, always in gas stations. In the grocery stores I go to, they’re usually near the candy or near the checkout. If you looked near chips, you’d miss them. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/7 "2008-05-12T19:50:45Z")
My local 7/11 has them. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/8 "2008-05-12T19:51:33Z")
BQ or plain? ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/9 "2008-05-12T20:00:48Z")
There’s this stuff called [Glad Corn](http://www.gladcorn.com/) that my husband really likes. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/10 "2008-05-12T20:10:39Z")
I always felt like those things were breaking my teeth! I haven’t had any since about 1982. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/11 "2008-05-12T20:12:30Z")
Definitely still around, but they seem smaller than I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/12 "2008-05-12T20:13:16Z")
I see them at convenience stores around the Boston metro area. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/13 "2008-05-12T20:13:18Z")
People figured out they were the devil’s dingleberries and shunned them as they should always have done? ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/14 "2008-05-12T20:39:25Z")
Ah, Corn Nuts; [responsible for one of the greatest ad campaigns in the history of the world.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3quMz-EAThw) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/15 "2008-05-12T21:19:59Z")
That can’t be real! ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/16 "2008-05-12T22:16:14Z")
I broke a tooth on a corn nut once. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/17 "2008-05-12T22:25:22Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] BQ or plain? [/QUOTE] BQ! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/18 "2008-05-12T22:36:30Z")
[QUOTE=MGibson] That can’t be real! [/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/19 "2008-05-12T23:00:27Z")
I was ready to swear to high heaven that I remember this–I was a kid at the time and the jingle was instantly recognizable. A fairly thorough Google search, though and I can’t find any official looking evidence of it. I’d love to know. Anyone want to send an email or make a call to Planters or Kraft? ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065/20 "2008-05-12T23:54:50Z")
They’re still around, unfortunately. God, how I loathe the smell. My dad buys them just to torture me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-corn-nuts/449065.md?page=2)