Why Are Circus Peanuts So Hard to Find Today?

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I like Circus Peanuts, I don’t think I have an addiction or anything, and I only recently discovered they are actually “banana” flavored– I’ve always considered them circus peanut flavored.

At a recent stop at the market I decided to pick up a bag and after walking the whole store several times over I couldn’t find any. Apparently they’ve become a “nostalgic” item which means only old people like them now.

Okay, no big loss.

But then I tried another market, then another, then CVS, Walgreens and still no luck.

I finally got a container of them from Amazon for $20 which was a little more than I wanted to pay for them and they would arrive the next day.

Except they were delayed, it would be the day after, sorry, said Amazon.

Then the same thing the next day, another delay another apology.

Then it was knocked into “we aren’t sure when you’re getting them” with another apology.

About a week later they arrived. I’m not sure what the dilemma is here, I don’t know if RFK put these on the unnatural food enemy list, I’m not sure if there is an active conspiracy– knowing this is Massachusetts I’m sure there will soon be a punishing tax on anyone who even wants to think about them.

But whatever the reason, they’ve become very hard to find.

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