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![]() A candy bar with a peanut butter center covered in a layer of coconut. | |
Product type | Confectionery |
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Owner | The Hershey Company |
Produced by | The Hershey Company |
Country | United States |
Introduced | 1930 |
Related brands | Mounds |
Markets | United States |
Previous owners | |
Website | Zagnut Candy Bar |
Zagnut is a candy bar produced and sold in the United States. Its main ingredients are peanut butter and toasted coconut. [1]
The Zagnut bar was launched in 1930, [1] by the D. L. Clark Company of western Pennsylvania, which also made the Clark bar. [2] [3] [4] Clark changed its name to the Pittsburgh Food & Beverage company and was acquired by Leaf International in 1983. [5] The Zagnut brand was later part of an acquisition by Hershey Foods Corporation in 1996. [6]
Bon Appétit , in a story about nostalgic candy, said, "We’re honestly flummoxed that Zagnuts aren’t more popular." [1] Conversely, a columnist in The Des Moines Register compared it to a Rose Art crayon, saying "No one would ever purposely choose a Zagnut." [7]