Zagnut

Zagnut is a candy bar found in the United States. It was launched in 1930 by the D. L. Clark Company and acquired by The Hershey Company in 1996. Its main ingredients are peanut butter and toasted coconut, and it weighs 1.75 ounces (50 g).

Unlike many other candy bars, it contains no chocolate, though it does contain a small amount of cocoa. Candy stores rarely stock Zagnut, since it has only a niche market, and most Zagnuts are sold online.

Appearances in pop culture

• * In the movie Beetlejuice, the title character (Michael Keaton) tempts a housefly with a Zagnut. He lures the fly to his lair and then pulls it into the ground. Beetlejuice devours the fly like candy and tosses the candy bar aside.

• * Zagnut bars appear in the movies Seems Like Old Times and The Great Outdoors. Zagnuts also appear in the movie Meatballs II in Jason Hervey's suitcase.

• * Snake uses a Zagnut to rob the Kwik-E-Mart in a Simpsons comic book.

• * In the film 48 Hours, Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) angrily purchases a Zagnut bar from the precinct candy machine for Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy), who wants a fine dinner in a nice restaurant. Says Cates: "Here's your goddamn dinner!"

• * A Zagnut bar appears several times in the Homestar Runner universe (for example, in the Halloween special "3 Times Halloween Funjob").

• * In the 1970s–80s Canadian comedy series SCTV, Zagnut bars are revealed to be the favourite candy bar of Ed Grimley (Martin Short). In the episode "Spy Wrap", Ed is bribed into performing a dance by Fred Winston (Fred Willard) by the promise of a Zagnut.

• * "Zagnut" is a rock song by Mike Cecelski.

• * Zagnuts are repeatedly referenced in the Halloween episode of the television series Downtown.

• * In the episode "My Name is Inmate 28301-016 (Part 1)" of the sitcom My Name Is Earl, a prisoner mentions the difficulty of finding Zagnut bars in the 21st century to Earl, and wonders if they are still in production.

See also

• Official Zagnut Website