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Zagnut
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A Zagnut candy bar cut in half.
A candy bar with a peanut butter center covered in a layer of coconut.
Type Confectionery
Owner The Hershey Company
Country United States
Introduced 1930
Related brands Mounds
Markets United States
Previous owners

Zagnut is a candy bar produced and sold in the United States. Its main ingredients are peanut butter and toasted coconut.

History

The Zagnut bar was launched in 1930, by the D. L. Clark Company of western Pennsylvania, which also made the Clark bar. Clark changed its name to the Pittsburgh Food & Beverage company and was acquired by Leaf International in 1983. The Zagnut brand was later part of an acquisition by Hershey Foods Corporation in 1996.

Bon Appétit, in a story about nostalgic candy, said, "We’re honestly flummoxed that Zagnuts aren’t more popular." Conversely, a columnist in The Des Moines Register compared it to a Rose Art crayon, saying "No one would ever purposely choose a Zagnut."

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