Zagnut

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title: "Zagnut" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["candy-bars", "the-hershey-company-brands", "peanut-butter-confectionery", "products-introduced-in-1930", "coconut-confectionery"] description: "Candy bar" topic_path: "general/candy-bars" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagnut" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Candy bar ::

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Field	Value
logo	Zagnut-Wrapper-Small.jpg
name	Zagnut
image	Zagnut-Split.jpg
alt	A Zagnut candy bar cut in half.
caption	A cross-section of a Zagnut bar, with a peanut butter center covered in a layer of coconut
type	Confectionery
currentowner	The Hershey Company
producedby	The Hershey Company
origin	United States
introduced	1930
related	Mounds
markets	United States
previousowners
website
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| logo = Zagnut-Wrapper-Small.jpg | name = Zagnut | image = Zagnut-Split.jpg | alt = A Zagnut candy bar cut in half. | caption = A cross-section of a Zagnut bar, with a peanut butter center covered in a layer of coconut | type = Confectionery | currentowner = The Hershey Company | producedby = The Hershey Company | origin = United States | introduced = 1930 | discontinued = | related = Mounds | markets = United States | previousowners = | trademarkregistrations = | tagline = | website = 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, claiming, "No one would ever purposely choose a Zagnut."

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Post_Exchange_Forward_127th.jpg" caption="Soldiers of the [[127th Infantry Regiment]], [[32nd Infantry Division (United States)]] purchasing Zagnut bars at a forward post exchange near [[San Fernando, Pampanga]], [[Luzon]], [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]]. U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, April 21, 1945."] ::

References

References

1. Paley, Rachel Tepper. (2017-10-26). "To Win Halloween, Order Nostalgic Candy On Amazon".
2. (2017-06-23). "Pittsburgh's Candyland".
3. Hopkins, Kate. (2012-05-22). "Sweet Tooth: The Bittersweet History of Candy". Macmillan.
4. (2014-03-28). "Candy Bites: The Science of Sweets". Springer Science & Business Media.
5. (February 15, 1986). "Clark Bar manufacturer will stay near Pittsburgh". [[The Southern Illinoisan]].
6. Stamborski, Al. (October 19, 1996). "Switzer Candy Sold To Hershey". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
7. Kling, Bob. "A Zagnut is like a Rose Art Crayon".

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