Did you know that americans love peanuts for over a century now? And peanuts are not only welcomed because of its great taste but also for its great versatility. One of the most famous uses for peanuts is in candy and we can find them in whole nuts or parts of it on lots of products. As a matter of fact, more than a fifth of the total production finds its use in making candy, whether sugar-coated or not. We can find lots of brands and products but here we have some of the classics like peanut brittle, peanut squares, butter toffe peanuts and of course the always welcomed chocolate covered peanuts.

Competing with these all time classics we can find the peanut clusters which are simple favorites with their blends of chocolates and nuts making a lasting impression. The magical recipe for M&M peanut candy, very simple, a whole peanut covered in a thin candy shell.

The making of these candy covered peanuts often involve a previous chopping of the product but mostly maintain the whole nut to be covered.

It is incredible that even during hard times like World War II the peanut production made no halt because of the abundance of raw material, and not only candy coated peanuts were produced but candy bars which are now one of American's favorites candy. Now we can find lots of brands, most of them well known by all of us, like Payday, Snickers and Planters.

Buta when we talk about peanut candy we mnust state that not all of the production uses the nut as a whole but in the form of peanut butter. Most of them snacks and candies are made using peanut butter. If we have to make a list of them we will easily find names which include Reece's brand cany line (ex. Peanut butter cups, Reece’s Pieces), The Peanut Butter Bar Peanut Butter Fudge and the Take 5 Bar.

Some of the peanut production companies make their own peanut candy which can be purchased online or can be ordered as an exclusive product from the company itself. Whoever came with the idea of mixing peanut with chocolate made one of the greatest invetions of our era and it reamins the most desirable candy available.