The Candy Wrapper Museum

The Zagnut Bar ranks right up there in the "All Time Weird Candy Bar Names" Hall of Fame. What exactly is a Zagnut? I always wondered as a kid. Could there be a secret meaning to it? Was there once a Zignut Bar? It took a long time, but I finally figured it out. Back in the early days of the D.L. Clark Candy Company in the first two decades of the 20th century, Clark made a candy-coated popcorn treat that came with a prize, similar to Cracker Jack. Its name was Zig Zag. So, in the 1930s when Clark expanded its candy bar line with a crunchy peanut butter bar with toasted coconut, they paid homage to Zig Zag by naming it Zagnut.

Zagnut is still being made today, now by Hershey. Here are a couple of examples of the Zagnut Bar wrapper from 1977 and 1984. I still love the name Zagnut, even if it is a little less mysterious to me now.


	Clark Home Clark Clark "Valuable Wrapper" Crispy Crunchy Nutcracker Zagnut Return to Classics	The Zagnut Bar ranks right up there in the "All Time Weird Candy Bar Names" Hall of Fame. What exactly is a Zagnut? I always wondered as a kid. Could there be a secret meaning to it? Was there once a Zignut Bar? It took a long time, but I finally figured it out. Back in the early days of the D.L. Clark Candy Company in the first two decades of the 20th century, Clark made a candy-coated popcorn treat that came with a prize, similar to Cracker Jack. Its name was Zig Zag. So, in the 1930s when Clark expanded its candy bar line with a crunchy peanut butter bar with toasted coconut, they paid homage to Zig Zag by naming it Zagnut. Zagnut is still being made today, now by Hershey. Here are a couple of examples of the Zagnut Bar wrapper from 1977 and 1984. I still love the name Zagnut, even if it is a little less mysterious to me now.