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BULLETIN 1401, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Candy manufacturers are constantly finding new uses for peanuts, 
and new kinds of peanut candy are frequently offered for sale. One 
of the more recent developments in the candy industry is a peanut bar, 
in which the center, consisting of either nougat or a heavy cream 
dipped in caramel, is covered with roasted shelled Virginia peanuts and 
then dipped in rich chocolate. Each bar is then wrapped in glassine 
paper, and 24 bars are packed in a carton. 
BAKERY PRODUCTS 
In a few cities a consider? ble and increasing volume of shelled 
Virginia and Spanish-type pe muts is absorbed by large bakeries and 
makers of confections. Peanut cookies and peanut jumbles, packed 
Fig. 35.— Making " sugar-coated peanuts," known as " burnt peanuts " by the trade. Note the 
steam coils around the outside of the revolving pans 
in parchment paper and tightly sealed in small cardboard boxes or 
cartons, are sold in all parts of the country, at groceries and general 
stores. Confections of the pop corn and peanut type, in small 
cardboard cartons, are widely popular, and are to be seen on fruit 
stands and grocers' shelves generally. Finally, granulated Virginia- 
type peanuts are sprinkled on the top "of German coffee cake and 
other oakery products. 
PEANUT OIL 
Before the World War comparatively little American peanut oil 
was produced, but during the war, the tremendous demand for 
vegetable oils to supply glycerin for munitions purposes and to meet 
the growing call for margarines and lard substitutes, served as a power- 
ful stimulus to increased crushing. By 1918 a production of 95,934,- 
000 pounds of peanut oil was reached 25 and imports were heavy. 
?B Bailev, H. S. and B. E. Reuter. The production and conservation of fats and oils in the United States, 
U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 769 (sup.), p. 1. 1919. 
