Eating & Experiencing admin | 10 Sep 2009
Suffolk Peanuts – Suffolk, Virginia
I found out that my sister has moved to the birthplace of Mr. Peanut, the mascot of Planters Peanuts. I made it my mission to find Mr. Peanut and a peanut factory to tour while we were in Suffolk. I knew my kids would get a kick out of it as we love peanut butter! Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find a roasting plant in the area. If you know of one, please forward me the information!
We did find a great little Planters Peanut retailer called Suffolk Peanuts. As soon as you open the door, you can smell the peanuts roasting. They have one of the original roasters and there is a very small Mr. Peanut in the corner!
Of course we had to buy a burlap bag of peanuts, salted in the shell!
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on 11 Sep 2009 at 11:23 am 1.Glennia said …
Looks like such a fun thing today! Love all the smiles on the kids’ faces.
on 11 Sep 2009 at 12:05 pm 2.Travel With Kids said …
Looks like the kids are enjoying it. Amazing how a little side trip to a place like this can be such great entertainment for kids. I always watch out for places like this.
on 11 Sep 2009 at 2:04 pm 3.Dominique said …
I’m not going to be able to show Tim those bags of peanuts. He loves them, and I can’t keep them in the house for very long…they disappear before I even get one, single, solitary peanut
on 11 Sep 2009 at 10:48 pm 4.maria said …
It sounds like a fun and tasty day out! The kids look so happy in the picture hugging the peanut statue.
on 12 Sep 2009 at 8:22 am 5.marina k. villatoro said …
How cool is that. What a fun tour! I actually never thought of Mr. Peanut as having a birthplace:)
on 13 Sep 2009 at 2:36 pm 6.Lorraine said …
My kids would have a field day here – sometimes I think they will turn into Peanut Butter sandwiches!
on 18 Sep 2009 at 7:37 am 7.admin said …
Glennia-This is one of the few pictures we got on the trip where everyone was actually smiling at the same time!
Travel with Kids-These little stops show the culture of the area…they are so much fun!
Dominique-I hid that bag from my husband when we got home…he just recently found it!
Maria-Thanks so much!
Marina-I know! I wish we could have found a bigger statue!
Lorraine-I joke around about how I should buy stock in peanut butter!