National Peanut Brittle Day Trivia!

North Central Florida Media Group

According to legend, Peanut Brittle was made by accident. The woman making it was trying to make:

a. peanut butter
b. taffy
c. liquor

 

According to Food network, which of the following is not an ingredient in Peanut Brittle?
a. Sugar
b. Butter
c. maple syrup
d. corn syrup

 

It’s not peanut brittle…but according to Guiness, how much did the world’s largest peanut butter cup weigh?

a. 440 pounds
b. 540 pounds
c. 640 pounds

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

b. Taffy (Legend tells us that around the year 1890, a Southern woman created peanut brittle by mistake. Apparently she was making taffy when she added baking soda instead of cream of tartar. However, not wanting to waste the ingredients, she continued cooking it, resulting in a crunchy brittle instead of a chewy taffy.)

c.  maple syrup

a. 440 pounds.  (made in a kiddie pool in LA.in 2015.)