Mr. Peanut is the mascot of the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company owned by Hormel Foods. He is depicted as a dapper-looking anthropomorphic peanut with a top hat, spats, a monocle, white gloves, and a cane.
History[]
Mr. Peanut was first concieved of in 1916 by 14-year old Antonio Gentile. Later, a professional artist added the iconic details. Since then, he has been in many television advertisements, has had a car, and got a voice in 2010.
In early 2020, a commercial was aired that featured Mr. Peanut's apparent death. However, during the Super Bowl, he was resurrected as a Baby Nut. Then, in summer of 2020, he turned 21 as Peanut Jr. All these campaigns recieved negative reactions, with people blocking Mr. Peanut's Twitter account as well.
In January 2017, Planters launched an ad in the UK showing 2D version of Mr. Peanut with his gang doing the snack parade in the business room, park and living room.
In April 2018, Mr. Peanut became stop motion to 2D.
In February 2019, A Super Bowl advert shows off Mr. Peanut in his CGI form driving his NUTmobile.
In January 2021, We saw a return of Mr. Peanut getting his monocle back and Planters brought him back to life.