Nut Goodie is a

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manufactured by

Pearson's Candy Company Pearson's Candy Company is an American chocolate and confectionery manufacturer headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded as a confectionery distribution firm in 1909, the company began to manufacture its own products in 1912. Originall ...

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and available in the United States. It is a concoction of chocolate, maple, and peanuts and is distantly related in construction to Pearson's

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candy bars. The Nut Goodie was once a 2 oz. bar and then shrunk to 1.75 oz., which has been its current size for the past 30 years. The Nut Goodie was introduced in 1912 as one of the first manufactured products of Pearson's Candy Company for the cost of 5¢. It went on to become one of the company's most successful products and is still available today, outlasting other Pearson's candy bars like the Seven-Up Bar. At some point during its history the recipe and wrapper were slightly changed, but restored to the original recipe and wrapper when two Pearson's employees bought the company in 1985. Bonny Wolf, a weekend food commentator on ''

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'', stated that "Nut Goodies are to Minnesota what Goldenberg's

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are to

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.Wolf, Bonny.
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''. May 31, 2009. Retrieved on August 4, 2009. The Nut Goodie is known as "A Minnesota Classic".

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