The Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts commercial - aptly titled "Feed the Debate" - starts with actors Joel McHale and Ken Jeong sitting at a bar, leading to Jeong criticizing the way McHale handles his nuts (sorry, phrasing).

PLANTERS® Mixed Nuts are a crunchy combination of peanuts, almonds, cashews, Brazil nuts and pecans, making them a perfect on-the-go snack to curb your cravings for a crunchy treat. These mixed nuts contain sea salt for a savory flavor that satisfies.

Mr. Peanut - full name Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe - was born in 1916, when schoolboy Antonio Gentile submitted his design for an anthropomorphic peanut mascot to a Planters contest.

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PLANTERS® Deluxe Mixed Nuts are made with premium quality cashews, almonds, pecans, pistachios and hazelnuts. Every 1 oz. batch of roasted mixed nuts contain 170 calories and 5 grams of protein and can help give you an energy boost. Each medley of mixed nuts with no peanuts is a convenient grab-and-go Kosher snack.

These Planters NUT... It is high in the healthy fats, low in the bad fats, made with sea salt as a healthier alternative to iodized salt, and just plain yummy!

History. Planters Peanut Company was founded in 1906 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania by Amedeo Obici, and incorporated two years later as the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company. In 1916, a young schoolboy, Antonio Gentile submitted drawings of an anthropomorphic peanut to a design contest.

It turns out killing off the iconic 104-year-old nut had to do with the phenomenon of how people mourn the deaths of fictional characters, such as Iron Man, according to a creative leader behind the campaign.

Rapping with a mouthful of peanut butter is an absurd challenge that American rapper and actor Ludacris is taking on for Jif. The J.M. Smucker-owned brand today unveiled a campaign that features a lyrical battle between old school and new school rap that is, in fact, ludicrous.

The cast of comedians bringing the jokes includes Natasha Leggero and Jeff Ross, who both show off some playful banter in the teaser video. Mr. Peanut himself gets in on the action in the end and jokes that it would have been easier if Planters had just killed him off again.

PLANTERS® Deluxe Mixed Nuts are made with premium quality cashews, almonds, pecans, pistachios and hazelnuts. Every 1 oz. batch of roasted mixed nuts contain 170 calories and 5 grams of protein and can help give you an energy boost. Each medley of mixed nuts with no peanuts is a convenient grab-and-go Kosher snack.

Hormel FoodsPlanters / Parent organization Planters Nut & Chocolate Company is an American snack food company now owned by Hormel Foods. Planters is best known for its processed nuts and for the Mr. Peanut icon that symbolizes them.