Nutty Buddy, formerly known as Nutty Bars, are a snack manufactured by McKee Foods under the brand title of Little Debbie since 1964. The snack consists of four wafers sandwiched together in a peanut butter mixture and covered with a "chocolatey coating". A Nutty Buddy split A "zebra" variant of the Nutty Buddy.

It's explained on the Little Debbie website. As the earlier responder said, there was the official name - and there is what people called it. It was simpler to just adjust to what people called it instead of forcing people to use it's official name.

Dextrose, Peanut Butter, Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Sugar, Palm and Soybean Oils with TBHQ and Citric Acid to protect flavor, Palm and Palm Kernel Oil, Water.

Did you know Nutty Buddy wafers were one of the first multipack creations by Little Debbie snack company!? This quintessential treat has been a shopping cart staple since 1964 and is still one of the top Little Debbie snacks going home with families everyday.

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Nutty Buddy, formerly known as Nutty Bars, are a snack manufactured by McKee Foods under the brand title of Little Debbie since 1964.

(slang) A crazy, eccentric person.

Yes! As Little Debbie's website explains, “Debbie is still involved with the business today! Debbie McKee-Fowler currently holds the position of Executive Vice President and serves on the McKee Foods Board of Directors.” In fact, the Little Debbie website has a trove of interesting information about the snack brand.

The companies slogan is “Little Debbie Has A Snack For You”, and as if that wasn't weird enough, they even have trucks that feature this slogan.

Nutty Buddy was created by Seymour Ice Cream Company in Dorchester, Mass., and named after its owner, Buddy Seymourian. Seymour's ice cream factory was located in a three-story brick building built in the 1850s, but historians cannot agree on the company's founding date.

Why did Little Debbie change the Nutty Bar name to "Nutty Buddy"? There is a collapsed answer that is correct, probably because the word count is too small. It's explained on the Little Debbie website. As the earlier responder said, there was the official name - and there is what people called it.

Deborah McKee-Fowler Seriously though, Deborah McKee-Fowler is the Executive Vice President of the whole company. Looks like Little Debbie has made some big strides since her “being four years old and nothing more than a figurehead” days.