Goober is a combination of peanut butter and jelly in a single jar. It is sold in US, the UK, Canada, Singapore, and other parts of the Commonwealth, and is named after a familiar denomination for peanut in American English, goober pea, from the Gullah name for the peanut, guber. Goober was introduced by The J.M. Smucker Company under the Smucker's brand.

A photo of Smucker's Goober Strawberry

About

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Goober was introduced in 1968.[1] It consists of alternating vertical stripes of peanut butter and either grape or strawberry flavored jelly, or chocolate. There is also a Goober variant that consists of alternating vertical stripes of honey and chocolate.

Similar products

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A similar product is sold by Kroger under their subsidiary Ralphs brand name as: Yipes! Stripes! under Kroger's Disney Magic Selections label.

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References

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  1. ^ Hogan, complied by Vera (2018-07-17). "A look back at 1968: Candies, foods and other snacks we've been eating for 50 years". Tri-County Times. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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