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Peanuts Food Gags

Charles Schulz's rare food humor in Peanuts comics.

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Nov 13, 2026

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Peanuts Food Gags

Charles Schulz's rare food humor in Peanuts comics.

In brief

Charles Schulz's rare food humor in Peanuts comics. Five Peanuts comics show Charlie Brown's butter fight, Snoopy's pizza obsession, and Peppermint Patty's hidden apple lunch. Originally reported by Polygon.

Food Humor in Peanuts

Peanuts comics rarely focus on food compared to other topics like baseball or philosophy.

Snoopy's Root Beer Preference

Snoopy has a diet that would be troubling for humans, with a marked preference for root beer and chocolate chip cookies.

Peppermint Patty's Donuts

Peppermint Patty's Donuts

Peppermint Patty likes donuts, both Lucy and Woodstock are big fans of grape jelly.

Charlie Brown's Butter Fight

In 1952, Charlie Brown lost a fight with a stick of butter.

Snoopy's Pizza Obsession

Snoopy smells pizza and races out of his doghouse just before an icicle destroys it.

Charlie Brown's French Food Mixup

Charlie Brown's French Food Mixup

Charlie Brown tries to feed Snoopy a combination of French onion soup, French fries, French toast, French dressing, and French vanilla ice cream.

Peppermint Patty's Hidden Apple

Peppermint Patty says she has an apple in her lunch, but it's buried under donuts.

The takeaway

Five Peanuts comics show Charlie Brown's butter fight, Snoopy's pizza obsession, and Peppermint Patty's hidden apple lunch.

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