Wafer bars with peanut butter. America's obsession with peanut butter boils down to the key ingredient, the peanut. Peanuts are a versatile snack. Whether salted, sweetened, roasted or boiled - peanuts and peanut butter are a delicious source of protein. Fun Facts: Peanut plants flower above the ground while the peanuts grow underground. They are planted in the spring and are normally ready to harvest by fall. While peanuts are grown in 13 states of the US, Georgia plants more peanuts than any other state. In fact, most of the peanuts used in Little Debbie Nutty Buddy wafers are grown in Georgia. Did you know that former President Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer from Georgia?