one of my families favorite snack foods is boiled peanuts, and we boil them every chance we get. We prefer the red skinned to the big white ones and even more than that we love the little baby nuts with the shell so soft you can eat them shell and all and its mostly juice. That is the the best part, its like a little extra gift in the peanut pot.

We have tried all sorts of things with our peanuts. here are some ideas we have tried..

Adding bacon to the pot.. It makes it really greasy and im not fond of the grease, but the flavor is excellent..

old bay seasoning ... eh... its good but im not an old bay fan so much. HUbby likes it tho.

vinegar,,,, I read somewhere once that adding a spot of vinegar to the peanuts would make them easier to shell, and wouldnt change the flavor. they were wrong. I did not enjoy. Maybe i added too much

dried ranch dressing... the flavor was there but very subtle, if I try this again Ill add two packets and see what that tastes like.

hickory smoke flavor was decent.. worth a try

that is about all the adventuring in peanuts that we have done but there are so many ideas you could try. Of course if you are like me you think boiled peanuts are perfect the traditional way..

Have you tried any interesting add ins to your boiled peanuts?