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Snickers Made a Banana Nut Bread Candy Bar and Only Walgreens Gets It

September 29, 2026 • Moe Train Eats

Snickers just dropped a limited-edition Banana Nut Bread bar, and the twist is exactly what it sounds like. Same chocolate coating, same caramel, same layer of peanuts, but the nougat base is now banana flavored, so you get this fruity, bakery-meets-candy-bar thing that is either genius or a beautiful accident. It officially went on sale September 18 at Walgreens, and only Walgreens, which means somewhere out there a pharmacist is now the gatekeeper of your candy dreams.

The early reviews from shoppers are genuinely enthusiastic, which is not always a given with these stunt flavors. One fan said they want to chop the bars up and fold them into actual banana bread batter, which is either the best idea anyone has had all year or the exact moment banana bread stopped being innocent.

Candy brands have been doing limited-edition flavor roulette for years, and most of them taste like a dare. This one sounds like it might actually slap, in the most professional food-review sense of the word. If you have a Walgreens nearby, go grab one before they vanish, because Walgreens-exclusive limited runs do not stick around. You have been warned. Now I need to go find out if the hype is real, because research is a tough job and somebody has to do it.

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