Such a strange name. Are Goobers peanuts that grow in the ground?
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“Goobers” are indeed a synonym for “peanuts.” I have rarely heard the word but never use it and think it has mostly gone out of common use. I had to look it up, and it seems that “goober” is a spin-off of a word from east Africa, that made it’s way here with the slaves when peanuts were a bigger crop than they are today.
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Never heard peanuts being referred to a goober. I heard people say “he’s a goober”. I never connected it to peanuts.
There is a chocolate covered peanut that’s called goober. Smucker has peanut butter and jelly in a jar called goobers.
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This brought back memories of watching a SpongeBob film (many times) with my son when he was little.
There was indeed a Goofy Goober character, it kind of fits into place now…
Of course we’re a bit more Percy Dalton on this side of the pond! 
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That`s a new one to me,never heard of it.
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We used to call unshelled peanuts “monkey nuts”
I used to love eating them straight from the “shell”
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Monkeys love “monkey nuts” 
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