I seem to recall buying corn nuts in college. Out of a vending machine. If you bought some, then you could either toss the bag of nuts in the hole, or toss each nut individually.
D00d, I don't know if Kraft (the maker of Corn Nuts)did this in all the markets, but in Houston, back in like 1999 they had a "Bust a Nut" campaign.
Here is one of their radio commercials.