What is "goobers"

Usage examples of "goobers".

How much had a box of Goobers chocolate-covered peanuts cost at their candy counter?

To them, Robertson was just another Southern-ftled Elmer Gantry bigot with a slick line of LordyJesus hoodoo who could hypnotize a couple of million American goobers into turning over their bank accounts to the savvy Scots.