# Marshmallow Peeps! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645 "2010-03-24T17:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/41 "2010-03-25T15:03:29Z")
Marshmallow is more evil and vile than an SUV driving, cell phone talking, fundamentalist, Republican, tellemarketer. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/42 "2010-04-01T02:18:51Z")
I am seeing Peeps on sale everywhere. What’s up? No one likes them anymore. Walgreens had them for a dollar a package. I’ve never seen so many. I wonder if people don’t like them or that they overstocked. Time for some hot chocolates and I can watch the Peeps melt… Hee hee hee… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/43 "2010-04-01T02:40:39Z")
I love Peeps! Stale, preferably. I’m waiting for Monday, when ALL of the Easter candy goes on drastic clearance. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/44 "2010-04-01T02:55:29Z")
I love peeps. As children, they were always a staple in our Easter baskets. Now with hubby and no children at home, we don’t do Easter baskets, but we still buy the peeps. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/45 "2010-04-01T13:42:51Z")
I just bought some purple peeps yesterday. Yummy. I, too, am waiting for the after Easter candy sale so I can stock up on peeps and Reese’s Peanut Butter eggs - the big ones! ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/46 "2010-04-01T14:05:18Z")
The combination of sickly-sweet mushy marshmallow inside and sickly-sweet crunchy unholy colored sugar outside just doesn’t do it for me. Stale or not. I will, however, participate in microwave experiments with them. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/47 "2010-04-01T14:25:14Z")
Mrs. BD always buys them this time of year. She loves them. I recognize immediately that they contain no chocolate and are therefore eaten only if chocolate easter eggs cannot be found. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/48 "2010-04-01T15:31:15Z")
My name is Annie-Xmaes and I am a peeps addict. ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/49 "2010-04-01T15:38:13Z")
Peeps are a loathsome abomination. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/50 "2010-04-01T17:22:58Z")
I always felt cheated when I found them in my Easter basket. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/51 "2010-04-02T15:17:49Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > My name is Annie-Xmaes and I am a peeps addict. We love you Annie! 😉 > [@Khadaji](#): > > I always felt cheated when I found them in my Easter basket. Oh, man, not me! My Mom always put our Easter baskets together the night before Easter (after we were in bed) so by Easter morning, they were the _perfect level_ of not-stale-but-not-quite-fresh. Funny Peeps story, related to me by my sister yesterday: Years ago, when my oldest daughter **ThreadPirateRoberts** was little, my sister and her girlfriend bought a box of eight Peeps (you know how they’re packaged; four in one container, four in the other) and gave them to her, saying “You can eat _four_ of these; can you count to four?” and my daughter demonstrated her ability to count. Sis said “OK, you can eat _four_, but you have to save the other four for your sister, OK?” (my then-youngest daughter **EtherealFreakOfPinkness** must have been about two; old enough to eat Peeps, but young enough to be stoopid). So on the ride, they kept checking in with my oldest kid. “Are there still at least four left?” “Yes, there are six left” (said through a mouthful of marshmallow and sugar). “Are there still four left” “Uh-huh” (more mouthful of sugar and marshmallow). “Are there still four left” "Well, no, but the good news is she can’t count yet, so she won’t know there are only two. . .😛 ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/52 "2010-04-02T15:51:38Z")
When did Peeps start to become really popular? [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps) says they’ve been around since 1958 > [@](#): > > Peeps are produced by Just Born,[1] a candy manufacturer based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Peeps were introduced nationally in 1958 by Pravin Pant Sr., a Nepali immigrant. When Just Born acquired Rodda Candy Company in 1953, they automated the process (originally the chicks were formed by hand) and mass-produced them.[2] The yellow chicks were the original form of the candy — hence their name — I don’t recall them when I was a kid in the 70s, though most likely I just didn’t notice or they weren’t around in Chicago all that much ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/53 "2010-04-02T17:10:25Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > It’s Peeps time again - yay! I love Peeps and can eat an entire box but I know people who despise them. I thought this was the perfect opportunity for my very first poll. Best. OP/Doper Name. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/54 "2010-04-02T17:43:12Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I don’t recall them when I was a kid in the 70s, though most likely I just didn’t notice or they weren’t around in Chicago all that much I grew up just outside Chicago and they were definitely around. You probably just didn’t notice them. Peep hater! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/55 "2010-04-02T22:50:05Z")
To me Peeps, along with Circus Peanuts, are something I occasionally get a craving for . . . until I eat just one, and I wind up throwing out the rest. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/56 "2010-04-02T23:51:51Z")
I don’t really like to eat Peeps, but I do have a special fondness for them, because my childhood nickname was Peep. In fact, my sister in Las Vegas just sent a box of Peeps three-quarters of the way across the country, to me. She put a mailing label and postage right on the cellophane wrapper and entrusted their fluffy little bodies to the tender loving care of the USPS. And they arrived in pristine condition. So there. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/57 "2010-04-03T00:30:51Z")
Peeps of any kind; disgusting, only fun to pop in the microwave for Peep-Jousting matches Cadbury eggs; Creme eggs are vaguely unsettling with that white and yellow “ectoplasmic residue” in them, the Caramel ones? YUM! Reeses Eggs? yum! Chocolate Bunnies? Solid bunny for me, thanks, hollow bunnies taste…well… hollow and cheap, however, both of them are fun to bite off the heads off of Reminds me of an old Emo Phillips skit… "As a child, my mother took me to a psycologist to find out what was wrong with me, the psychologist gave me a chocolate bunny and I ate it, after eating it, I asked ‘this was a test wasn’t it?’ " The doctor said “yes” “So, what does it mean?” “Well, if you bite off the head first, you have aggressive tendencies, if you bite the tail off first, you have confidence issues…” …"so what does it mean if you bite the eyes off first and scream “STOP STARING AT ME!”? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/58 "2010-04-03T02:16:40Z")
I just ate two fresh, blue Peeps. That’s my daily limit. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/59 "2010-04-03T02:34:03Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > I just ate two fresh, blue Peeps. That’s my daily limit. Do you want the whole world to know you’re a “Blue Peep Eater?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alindallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@alindallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alindallas)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/60 "2010-04-04T11:14:08Z")
Aaargh! May the inventor of marshmallow burn in hell! Only CHOCOLATE is worthy of Easter! With all due respect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645.md?page=4)