# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/61 "2010-04-04T11:26:20Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > I just ate two fresh, blue Peeps. That’s my daily limit. Fresh?? What, from last century? I hate them so much I’m almost afraid of them. 😃 I can’t find it anywhere, but I distinctly remember from David Letterman and the Steamroller (remember those?) they crushed a bunch of boxes, the steamroller backs up and lo and behold— THE PEEPS REFORM TO THEIR SHAPES! The boxes remain crushed, of course. One of the very few things that shall not enter my stomach. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/62 "2010-04-04T21:45:42Z")
Peeps are more suitable as [clever art supplies](http://twincities.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?p=A&c=14457&s=3222721&i=1&m=X#SD) than as edible confection. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/63 "2010-04-05T00:02:52Z")
I hate Peeps. I only like marshmallow in S’mores and hot chocolate. On the other hand, I do love Circus Peanuts, though I haven’t eaten any for years. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/64 "2010-04-05T00:48:04Z")
They are already on sale, three packs for a dollar at my Walgreens. Stock up now for next year. If they go stale who will know 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/65 "2010-04-05T01:00:06Z")
Ugh, yuck!!! I’m a Cadbury Creme Eggs girl and proud of it. Oh god, those things are addicting. Sooooooo good. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/66 "2010-04-05T01:34:52Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > They are already on sale, three packs for a dollar at my Walgreens. Stock up now for next year. If they go stale who will know 😃 Any one who has ever eaten a peep, that’s who! I ONLY like them stale; you have to open the box and let the peeps age for a couple of days! Mmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/67 "2010-04-05T01:39:36Z")
This morning, for the first time in my life, I ate a Peep. Definitely needs chocolate and graham crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/68 "2010-04-05T02:21:58Z")
Nom nom nom. My mom loves 'em too. We’re Jewish, BTW. A lot of my Jewish friends like Peeps, actually. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/69 "2010-04-05T02:43:12Z")
Bleah. Don’t like peeps at all. Cadbury eggs, both creme and caramel… yum. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/70 "2010-04-05T02:56:15Z")
Obligatory link to [Peep Research](http://www.peepresearch.org/solubility.html) the solubility testing page, because it’s awesome! I hate peeps. But that’s basically true of all things marshmallow - except those carefully roasted over a camp fire. And the really fresh, home-made, vegetarian ones they sell in the Whole Foods bakery. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/71 "2010-04-05T02:56:49Z")
Peeps are not food!, they are not even “food-like”. EW!! Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/72 "2010-04-05T02:58:39Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > They may not be the tastiest things in the universe, but how can you not love the [Peeps Show](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/04/10/GA2009041001969.html)? I mean, stripper peeps, Gitmo peeps, hero Sully peeps – what’s not to love? Link to the 2010 WashPost Peeps contest [here](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/magazine/peeps2010/index.html?hpid=skybox). There are also links to the previous three contests. I took one look at “Eep” and was blown away! Even the semi-finalists are amazing! As to the marshmallow peeps - I’ll eat 'em, they do have sugar in them after all, but my doctor and what’s left of my pancreas say no. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/73 "2010-04-05T09:47:01Z")
They cause horrible yeast infections. ---
**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 7, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/74 "2010-04-07T00:43:09Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > They cause horrible yeast infections. 😕 I’m not sure what you’re doing with _your_ peeps, but they’ve never had that effect on me… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/75 "2010-04-07T02:07:15Z")
I went to the store for my marked down Peeps fix and they didn’t have any! I’ve only had two Peeps that someone brought into work. Well, at least I got my Cadbury mini-eggs. ---
**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 7, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/76 "2010-04-07T02:16:43Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I went to the store for my marked down Peeps fix and they didn’t have any! I’ve only had two Peeps that someone brought into work. Well, at least I got my Cadbury mini-eggs. We’ve got scads of them! Fifty cents for a 12-pack. ---
**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 7, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/77 "2010-04-07T12:55:30Z")
I’m off to the store today to buy my half-price peeps and Reese’s peanut butter eggs. Hmmm, I wonder if you can freeze peeps… ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/78 "2010-04-07T17:50:03Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > I’m off to the store today to buy my half-price peeps and Reese’s peanut butter eggs. > > Hmmm, I wonder if you can freeze peeps… Absolutely! That’s my favorite way to eat them! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/79 "2010-04-07T21:43:49Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > I’m off to the store today to buy my half-price peeps and Reese’s peanut butter eggs. > > Hmmm, I wonder if you can freeze peeps… If you don’t eat all your Reese’s eggs, can I buy the leftovers from you? 😉 ---
**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 8, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645/80 "2010-04-08T15:21:18Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > If you don’t eat all your Reese’s eggs, can I buy the leftovers from you? 😉 Sweetie, there won’t _be_ any leftovers! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-peeps/533645.md?page=5)