# Peeps...Love em or hate em? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418 "2002-03-27T18:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Briminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@Briminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briminator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/1 "2002-03-27T18:32:46Z")
I for one hate the damm things. I like tossing them into the microwave and make them get big, putting them on the grill and melt them, or just squishing them I would not put one in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/2 "2002-03-27T18:35:31Z")
We’re not talking about parents or boobies are we? ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/3 "2002-03-27T18:35:39Z")
I love them more even than Circus Peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/4 "2002-03-27T18:49:02Z")
I’ve got a sweet tooth. I love candy. But you could put me in a tankful of Peeps up to my neck, and I wouldn’t eat a one. NOT A ONE! It’s about the only candy/sweet food I have no desire to eat. Never had a circus peanut, though, so I’m not sure how they compare. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/5 "2002-03-27T18:51:29Z")
I for one NEVER eat marshmallows or any [gelatin](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_103.html) products. So peeps…YUCK! ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/6 "2002-03-27T18:57:37Z")
I like people. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/7 "2002-03-27T18:59:38Z")
Not a peep out of you? Again, what’s a peep? ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/8 "2002-03-27T19:00:26Z")
Pezpunk…why…you…you…PUNK! Sweet Jesus in a Jetta I wish I had never clicked on that link:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/9 "2002-03-27T19:02:10Z")
I can join in! I know what peeps are! For once in my life, I can join in on a candy debate! I got sent peeps last month by my lovely friend **Wicked Blue**. They are sugary goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/10 "2002-03-27T19:03:52Z")
I ate marshmallow peeps at Easter when I was a kid for years, but then they started to look kind of cute, even though they really didn’t look anything like a real baby chick. Once in the middle of eating one I started crying, so I didn’t eat them anymore after that. The thought of eating one still kind of upsets me. Weird for sure, because I eat meat. Odder still, the chocolate rabbits never pained my conscience any. Anyhow, as far as peeps candy goes, I’m not really wild about marshmallow unless it’s in Mallo Cups. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/11 "2002-03-27T19:03:56Z")
Plus, you can do [research](http://www.peepresearch.org) on them. ---
**Author:** ![meezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@meezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meezer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/12 "2002-03-27T19:04:39Z")
They are only good when they are stale or melted by fire (IMHO). ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/13 "2002-03-27T19:05:09Z")
ewww, can’t stand the little suckers! I never thought this would be a problem for me, but they’re just too sweet for me to handle. Ick. they are fun to mangle, though. 'Specially in the microwave. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Briminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@Briminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briminator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/14 "2002-03-27T19:06:40Z")
Sorry Lieu I should have said what they are. Peeps the evil marshmallow treat that arrives in the stores before easter. They come in a little box with a clear lid, they are shaped kinda like baby chicks with weird eyes, they usually have a yellow candy coating but nowadays they come in a rainbow of colors. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/15 "2002-03-27T19:06:40Z")
I am ashamed to say that I am a peep-aholic. The damned little birds peep to me from their shelves in supermarket aisle – “sugar and marshmallow – sugar and marshmallow . . . .”. It’s bad enough to be inundated with these things at Easter, but now we have Halloween “peeps” shaped like pumpkins, and no doubt other holidays will start peeping soon too. ---
**Author:** ![meezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@meezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meezer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/16 "2002-03-27T19:10:31Z")
They are only good when they are stale or melted by fire (IMHO). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/17 "2002-03-27T19:17:01Z")
The only good peeps I’ve eaten were the heart-shaped ones for Valentine’s Day. I figured they would be as bad as the others but, surprise, they weren’t! What made these so different? They actually had some flavor to them other than heavily sweetened marshmallow. These same Vanilla Creme and Strawberry Creme [peeps](http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/general.html) are also available in egg shapes for Easter. Try 'em, you might be as surprised as I was! If not, you could torture 'em. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/18 "2002-03-27T19:17:02Z")
Yum. Yum yum yum yum. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/19 "2002-03-27T19:17:34Z")
Aaaaaa, thanks **Brim**. Is that what they were eating on Fear Factor? They made them eat Peeps? ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418/20 "2002-03-27T19:17:59Z")
😃 Heh heh meezer-how do you like them? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-love-em-or-hate-em/100418.md?page=2)