# Peeps or Circus Peanuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549 "2013-04-01T17:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/21 "2013-04-01T19:38:50Z")
I no longer eat sugar for health reasons, so I do not eat Peeps. And I am sad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Enocavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@Enocavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enocavy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/22 "2013-04-01T20:10:13Z")
I love them both. Both are better if you leave them out in the open for a couple of days resulting in a firmer texture. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/23 "2013-04-01T21:04:30Z")
That was tough because I like them both. I chose Peeps cause they’re cuter. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/24 "2013-04-01T21:09:33Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > Easy. Peeps are fine, but they just taste like nothin’ but sugar. Circus Peanuts have a flavor, and I personally enjoy the unusual texture. Pretty much what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/25 "2013-04-01T21:30:57Z")
I prefer not to do hunks of sugar being diabetic so I flipped a coin and picked peeps. Now pass the syringe and vial. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/26 "2013-04-01T22:20:18Z")
Circus peanuts. There’s something very off-putting about the texture of Peeps. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/27 "2013-04-02T00:09:12Z")
Must choose one. Put a gun against my head, pulled the trigger I was dead. Peeps at least are marshmallows and can be melted in hot chocolate. Circus Peanuts are flavored and adding them to something, will taint the item. I also don’t think a Circus Peanut will desolve without soaking in nitric acid for a couple days. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/28 "2013-04-02T00:53:53Z")
I like Circus Peanuts a lot. Hate Peeps. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/29 "2013-04-02T01:24:12Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I have the honor of being the first and last person to vote for circus peanuts. Everyone else seems to hate them. But I love them and loathe peeps. Circus peanuts have been doing pretty well all day! Hovering around 40%, much better than Hypo-Toad%. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/30 "2013-04-02T01:33:07Z")
I like Peeps with the texture of slightly stale circus peanuts. I haven’t been able to enjoy any for years since it’s too humid in south Georgia to get a properly stale Peep. Back in Hoosierland I enjoyed stale Peeps even unto crunchiness (circus peanuts as well). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/31 "2013-04-02T03:21:24Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Circus peanuts have been doing pretty well all day! Hovering around 40%, much better than Hypo-Toad%. Must…vote…for…circus…peanuts… ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/32 "2013-04-02T03:25:47Z")
Open fire roasted peeps for the win. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/33 "2013-04-02T03:47:37Z")
I hate Peeps slightly less than I hate Circus Peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/34 "2013-04-02T05:04:47Z")
> [@Chicken\_Fingers](#): > > I like Mmm, chicken fingers 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/35 "2013-04-02T12:05:34Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Circus peanuts have been doing pretty well all day! Hovering around 40%, much better than Hypo-Toad%. Yes, I’m pleasantly surprised with the strong showing that circus peanuts have been putting on. ALL GLORY TO THE CIRCUS PEANUT. ---
**Author:** ![KermitTheFrig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@KermitTheFrig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KermitTheFrig)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/36 "2013-04-02T13:49:56Z")
Because probably I once said something like, “I remember Circus Peanuts from when I was a kid,” Mrs. Frig and the little Frig got the idea that I LIKE the damn things. So I end up getting them in my Christmas stocking and at other candy-giving times. I won’t run out and buy either one, but I’d rather have a Peep. A local shop was selling Peeps this year that had their lower halves dipped in Belgian chocolate. Those looked pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/37 "2013-04-02T14:10:05Z")
Peeps, hands down. Or wings down. Circus peanuts are on Satan’s snack tray. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/38 "2013-04-02T18:04:41Z")
I enjoy exactly one of either, and have absolutely no interest in eating another one. I feel the same way about those candy orange slices. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/39 "2013-04-02T18:08:11Z")
Next up: Burning splinters under fingernails or toenails? ---
**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, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/40 "2013-04-02T20:17:34Z")
Peeps taste like real sugar. Circus peanuts taste like chemicals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549.md?page=3)