# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/41 "2013-04-02T22:18:14Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I’ll have lasagna. Regular cat food is OK with Nermal. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/42 "2013-04-03T08:39:46Z")
**PEEPS!** Put one in the microwave and watch it swell to unnatural proportions, all the while making it say “PEEP” in a genetically modified basso profundo. Then eat it. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/43 "2013-04-03T09:23:33Z")
You wouldn’t have to force me to eat either one, but 4 times out 5 I’d go with the peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/44 "2013-04-03T18:40:30Z")
Peeps at least have a seasonal connection to justify eatin’ 'em. Circus peanuts are gross without any sort of explanation for why you’d inflict them upon yourself. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/45 "2013-04-03T21:11:11Z")
Circus Peanuts, on the rare occasion, are very tasty. And you can mold them into all sorts of fun shapes before actually eating them. Peeps are valuable only for microwave peep jousting. Definitely not for eating. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/46 "2013-04-03T23:41:24Z")
No option for both? And no force needed. I’ll eat either (or both) gladly. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/47 "2013-04-03T23:52:06Z")
Ugh! Crab juice for me too. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/48 "2013-04-04T10:14:41Z")
I’m not entirely sure I’ve ever eaten Peeps, but they can’t be worse that circus peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![JLRogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JLRogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLRogers)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/49 "2013-04-04T10:20:54Z")
Disgusting. Both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/50 "2013-04-04T10:44:38Z")
> [@kath94](#): > > microwave peep jousting Must know more. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/51 "2013-04-04T16:22:28Z")
Would never go out of my way to procure either, but I honestly like 'em both. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/52 "2013-04-04T16:38:12Z")
The choices are equally disgusting, but I picked Circus Peanuts as an _homage_ to my dear departed mother who had the most wretched candy tastes I’ve ever seen. Candy Corn…Licorice Nibs…even those gross foam bananas that are related to Circus Peanuts. Euuchhh. This may have been a defense mechanism to protect her sugar sources from the grasping, greedy hands of her six offspring. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549/53 "2013-04-04T17:18:47Z")
Depends on how many. One or two? Circus Peanuts. They’re vile but a vaguely interesting vile in small quantities, whereas the combination of soft marshmallow with bitter sugar coating is less palatable to me. A whole package? Peeps. While an individual peep is less palatable than one CP, the cumulative effect of an entire package of artificial banana flavoring seems just wayyy too much. The blander, mushier peeps can be crammed into your mouth all at once and quickly gulped down without more than nominal stress. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-or-circus-peanuts/654549.md?page=2)