# The remainder of 2020 shall be Peepless **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465 "2020-09-13T00:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/1 "2020-09-13T00:37:50Z")
> **[No Peeps for Halloween or Christmas this year due to coronavirus pandemic](https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/09/12/breaking-news/no-peeps-for-halloween-or-christmas-this-year-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/amp/)** > > BETHLEHEM, PA. \>\> Peeps treats are going on hiatus for several months — another consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/2 "2020-09-13T00:43:20Z")
Now if only Circus Peanuts would follow… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/3 "2020-09-13T00:45:45Z")
And candy corn. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/4 "2020-09-13T00:49:28Z")
Could this be the final blow for fruitcake? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/5 "2020-09-13T00:53:01Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Could this be the final blow for fruitcake? - Not many people know that the first fruitcake was made by a dinosaur. _And it’s still out there._ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/6 "2020-09-13T00:53:46Z")
Should have known you were all too cool and hip for a massively popular classic candy. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/7 "2020-09-13T00:57:36Z")
I _love_ candy corn and fruitcake. I’m okay with regular marshmallows. Peeps don’t taste good to me. I find Circus Peanuts gross. I know someone must love them. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/8 "2020-09-13T00:59:59Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Should have known you were all too cool and hip for a massively popular classic candy. Guess what? I don’t like Burger King, either. Has nothing to do with hipness. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/9 "2020-09-13T01:06:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Should have known you were all too cool and hip for a massively popular classic candy. I don’t chew on foam rubber, either. Given a choice between peanut butter cups and Peeps, I’ll opt for the former. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/10 "2020-09-13T01:16:07Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Should have known you were all too cool and hip for a massively popular classic candy. Do you actually eat peeps yourself? And if you do, do you buy them any time other than Easter? It’s the same thing with fruitcake. If it really were good, people would eat it all the time, not just the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/11 "2020-09-13T01:40:04Z")
Costco makes a really good fruitcake at Christmas time. Peeps are yucky though. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/12 "2020-09-13T01:43:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Not many people know that the first fruitcake was made by a dinosaur. _And it’s still out there._ Not first, but the only one. There is only one fruitcake and it travels from home to home. How? Nobody knows, not even the Shadow. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/13 "2020-09-13T02:07:16Z")
I loved circus peanut candy when I was a kid. I should go buy some to find out if they’re still as good. This is almost as old as the Internet, and still just as funny. It was done in a dentist’s office. [http://www.peepresearch.org/surgery.html](http://www.peepresearch.org/surgery.html) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/14 "2020-09-13T02:41:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > do you buy them any time other than Easter? That’s the thing: I never knew there were _supposed_ to be Peeps any time other than Easter. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/15 "2020-09-13T08:04:04Z")
Wait, who eats Peeps at Halloween? That’s like eating popcorn balls and Mr. Goodbars at Easter. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/16 "2020-09-13T12:37:24Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Wait, who eats Peeps at Halloween? That’s like eating popcorn balls and Mr. Goodbars at Easter. - [Peeps not producing Halloween, Christmas Peeps due to pandemic](https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/no-halloween-christmas-peeps-pandemic) > Due to complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic, [holiday](https://www.foxnews.com/category/lifestyle/occasions/holiday) versions of Peeps will not be released for either Halloween or Christmas. The decision came after the company temporarily halted production earlier this year. > > Just Born, the company that produces Peeps, confirmed that the holiday marshmallow treats will not be produced this year, along with holiday varieties of Mike And Ikes and Hot Tamales. The company usually produces the marshmallow candies in a variety of shapes to coincide with the end-of-year holidays. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/17 "2020-09-13T18:15:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > Due to complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic, [holiday](https://www.foxnews.com/category/lifestyle/occasions/holiday) versions of Peeps will not be released for either Halloween or Christmas. The decision came after the company temporarily halted production earlier this year. > > > > Just Born, the company that produces Peeps, confirmed that the holiday marshmallow treats will not be produced this year, along with holiday varieties of Mike And Ikes and Hot Tamales. The company usually produces the marshmallow candies in a variety of shapes to coincide with the end-of-year holidays. Yeah, I saw that. Peeps are for Easter. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/18 "2020-09-13T18:21:52Z")
And Trix are for kids. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/19 "2020-09-13T19:57:31Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I _love_ candy corn and fruitcake. I’m okay with regular marshmallows. Peeps don’t taste good to me. I find Circus Peanuts gross. I know someone must love them. Total agreement in every particular. (“Are you pondering what I’m pondering?”) ---
**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:** [September 13, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/20 "2020-09-13T20:28:32Z")
Corn, that tastes like Candy. I can’t do Lewis Black’s follow up here. Those are the rules. 🌽 🍬 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465.md?page=2)