# What's your view on marshmellow peeps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204 "2011-03-10T18:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [March 11, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/41 "2011-03-11T17:33:31Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Do you greet them every night for those three days with “Good night, Peeps. Good work. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.”? Well, _now_ I will! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/42 "2011-03-11T17:42:05Z")
If you are Hav-A-Hart trapping raccoons, they are excellent bait. Better than sardines/etc because you don’t catch cats. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/43 "2011-03-11T17:55:05Z")
Heh. One year we happened to visit the US during Easter and so brought back a bunch of Easter candy just to show the wife’s family, who had never seen any. It all went over well except the Peeps, which everyone though creepy as all get-out and no one would touch. But I like 'em myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/44 "2011-03-11T17:57:58Z")
[Peeps Research](http://www.peepresearch.org/) including the medical miracle of separating the cojoined quintuplets. What’s not to love? I don’t eat them though.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/45 "2011-03-11T22:28:26Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > No “taste gross but fun to microwave” option? > [@Lasciel](#): > > Where’s the “Peeps are NOT FOOD, they are for microwave jousting” option? > > I like 'em, I’d just never put one in my mouth, and don’t understand why people think they’re edible, when obviously they’re cool torturable one-shot microwave toys. We don’t have enough microwave toys, really, so they’re filling an important ecological niche. Yep, Peep Jousting. That’s what I came in here to say. Peeps are entertainment, not food. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/46 "2011-03-12T01:08:12Z")
I love them fresh. I can just barely take them stale. My grandpa loves them stale and will buy them and let them sit until they get stale before eating. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/47 "2011-03-12T01:59:19Z")
Peeps are just OK to me, I’m in the “meh” crowd, but I have to know what the microwave people are talking about! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/48 "2011-03-12T05:42:11Z")
I’ve never understood the attraction. Gummi this or that, either. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/49 "2011-03-12T06:44:42Z")
> [@Bartman](#): > > Way too few of options. You need a “Hate the vile things… but better fresh than stale” for one. I would have chosen “Hate the vile things… but better stale than fresh” if it had been available. I don’t care for marshmallows, except in S’Mores or hot chocolate. I like stale Oreos too. And Circus Peanuts. Fresh, not stale. Though they never hung around long enough to get stale to try. Not that I can eat them anymore, since I’m diabetic from years of eating stale Oreos and fresh Circus Peanuts. Among other things I dearly miss now. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/50 "2011-03-12T06:57:12Z")
Peeps are an abomination. Chocolate Peeps which I gather are a new thing, are an abomination wrapped in a horror. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/51 "2011-03-12T14:03:12Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Peeps are just OK to me, I’m in the “meh” crowd, but I have to know what the microwave people are talking about! > **[Urban Dictionary: Peep jousting](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Peep%20jousting)** > > Peep jousting: A game involving the classic Easter candy, Marshmallow Peeps. Each Peep has a toothpick sticking out of the front of it, like a lance. Two... Also, videos on YouTube, but those are less fun to watch than doing it yourself. As this is a timely thread, it’s not hard to do if you have some Peeps handy! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/52 "2011-03-12T19:52:52Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Also, videos on YouTube, but those are less fun to watch than doing it yourself. That applies to many videos on the Net, but _especially_ the ones they won’t allow on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/53 "2011-03-12T21:39:48Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Peeps are an abomination. Chocolate Peeps which I gather are a new thing, are an abomination wrapped in a horror. Those marshmallow filled chocolate santas have been around for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/54 "2011-03-13T16:30:13Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > I don’t like marshmallows much. And I don’t like the gritty sugar that peeeps marshmallows are covered in. On the other hand, I do kind of like toasted (read: burnt) marshmallows over a campfire and I love s’mores. Can you roast peeps over a campfire? Can you make them into s’mores? I might like them that way. I imagine the sugar coating might be interesting flambed that way, probably make pretty sparks, and get some crazy caramelization- might make for a crispy crust around the marshmallow, sort of like the hard crack of creme brulee. I tried to toast a Peep once over my backyard grill. The whole thing kind of melted and fell off the stick, and I still have a scar from where the mess of melty sugar and Peep guts landed on my hand. It wasn’t pleasant. However, the waxy little eyes melt and run in a disturbingly fascinating way. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/55 "2011-03-13T16:53:18Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > 1. Buy box of peeps. > 2. Bring home > 3. Remove plastic wrap > 4. Wait three days > 5. Enjoy Now we’re talking! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204/56 "2011-03-13T17:09:57Z")
Peeps–in fact, all marshmallows–are pure ick. I like my sugar and all, but I can FEEL the diabetes coming on whenever I bite into one. And covering them in chocolate is like covering shit in chocolate–it may have a tasty outside, but on the inside, it’s still shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-view-on-marshmellow-peeps/574204.md?page=2)