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Peeps (branded as PEEPS) are small marshmallow candies, sold in the US and Canada, that are shaped into chicks, bunnies, and other animals. There are also different shapes used for various holidays. Peeps are primarily used to fill Easter baskets, though recent ad campaigns tout the candy as "Peeps - Always in Season". They are made from marshmallow, sugar, gelatin, and carnauba wax.

Peeps are produced by Just Born, a candy manufacturer based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Peeps were introduced nationally in 1958 by Pravin Pant Sr., a Nepali immigrant. When Just Born acquired Rodda Candy Company in 1953, they automated the process (originally the chicks were formed by hand) and mass-produced them. Back in 1952, when the peeps were made by hand it took 27 hours to make one marshmallow peep^[1]. The yellow chicks were the original form of the candy — hence their name — but then the company introduced other colors and, eventually, the myriad shapes in which they are now produced.

Just Born has expanded its product line to include bats, cats, pumpkins, and ghosts for Halloween; hearts for Valentine's Day; eggs for Easter; trees, gingerbread men, snowmen, and stars for Christmas; and red, white, and blue chicks and stars for the 4th of July.

Although the original Peeps were standard marshmallow flavor, some of the newer flavors include strawberry and vanilla (hearts for Valentine's Day), cocoa (cats and bats for Halloween), gingerbread cookie (gingerbread people for Christmas), and orange (eggs for Easter). In 2007, the "Spooky Friends", mouth-sized Peeps in holiday-themed shapes, were introduced, as were peppermint flavored stars for the holiday season. Red Peep chicks are exclusively available at Canadian stores.

Peeps are not vegetarian as they contain gelatin.

Peeps in cooking

Though they are made of marshmallow, it is difficult to toast a Peeps over a campfire, as the sugar coating tends to burn and become unpalatable. However, Peeps can be used as ingredients in such desserts as marshmallow cookie treats (to substitute as marshmallows as well as being used as decorative objects on top), fondue, and s'mores. Peeps are also used in cups of hot cocoa, especially as the chicks will float upright until the increasing warmth causes them to dissolve.

Contests and competitions

An annual "Peep Off" is held in Maryland on the first Saturday after Easter, when Peeps are greatly discounted. The first such event was arranged by Shawn Sparks in 1994, and had only six participants.^[2] Dave Smith started Sacramento's record holding annual Peep Off after contacting Jack Eidsness, a participant in the first Peep Off, with a question about it, through Mr. Eidsness' Peep-themed website.^[3]

The Seattle Times has an annual contest of Peeps used in photos. The St. Paul Pioneer Press was the first newspaper to hold an annual Peeps diorama contest and receives hundreds of entries every year. The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and other newspapers also hold a Peeps diorama contest every Easter.

Indestructibility

Peeps are sometimes jokingly described as "indestructible". In 1998, scientists at Emory University performed experiments on batches of Peeps to see how easily they could be dissolved, burned or otherwise disintegrated. They concluded that the candy was indeed difficult to destroy.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/
2. ^ Jack Eidsness (before April 1996). "The unofficial Marshmallow Peep page". Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
3. ^ Vincent P. Bzdek (11 April 2004). "50 years of turning Easter into one big Peeps show", Oakland Tribune (reprinted from Washington Post article). Retrieved on 9 August 2007. 
4. ^ http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/10/fringe/peep.science/index.html

External links

• Peeps Official Website
• Tour of the Peeps Factory
• Peep Research

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