In 1953, it took 27 hours to create one Marshmallow Peep. Today, it takes six minutes. The first Peeps were squeezed one at a time out of a pastry tube and the eyes were painted on by hand. Now, machines create 3,500 Peeps' eyes per minute. Just Born's Bethlehem, Pa., factory makes more than 1 billion Peeps a year -- that's 4 million Peeps a day. Americans will eat more than 600 million Marshmallow Peeps and Bunnies this Easter. Popular ways to eat Peeps: stale, microwaved, frozen, roasted, or served as toppings on pizza. Until 1995, when lavender was added, Peeps only came in three colors: yellow, pink and white. Blue Peeps were hatched for Easter in 1998. Each Peep has 32 calories (160 calories per five-chick serving) and 0 fat grams. Yellow Peeps are the most popular, followed by pink, lavender, blue, then white. During Easter, Peeps outsell jelly beans. Peeps-manufacturer Just Born also makes Hot Tamales, Mike and Ike, Just Born Jelly Beans and Teenee Beanee gourmet jelly beans. [attachments posted prior to 4/27/2010 have been deleted by admin. be sure to link images to make sure they don't get removed]
My wife loves these things...although the pizza topping is a bit much. ; I wonder how they would be toasted like marshmallows?
They are good toasted, the sugar gets nice and crunchy. They taste great in s'mores and rice krispie treats too.
Tim, you are not alone. ; My middle son, carefully picked off the peep and ate the cookie. Stitch, I've never even seen chocolate covered ones. ; Were they really gross?...it sounds so good!
Funny my daughter just asked me this morning if I liked Peeps and I almost broke her heart when I said they're disgusting! Nice photo though Roni!
