Peeps - Easter Candy Favorite or Proof that Satan walks amongst us. You decide

[LynneSin]

I for one cannot stand peeps but there are those that think Peeps are amazing.

So I'm putting forth this Easter Survey to get the general feeling of how people think about Peeps.

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	I love Peeps - can't wait to get them for Easter
	7 (58%)
	Peeps are nasty and a product of Satan's devious work here on Earth
	4 (33%)
	other because we always need an other.
	1 (8%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[handmade34]

1. other

LOVE Peeps, but since I quit sugar, they are forbidden


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[haele]

18. They make sugar-free Peeps. Made with Splenda.

The taste is not much different from Peeps that are slightly stale.
(Husband is diabetic, he's allowed one a day)

And yes, it can be done - just like sugar free meringues. I've made meringues with Splenda that turned out almost as good as ones made with powdered sugar. They have just a touch of an alcohol off taste that can be mitigated some with adding flavor with a teaspoon of sugar-free syrup or flavored balsamic vinegar (a farmer's market vendor has both peach and blackberry infused balsamic vinegar) added in while you're whipping the egg-white. (You need to add a bit of vinegar anyway when you make meringues for candy or fruit shells, helps it "bake" with more crisp.)

I'd like to have done it with Monks-fruit sweetener, which has a fruity "off taste" rather than that slightly metallic or alcohol "off taste" one gets from other zero calorie sweeteners, but Splenda is the only one with the right consistency to make them; all the others tend to be too grainy.

Haele

[Callmecrazy]

2. Personally...

I welcome our marshmellowed overlords.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Sometimes I almost feel like I come from another planet

What are peeps?

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Peeps are the sugar covered marshmallow candies

That show up in the stores before Easter every year. They're usually in the shapes of chicks or bunnies and there are more colors than there used to be.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. Thanks

Believe it or not, I've never noticed them. How could I have grown up and reached the age of 64 without hearing about them? I do hate marshmallows though and probably wouldn't have tried them in the 50s and 60s as a kid if I'd been introduced to them.

[hollysmom]

28. I think you are from another planet - does this mean

you have never seen the peeps annual easter diarama contest!!! OH MY!!!!!!
Peeps Show

[Rhiannon12866]

30. I remember them in my Easter Basket when I was a kid

But they've become a cultural phenomenon in recent years. Not only are there lots more colors and shapes, but they're used in dioramas...


Star Trek Peeps:


Apollo 11 Peeps:

[surrealAmerican]

4. other:

They're ok, but not great. If you can find those Passover toasted coconut covered marshmallows, you won't bother with the peeps.

[doxydad]

5. Missing! Sugar free Peeps

Love sugar free Peeps,but they are nowhere around this Easter. I found 2 stinkin' packs at CVS, none elsewhere. Not even Walgreen Drug. This ain't right.

[cui bono]

11. If it's sugar free then it's worse for you.

Nasty chemicals. Yuck. Refined sugar is not as bad for you as that.

[Brigid]

12. Sugar free Peeps?

Isn't that kind of missing the point -- like fried vegetables?

[pipi_k]

6. Like 'em but

My favorite Easter candy is the marshmallow eggs with the hard candy shell (different colors, different flavors)

[zanana1]

19. oh yeah! nt

[Jamaal510]

7. How could anyone

possibly think that Peeps are nasty?

[handmade34]

8. especially good

once they have set outside the package for weeks

[kwassa]

9. I have one thing to say to you.

[cui bono]

10. Peeps have for the most part escaped my notice.

Until now.

[pipi_k]

15. The Peep disaster....

Coming soon to a movie theater near you

[AnneD]

16. Like any good wine....

Peeps are best if age. Drying them out a bit gives a better texture.

www.peepresearch.org

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

17. A more important question is how are they made?

I say they are made by the Easter Bunny force feeding cotton candy to Unicorns and then collecting what comes out the other end.

[LumosMaxima]

20. Om nom nom! nt

[charlie and algernon]

21. Aren't you in the Pennsylvania suburb of Delaware?

How could you not like Pennsylvania's second greatest invention (outside of Hershey chocolate)?

[LynneSin]

23. Hey I use to live in Pennsylvania - still can't stand them or Scrapple

Don't get me started on Scrapple

[KamaAina]

24. They probably made you eat it with maple syrup

Now that you're a few blocks away from Maryland , you could try it with ketchup, as the Creator intended.

[LynneSin]

26. I had a family member who owned a farm and saw just what went into Scrapple

You never want to see what goes into Scrapple.

There isn't enough Ketchup or Maple Syrup to erase that memory from existence

[geardaddy]

22. Other...

They're not for eating, but for creating awesome dioramas

[KamaAina]

25. Could it be -- oh, I don't know --

?

Why else would they be around at Easter? Think about it!

[SteveG]

27. Research experiments done on Peeps

http://www.peepresearch.org/

[eShirl]

29. slightly less disgusting than "Circus Peanuts"

[Tom Ripley]

33. +1000

[tokenlib]

31. Kind of crunchy when frozen...yum? n/t

[yuiyoshida]

32. Its not like you are eating a real bird...

TO me, that little dish they have in the Philippines is probably worse. You know, the real bird embryo in a egg. I don't celebrate Easter nor do I eat marshmallow treats all that much if all.

[displacedtexan]

34. I voted OTHER because

I hate to eat them, but I love to buy them for everyone. Plus, I love watching idiots try to explain what chicks, eggs and rabbits have to do with Jesus.

[In_The_Wind]

35. Other ...

play with your food

[Graybeard]

36. I like 'em stale.

Peeps, when allowed to age, become a crunchy treat. The fresh soft Peep is popped in the mouth and only lasts a few moments. When they get a bit stale and hard they can be nibbled on, bit by bit. Yummm.