Chocolate Covered Peeps

1. Kathy
   March 31st, 2009 at 10:15 pm

   I like to cut a slit in the Peeps package too, to let them get stale, but it seems they've started putting more preservatives in them because I waited a whole 2 months and they still weren't stale.

2. theturbolemming
   March 31st, 2009 at 10:59 pm

   Man, I love me some Peeps. Not a huge fan of them stale, though; I prefer to microwave them, just for 8 or 9 seconds so they're bigger. More surface area

3. SenorMysterioso
   March 31st, 2009 at 11:05 pm

   I like em fresh. They look good covered in chocolate

4. Johnny Cat
   March 31st, 2009 at 11:47 pm

   I always preferred those eggs that are crunchy anyway.

5. Jill Harness
   April 1st, 2009 at 12:42 am

   I like to microwave mine for a few seconds first. The sugar gets burned a little -like the top of creme brule. It's fantastic.

6. Evilbeagle
   April 1st, 2009 at 3:24 am

   I haven't had Peeps since my grandfather was alive, and can't bring myself to eat them anymore because of the sweet memories I have of sharing them with him - back when they only came in pink or yellow. I am a little put off by the new colors, even. But chocolate covered? I would totally try those.

7. unohav_1
   April 1st, 2009 at 8:10 am

   Kathy, I agree with you completely. Nice to know I'm not crazy preferring them stale. I used to be able to crack a package and within hours the thinner bunnies would begin to get crispy. Now I take them completely out of the package and lay them on a plate for days. It's a battle to not have somebody else steal them whilst laying out. And they still don't get as crunchy as days gone by.

8. Gail Pink
   April 1st, 2009 at 8:15 am

   Milk chocolate covered peeps...yummy

9. Sonny
   April 1st, 2009 at 9:46 am

   "For those of you that like a pure shot of sugar in the shape of a chick,..." OK, we don't get Peeps here in Canada, but those look a lot more like bunnies than chicks. Just curious, are they available in two shapes, or has the bunny/egg Easter confusion led to a mental interchangeability between species?

10. Aftercancer
    April 1st, 2009 at 9:58 am

    OMG!! Chocolate covering makes everything taste better doesn't it? For Sonny, here in the states they do come in bunnies, chicks and tulips which I have never seen. Then we have all of the holiday varieties as they are trying to introduce the goodness of marshmallow throughout the year. Hearts and bears for Valentine's Day, pumpkins, ghosts and "black cats" for Halloween and Snowmen, trees, stars and the word JOY. I'm not sure if this is obsessing or wishful thinking since the Peeps are off the menu now

11. Byrd Brain
    April 1st, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Sonny, in the US, what you Canadians call "bunnies" we call "chicks".

    I love the flavored peeps that they've come up with recently. Vanilla and chocolate flovered, particularly.

12. Heather
    April 1st, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Coming from Engand, I've never heard of them, chocolate-covered or otherwise. What are they and would I like them?!

13. LisaL
    April 1st, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    I'm not a big peeps gal, but def will eat some if they are stale!!

14. Marilyn Terrell
    April 1st, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    If you love Peeps and like to take photos, please send National Geographic Traveler a photo for our Peeps in Places photo challenge:

    http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2009/03/wh ere-my-peeps-at.html

15. El Diablo Jefe
    April 1st, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    My mom has an unnatural HATRED for Peeps. We have to watch her in the store around Easter because she cannot help herself from crushing the Peeps through the package.

    She also absolutely hates the Pillsbury Dough Boy and has no idea why. I joke with her that she needs to she a confectionery psychiatrist.

16. SenorMysterioso
    April 1st, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    Um Byrd, no we dont.

    Sonny, the candy pictured are Peeps Bunnies. Peeps come in several shapes now but they used to only come in two, Bunnies and Chicks. The chicks are usually just referred to by the brand name Peeps.

    I like the bunnies a lot better because a bite of a chick is too much marshmallow at one time for me. I read a trivia question that said it used to take 27 hours to make a peep from start to finish and now it takes 6 minutes.

17. Kathy
    April 1st, 2009 at 9:04 pm

    27 hours to make one peep??! Well, it was worth it.

18. SenorMysterioso
    April 2nd, 2009 at 6:20 am

    hehe, I dont think they made them one at a time

19. Byrd Brain
    April 2nd, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    SenorMysterioso, yes we do. Another thing we do in the US is play jokes on other people on April first. Prime targets are unsuspecting Canadians, as everyone knows.

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