Comments on: Chocolate Covered Peeps

By: Anonoman

Anonoman — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:08:31 +0000

Chocolate Covered Peeps are going to be a legit product of Peeps within the week. And they are delicious!

By: Byrd Brain

Byrd Brain — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:59:45 +0000

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.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:20:09 +0000

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

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:04:06 +0000

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

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:53:46 +0000

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.

By: El Diablo Jefe

El Diablo Jefe — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:48:53 +0000

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.

By: Marilyn Terrell

Marilyn Terrell — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:53 +0000

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

By: LisaL

LisaL — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:34:17 +0000

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

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:01:57 +0000

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

By: Byrd Brain

Byrd Brain — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:52:19 +0000

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.

By: Aftercancer

Aftercancer — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:58:58 +0000

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

By: Sonny

Sonny — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:46:02 +0000

“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?

By: Gail Pink

Gail Pink — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:15:42 +0000

Milk chocolate covered peeps…yummy

By: unohav_1

unohav_1 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:10:07 +0000

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.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:24:46 +0000

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.

By: Jill Harness

Jill Harness — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:42:58 +0000

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.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:47:56 +0000

I always preferred those eggs that are crunchy anyway.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:05:12 +0000

I like em fresh. They look good covered in chocolate

By: theturbolemming

theturbolemming — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:59:35 +0000

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

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:15:53 +0000

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.