My Favorite Peeps Moment

I have loved Peeps Candy for as long as I can remember. It is the one candy that I associate with Easter each year for as long as I can remember. There is just something about character marshmallows coated in colored sugar that is so YUMMY to me. Each year when I was little, I looked forward to Easter for the Peeps candy the Easter Bunny would bring. You can only imagine my excitement when I found Peeps wasn’t just for Easter. They now have Peeps for Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Halloween, and more. There are hearts, chicks, bunnies, trees, pumpkins, ghosts, snowmen, and other yummy designs to choose from.

One Peeps memory that I will never forget is when my oldest (almost 14) was almost 2.   After she went out searching for her Easter eggs, she found her Easter basket (bucket) full of purple Peeps chicks (and other yummy treats). She got into the bucket with her pretty Easter dress and sat in it eating her purple Peeps Chicks. It was so funny to see her little head with bonnet poking out of this big bucket eating Peeps. The purple sugar was all over her lips, hands, and in her hair. She was so sticky from all the marshmallow, but was so happy and content. The plastic basket grass became stuck in her hands. My whole family and I couldn’t help but laugh at how cute she looked. It was definitely entertaining and we just let her make the biggest mess she could and we waited until she was finished licking the marshmallows off her fingers.
This is a memory that I will always cherish and the first one that always comes to my mind when I think of Peeps.

Now it is a family tradition of ours to have Peeps candy treats included in our kids Easter Baskets each year (and in their Christmas stockings). It is the one treat at Easter that my kids would really notice if it was missing from their baskets. I love how the Easter Bunny always seems to remember to include me when he is passing out the Peeps Chicks and Bunnies each year. YES! Still to this day I am hooked on Peeps characters and my hubby (dentist) is completely fine with it (as long as we all brush after). So this year in my kids Easter Baskets and the treat baskets we make for friends and family, the kiddos will find Peeps.

About PEEPS & COMPANY®
In 2009, Just Born, Inc., maker of PEEPS®, MIKE AND IKE®, HOT TAMALES® and PEANUT CHEWS® opened its first retail store named PEEPS & COMPANY®.

PEEPS & COMPANY® is located at the banks of the Potomac, minutes from Washington D.C. at the very center of National Harbor’s dynamic main plaza. Directly in front of the PEEPS & COMPANY® store is the Seward Johnson’s famous statue, The Awakening, along with sweeping views of the beautiful Potomac River. The store’s location is at a converging point for residents and thousands of visitors arriving by bus, car, and ferries, which dock at the piers in front of the store.

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• In 1953, it took 27 hours to create one PEEPS® Marshmallow Chick.  Today, thanks to advances in technology, it takes six minutes.
• Just Born produces enough PEEPS® Brand Marshmallow Candies in one year to circle the earth twice.
• In the late 1950′s PEEPS® wings were “clipped” to give them a sleek, modern look.
• PEEPS® Brand Candies have been the #1 non-chocolate brand at Easter for over 20 years*.   *Source:  IRI Total U.S. FDMx.
• Yellow is America’s best selling color of PEEPS® chicks and bunnies.
• Yellow and white PEEPS® chicks and bunnies came first, followed by pink, lavender, blue, green and orange.
• PEEPS® branded products have made celebrity appearances on many programs including: Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, The Early Show, Saturday Night Live, Martha Stewart, Ellen, South Park, and The Daily Show.
• If you had 8,000 PEEPS® bunnies, and you stood them in a straight vertical line, you could reach the top of the Sears Tower in Chicago.
• PEEPS® have become gourmet favorites as fondues, Crème Brulee ingredients and cappuccino toppings!