Only God Knows! Peep Peep!

What’s your favorite candy?
I don’t know if I have any! Well yeah, I do! It is peeps!

Marshmallow Peeps are a marshmallow candy that come in the shape of chicks, bunnies, and other animals. They’ve been marketed in the United States and Canada since 1953, and are made by Just Born Quality Confections, which is based in Pennsylvania.
Peeps are made from sugar, corn syrup, and gelatin, and the eyes are made from food-grade carnauba wax. They are coated in a layer of sugar crystals, which gives them a sweet texture. A Peeps chick contains 28 calories.
You can buy Peeps in a variety of flavors and shapes, including holiday shapes.

Peeps are produced by Just Born,[1] a candy manufacturer founded in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, by an immigrant from Vinnitsa in the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine), Sam Born (1891–1959).

In 1953, Just Born acquired the Rodda Candy Company and its marshmallow chick line, and replaced the painstaking process of hand-forming the chicks with mass production.[2] When founder Sam Born displayed a sign for his freshly made candy, he titled it “Just Born”, playing off of his last name and the fact that he made his candy fresh daily.[3] According to Mary Bellis, the newly purchased company, Just Born, was soon the “largest marshmallow candy manufacturer in the world.”

Just Born began producing other shapes in the 1960s, following seasonal themes. Twenty years later, the Marshmallow Peeps Bunny was released as a popular year-round shape of the candy.[4] The yellow chicks were the original form of the candy — hence their name — but then the company introduced other colors and, eventually, the myriad of shapes in which they are now produced. Peeps were manufactured in different colors, such as lavender starting in 1995 and blue in 1998. Prior to that, they were only being produced in the traditional colors: yellow, pink and white. New flavors such as vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate were introduced between the years of 1999 and 2002.[4]


The Peeps Fun Bus
In 2003, the Peeps Fun Bus conducted a tour across the country to promote the brand. The tour included giveaways and games and was decorated with a giant Peep on the top of the bus. [5]

In 2009, Just Born expanded the Peeps product line further by introducing Peeps Lip Balm in four flavors: grape, strawberry, vanilla, and cotton candy.[6] Just Born has come out with several other various accessories. Items such as nail polish, wrist bands, umbrellas, plush toys, golf gloves, earrings, and necklaces are produced and sold online and in retail stores. Other companies have produced items based on the popular Peeps candy. Peeps micro bead pillows were made by Kaboodle and conform to one’s shape. The company Kaboodle promises that “they’ll last a lot longer than their edible counterpart!” Ranging from infant sizes to adult sizes, Peeps Halloween costumes can also be found on the shelves of several costume stores. The first Peeps & Co. store opened in November 2009 in National Harbor, Maryland, Prince George’s County. Peeps & Company retail stores were later opened in Minnesota (as of 2019, shut down due to low profits) and Pennsylvania. In 2014, Peeps Minis were introduced, and were intended to be available year-round.

Why did Peeps take 27 hours to make?
They Make Millions in Minutes

It used to take 27 hours to make a single Peep because each one was hand-squeezed from a pastry tube. That was in 1953. Now it takes six min. utes, thanks to owner Sam Born’s son, Bob, who mechanized the process in 1954 with a special machine still used today.

Did Peeps get banned?

After this upcoming Easter season, when Peeps will once again be ubiquitous in grocery stores, the treats will no longer contain red dye No. 3, which will be banned for use in food in California starting in 2027.Oct 13, 2023

What was the original name of Peeps?
Peeps, as we know them today, are made by the Just Born company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Sam Born, owner of Just Born, purchased the Rodda Candy Company in 1953. The Rodda Candy Company were makers of what were called back then the “Rodda Chick” – a handmade chicken confection that took 27 hours to make.

Do Peeps get moldy?

Peeps are a good substrate for fungal research because they contain sugar and corn syrup, which some fungi love. But they also contain potassium sorbate, a preservative that prolongs shelf life and prohibits the growth of many molds and yeasts.

Healthy or not
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Are marshmallow peeps good for you?
Peeps are a type of marshmallow candy that are popular during the Easter holiday season. While they can be enjoyed in moderation as a sweet treat, they are not particularly nutritious and are high in sugar and calories. One Peep contains about 28 calories and 6.5 grams of sugar.

Originally promoted primarily at Easter, Peeps have subsequently been marketed as “Always in Season”, and have expanded to Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Since 2014 the confection has been available year-round with the introduction of Peeps Minis.

Peeps ingredients include sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, food dyes and salt.