Peeps Used To Take 27 Hours A Piece To Make. Guess How Long It Takes Now...

by N/A, 11 years ago | 2 min read

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Love them or hate them, these facts will make you have at least some level of appreciation for these strange little treats.

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1. It used to take 27 hours to make a chick.

Each chick was handmade before Sam Born acquired the company in 1953. He automated the process and made it much faster. It now only takes 6 minutes to make a chick.

2. About 5.5 million Peeps are made every day in one place - the Just Born factory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania!

3. Every New Year's Eve, the town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania drops a giant peep!

4. Yellow chicks are the original, and still the most popular.

5. Peeps used to have wings. This ended in 1955 to give the chicks a sleeker look.

6. The last things to go on a chick are the eyes.

Theyâ€™re made of carnaubaâ€”a non-toxic edible wax.

7. No other non-chocolate candy can compete with Peeps during the Easter season.

More than 1.5 billion are consumed each spring.

8. Chocolate lovers can still enjoy Peeps with the chocolate covered kind.

They hit the market in 2010.