20 Facts About Peeps That You Will Want to Read Before You Binge on Them This Easter
These addictive little sugar bombs seem to make their way into every holiday celebration, but they are a serious Easter favorite. Check out the facts below to learn more about Peeps.Â
That's enough peeps to circle the Earth twice. They're all made at the Just Born factory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Â
It's in the shape of a chick and flashes different colors.
Yellow bunny Peeps are the second most popular and pink is the second-best selling color.Â
They used to be made one by one with a pastry tube. Now that the process has been automated, it only takes 6 minutes to make a Peep.Â
This number was recently recalculated after Zayn Malik quit the band.
Drown your sorrows in Peeps this Easter.
Peeps formed a partnership with Prairie Farms to produce three different flavors of Peeps milk.They're only available in the midwest.
When Just Born CEO Sam Born decided to automate the process of creating Peeps, his son developed a secret piece of machinery called "The Depositor." The manufacturing plan recently underwent a renovation and the Depositor was changed too.Â
“The investment in our marshmallow making process will allow for more efficiency, more consistency, improved quality, and additional innovation capabilities,†co-CEO Ross Born told Candy Industry magazine. The new depositor might be able to make more shapes.Â
That's enough peeps to circle the Earth twice. They're all made at the Just Born factory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Â
They appeared in stores in 2007.Â
Granulated sugar, liquid sugar, and corn syrup are boiled and then gelatin and vanilla flavoring are added to it.Â
Researchers from Emory University set out to prove whether or not Peeps were indestructible in 1999 and found that they were stronger than sulphuric acid, tap water, acetone and boiling water. When they put Peeps up against the chemical Phenol, the only thing that survived were the eyes.Â
You can buy birthday cake, strawberry, blue raspberry,  sour  watermelon, candy cane and sweet lemonade flavors.Â
1.5 billion are consumed every Spring.
Their wings were removed in 1955 to give them a more modern look.Â
They're made from carnauba, an edible wax that's non-toxic. Â
The Washington Posts' Peeps Diorama Contest has been around for nine years.Â
