It’s that time of year again. Time to overindulge on Cadbury Creme Crack Eggs.
I love that crack-filled chocolatey goodness, but the sugar…it disorients me. It allows me to get too easily distracted…by Peeps.
Their colorfulness draws me closer and closer. So preeeetty….
Then I think: I like marshmallow. And I like sugar. So I must like Peeps, right?
No. No, I don’t.
Me Pre-Pop-Tart. It’s not pretty.
Confession #2: I don’t like Peeps.
I know, I know. It doesn’t make sense. One possible explanation is the texture that I feel guilty biting the heads off of little fake animals. But exploding them in the microwave, that’s totally fine.
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March 28th, 2013 at 9:10 am
Hmm…this sounds all too familiar. Didn’t you blog about this same thing last year? And I fully concur, Peeps are gross. Marshmallows are only good for roasting in a fire and making S’mores.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:13 pm
I think I did. Every year my Peep-hate is rekindled.
March 28th, 2013 at 9:14 am
Peeps are evil. They are a saucy minx of a temptress that will always just disappoint you in the end.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:13 pm
So true. Preach on, sister!
March 28th, 2013 at 9:15 am
Peeps are creepy. Though I do like Peep races, where you smash them against the wall and the last one standing wins.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:14 pm
I may have to try this. Will it leave neon streaks on my wall? Please say yes.
March 31st, 2013 at 9:52 pm
It leaves Peep poop.
March 28th, 2013 at 9:18 am
This is the saddest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s as if millions of tiny sugary snacks cried out in terror, then were suddenly silenced. Except the Peeps, as they apparently live on.
March 28th, 2013 at 10:06 am
Yes! Love this comment.
March 28th, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Sugar, love, devotion and hooves. Probably horse hooves. Eeeeeewwwww!
March 28th, 2013 at 12:26 pm
Side note – I’m borderline appalled at the level of Peep hate in the comments. Who knew that so many people disliked a candy that is made solely out of sugar, love, and devotion…but mostly sugar.
March 28th, 2013 at 9:22 am
I don’t like Peeps either! I feel like they taste bitter. Which is weird because I have NO PROBLEM eating a whole bag of marshmallows. The colored sugar should make them taste better, right?
March 31st, 2013 at 3:15 pm
I’m the same way. I love marshmallows. That’s why Peeps are so confusing. I should like them!
March 28th, 2013 at 9:32 am
Peeps are kind of like Jay Leno. Nobody really likes them, but they’ve been around so long that we just expect them to be there and accept it.
March 28th, 2013 at 12:36 pm
HA! Funny, that is.
March 28th, 2013 at 9:35 am
Not a fan of peeps either. Jelly beans are my jam.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:16 pm
They should have jelly bean-flavored jam.
March 28th, 2013 at 9:39 am
Peeps suck!
March 28th, 2013 at 9:45 am
Peeps are disgusting.
March 28th, 2013 at 10:07 am
I like Peeps, but I love the idea of Peeps. But I’d much rather have the Peeps plushie than the marshmallow treat.
March 28th, 2013 at 12:52 pm
And just realized I have Godzilla and peeps as my avatar.
March 28th, 2013 at 10:09 am
I don’t like peeps either. I keep picturing the Stay-Puffed Marshmallow Man in peep form stomping down my street and covering me with evil yellow fluff.
March 28th, 2013 at 10:18 am
I don’t even know what peeps are! If I’ve understood the picture right, they’re pink marshmallow bunnies? I’d rather have a Creme Egg… except that you can’t actually get Creme Eggs here. Or Cadburys Mini Eggs, which I loooooove. Sometimes, Germany, I really hate you!!
March 31st, 2013 at 3:17 pm
No…creme…eggs? I’m so sad for you.
March 28th, 2013 at 10:24 am
Cadbury Creme Crack Eggs…that is spot on. I’ve had a love affair with them since, oh, 1985? I keep waiting for the day when I’ll take a bite and say, “Ooh, it’s just too much…too rich…too sweet.” That day is never going to come. And for that reason, every Easter season, I gain 15 pounds of pure Cadbury Egg fat.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:17 pm
Too sweet? Bwahahahaha!
March 28th, 2013 at 11:20 am
Peeps! They’re so cute though. I’ll buy them and then halfway through, I wonder if I actually like peeps, or just the idea of them. Hmm… No idea.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:17 pm
They are cute!
March 28th, 2013 at 11:27 am
Peeps are so neat looking! And violently disgusting!
One of my kids loves those awful little candy bastards and I die a little on the inside with each one she oh so joyfully shoves into her mouth. I fear one day I will literally die if she finishes a whole package in front of me. I’ve considered grounding her over it, but I dunno, is that excessive?
March 31st, 2013 at 3:19 pm
I guess someone has to take one for the team.
March 28th, 2013 at 11:39 am
Wait — people eat those?
March 31st, 2013 at 3:04 pm
I know, right? It’s weird.
March 28th, 2013 at 11:39 am
My favorite thing about Peeps is the annual Washington Post diorama contest (http://tinyurl.com/dya2fjr). Just like the cherry blossoms (ahem), every year I think about going to see them, and then I don’t.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:20 pm
i do like the Peeps scenes.
March 28th, 2013 at 12:40 pm
I concur, dioramas are the only good use of peeps.
Reeses peanut butter eggs are the best of the Easter candies.
March 28th, 2013 at 1:15 pm
Give me whopper eggs or jelly beans (without the black or white ones) any day over peeps.
PS – White chocolate is still an abomination against nature.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Racist.
March 28th, 2013 at 3:48 pm
Sorry peeps but unless you come embedded in a pop tart, no one wants anything to do with you…
Cheers
CCU
March 28th, 2013 at 4:09 pm
Thank you. I don’t like peeps either!
March 28th, 2013 at 5:03 pm
Peeps are fine but they have to be properly aged. The trick it to buy them the previous year, slit open the cellophane, and then leave them alone until the following Easter. Then, they will have a crispy little outside surface that snaps pleasantly when you bite them.
As for jelly beans, the Starburst ones rock. Smuckers makes amazing jb’s too, but I haven’t seen them around here. I used to get them in Albany NY.
March 28th, 2013 at 5:04 pm
PEEPS WERE MADE BY THE DEVIL!!!!
March 28th, 2013 at 7:22 pm
Down with Peeps! (Blech)
March 28th, 2013 at 7:26 pm
I’m with you. I love Cadbury eggs but am very anti-Peep.
March 28th, 2013 at 8:49 pm
Oh, I thought Peeps were just a garnish, like Parsley on the side of a dish, I never ever thought of eating them 🙂
March 28th, 2013 at 9:36 pm
I haven’t done Game of Thrones with the peeps. But honestly, I don’t like eating them either. Sticky and a little too fat to chew on. Is it because they don’t melt in your mouth? Only in the microwave?
Now the Cadbury crack I can talk about. I haven’t had one in 24hours and I am starting to get the shakes.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Me, too! I had to stock up so I have enough to get me through to Halloween when the Scream eggs come out.
March 28th, 2013 at 11:54 pm
I’m fortunate that I live near the Peeps factory. We have Peeps year round here! I’m waiting for zombie Peeps to come out.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Zombie peeps would rock.
March 29th, 2013 at 1:22 am
I can’t stand them either… never have
March 29th, 2013 at 2:39 am
Interesting to look at. But I too hate peeps.
March 29th, 2013 at 8:29 am
I HATE Peeps, so much so that that’s exactly what everyone gives me every Easter.
I fear Sunday.
March 31st, 2013 at 3:06 pm
I hope you have a Peep-free Easter.
You should know that first I typed “Pee-free Easter.” I almost left it that way.
March 29th, 2013 at 9:24 am
Never heard of those before. So, you can’t bite off an ear but you can explode them? Hmm, thinking there might be a few issues running loose in your head 😀
March 29th, 2013 at 11:10 am
I think we should start a Peep-hater support group. I’ll start. “hi, my name is Kay, and I don’t like marshmallow shaped animals.”
March 31st, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Brilliant!
March 29th, 2013 at 2:44 pm
Peeps are thee worst. I love every single solitary molecule of sugar that is on this planet and I’d rather eat my shoe full of broccoli and peanut butter than even kiss a peep hello. Creepy peepy.
March 30th, 2013 at 12:58 pm
I’m more Cadbury egg than Peeps as well. I’ll eat a peep if offered, but won’t buy them for myself.
March 30th, 2013 at 3:29 pm
I have no idea what Peeps are, but you are no longer allowed to be my bloggy-friend, because you have creme eggs and I don’t and tomorrow is Easter and that is just so unfair 😉
March 31st, 2013 at 3:06 pm
I could send you one but I don’t think it would make it in time.
March 30th, 2013 at 6:00 pm
I never developed a taste for Peeps either. Too sweet!
April 1st, 2013 at 7:17 am
Uch, Peeps. Peeps are the candy corn of Easter. Hate them. The only thing they are good for are crafts. Crafts and dioramas: http://wapo.st/1077rE6
April 5th, 2013 at 11:50 pm
You’ve obviously never let them sit out in the open air for a while so they get that “crunchy shell.” Yeah, that’s it. Try that. It’s unAmerican for you not to like Peeps. I’m pretty sure our founding fathers brought those over to the new country.
How does the saying go? “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of Peeps?”