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A Peeps store at National Harbor sounded pretty absurd on its face. What does a Peeps store do once Easter is over and the Post's uploaded its last Peeps Show image?
DCist has the answer. At a media luncheon hosted by the National Confectioners Association today, this writer learned that Peeps isn't just expanding into the National Harbor. Peeps is making a move on Christmas—and Halloween.
The following images may shock more traditional readers. Be assured that these images have not been photoshopped or doctored in any way. What you see are candid photos of the all-new Chocolate Mousse–flavored Marshmallow Cat and Chocolate Mousse–flavored Marshmallow Reindeer Peeps—to be unveiled on unsuspecting candy aisles when those holidays approach.
Will readers embrace these new-fangled Peeps? Will the Washington Post host new photo contests to anthropomorphize these marshmallic creations? Or does the key to the District's intense fascination with Peeps lie in some unique quality of the toxic-yellow, singularly creepy, genderless original Peeps mallow—a factor that cannot be translated across holidays or enhanced with cocoa powder? You'll have to be the judge: I won't touch these things.
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Peeps have already expanded beyond Easter. There are Halloween Peeps(cats and ghosts), Christmas Peeps(trees and snowmen)and Valentine's Peeps (hearts). Seems like "Peeps is making a move on Christmas—and Halloween" is old news.
Brown candy = ew. Marshmallow + sugar + cocoa powder = yuck.
Shouldn't the cats be black?
A few years back I saw these Peeps Stars at the Alexandria Waterfront Festival. There were some Peeps people handing out these packages as samples. No one in my group was willing to try them.
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Cocoa powder (for brown cats) sounds more appetizing than licorice-marshmallow black cats.
I am not a Peeps purist, and welcome them at other times of the year, and in different colors. The exception is the blood red Peeps chicks, which I saw this year at Easter. (I guess they made too much dye for Valentine's?) It's just an awful, awful color. Stick to pastels, Peeps.
I love the idea of Chocolate Peeps!
I love Peeps. I'll eat 'em brown. I'm not scared.
We got a little rule back home: if it's brown, drink it down; if it's black, send it back.
you have a problem with guinness cactus jack? i fart in your general direction
I'm sorry. I had an insult to hurl at the Irish, but the new AA ad in the middle of the screen appears to feature a topless young woman, so nevermind.
There were sugar cookie Peeps a couple of Christmases ago, which were quite good. (I legitimately love Peeps and eat them year round.) This is old news.
Little known fact; if you eat peeps and drink Mt Dew your hart will explode.
or heart. True Brett "The Hitman” Hart will too, but he adds a little meth to his go sauce.
Nice trip in the wayback machine, there.
This has definitely been going on for awhile. In college, my roommate & I used to scarf Halloween Peeps. The vanilla ghosts are amazing.