My Favorite Peeps Moments

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My Favorite Peeps Moments



It was always a must to add Marshmallow Peeps in all the Easter egg baskets for the kids throughout the years. It is like a tradition for many families!! As a kid I can remember growing up year after year every Easter morning seeing all the different color marshmallow peeps in our baskets.My favorite color was always the pink and blue peeps.I would lick a part of the pink peep just enough for the color to run,I would take my peep and rub it on my face as blush for my cheeks.Then I would take the blue and use a few dabs on my eyelids as eyeshadow.Of course I couldn't leave the house with the sticky candy on my face but I enjoyed looking like a princess in till my mother would make me take a bath and wash it all off.She would take pictures of me still in my night-gown with my Easter basket in my arms with my face all done up.I pull the pictures out every year to show my kids but they refuse to try it out!

Another memory I have is one that I should be ashamed for but I think it's so funny till this day.My sister and I woke up one Easter morning and went down stairs for our Easter baskets.Our baskets were both filled with the same amount of candy and every piece was the same color.As we started pulling out our goodies in our baskets my sister looked up to see if my basket had marshmallow peeps,she knew every year we had them and they were our favorite.I saw her face turn bright red when she looked over and saw all my peeps and she had none.My laugh gave it away that I knew what happened to her peeps.My mother made me apologize for sneaking down in the middle of the night and eating my sister's peeps!I don't think she ever got over it! lol..

Do you have any peeps memories you can share?Please leave a comment below!

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Fun Facts:



HOT TAMALES® Fun Facts

The HOT TAMALES® Brand is the #1 sugar cinnamon candy brand in the U.S.* *Source: IRI Total U.S. FDMx, 52 weeks ending 12.27.09.

Each HOT TAMALES® chewy candy has only 7 calories and 0 grams of fat.

The HOT TAMALES® Brand was introduced in 1950.



MIKE AND IKE® Fun Facts

Some theories about how MIKE AND IKE® was named include: as a result of a company-wide contest, after a 1937 song titled "Mike and Ike (The Twins)" and after a Vaudeville act "Mike and Ike, We're Just Alike".

If you lined up each piece of MIKE AND IKE® candies produced in one year end-to-end, they would reach around the earth 3 times!

Each MIKE AND IKE® chewy candy has only 6 calories and 0 grams of fat.



PEANUT CHEWS® Fun Facts

PEANUT CHEWS® were first sold in and around Philadelphia by the Goldenberg Candy Company.

PEANUT CHEWS® were developed during World War I and used by the U.S. Military as a ration bar. The high energy, high protein recipe and unique taste made it popular with the troops.

PEANUT CHEWS® was one of the first candy bar brands to offer bite size pieces and portion control.



PEEPS® Fun Facts

In 1953, it took 27 hours to create one PEEPS® Marshmallow Chick. Today, thanks to advances in technology, it takes six minutes.

Just Born produces enough PEEPS® Brand Marshmallow Candies in one year to circle the earth twice.

In the late 1950's PEEPS® wings were "clipped" to give them a sleek, modern look.

PEEPS® Brand Candies have been the #1 non-chocolate brand at Easter for over 20 years*. *Source: IRI Total U.S. FDMx.

Yellow is America's best selling color of PEEPS® chicks and bunnies.

Yellow and white PEEPS® chicks and bunnies came first, followed by pink, lavender, blue, green and orange.

PEEPS® branded products have made celebrity appearances on many programs including: Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, The Early Show, Saturday Night Live, Martha Stewart, Ellen, South Park, and The Daily Show.

If you had 8,000 PEEPS® bunnies, and you stood them in a straight vertical line, you could reach the top of the Sears Tower in Chicago.

PEEPS® have become gourmet favorites as fondues, Crème Brulee ingredients and cappuccino toppings!

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