Jenna - hilarious comments about peeps. Am writing a story about these sugar bombs, would love to chat. thanks

I think it's that they are cute more than edible. I think the marshmallow peep inside the hollow chocolate egg is a nifty idea. One major disappointment with peeps, they don't melt quite like marshmallow. I tired a Christmas style peep in hot coacoa- yuck. Too bad, the marshmallow chocolate egg combination would be neat for smores.

I just love comments like "this isn't just a regional phenomenom - I've seen people do this on both coasts." Well, that pretty much covers it, I guess. What is all that stuff that you fly over when you're switching coasts anyhow?

As as European I must say: 'What the #$^&* are peeps?'

Dia, I'm not discounting any other parts of the country, all I was saying is that I've lived on both coasts and seen people "dry" up their Peeps. I thought it was some weird, East Coast thing only before I moved out west and saw people do the same.

call me crazy (you won't be the first), but i think peeps are repulsive. just the thought of marshmallows which are already 99.9% sugar anyway then coated with dyed granulated sugar makes me dry heave. i really think carol's right, their appeal is all about cute little chickies, bunnies and duckies, which is just as sickening. DEATH TO PEEPS!

Peeps aren't just a once a year thing. I was shocked to find Halloween and Christmas versions in the stores during those holidays.

I like my Peeps a little dry, just because fresh ones are a little too mushy for me.

That was my colleague Bob - journalist at Columbia. He wrote the most hilarious story on Peeps....will send. I'm sure it'll get posted on Columbia Journalist Web site.

Soooo funny.

Best thing to do to a peeps. Stick in a microwave and watch it blowup. Usually just need a minute.Anthing longer and you run the risk of the sugar starting to burn

They're peeps! What more a reason do you need? And if you don't want to leave them out to harden just pop then in the freezer for a while, they taste best that way.

I have a friend who does the drying out peeps thing. He got a peep maker as one of his wedding gifts. His wife was less than thrilled.

you must all visit www.peepresearch.org immediately

a roommate and i once left a package of peeps on the shelf for over a year, and then, in a moment of silliness, tried to roast them over the campfire the way one does marshmallows. i honestly can't remember if it worked, i.e. how they tasted, because we were falling about laughing over how awful it was to be burning bunnies on a stake. by the way, here in england, no peeps to speak of, but some sort of upscale two-tone versions (already skewered on a stake) shaped like ducks. "brochette easter mini assorted mallows on a wooden stick" the label says.