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minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-28 days agoWhat on earth are peeps? I’d wager if they’re American sweets they taste like shite, like practically all US sweets.
minus-squareAtropos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 days agoThey’re marshmallows, that are then coated in sugar. Taste vaguely like sweetness, with a hint of industrial chemicals in the background.
minus-squareaiden@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoI didn’t think anybody actually eats more than one or two from the pack. Then they just sit on the counter for 2 weeks and get thrown away
minus-squareSoapbox1858@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-29 days agoI will happily eat the whole package in one sitting, making myself sick and full of regret. That’s why I don’t buy peeps. Peeps are regret.
minus-squareaiden@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoI didn’t think I could do that, I’d get sick on like the third one. No offense.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoPeeps donnot get thrown away for being stale… I know people that open the package then leave it in a cabinet for weeks, because they like them “crunchy” 🫤
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI enjoy this section in the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps#Alleged_indestructibility
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 days agoIs the only American candy you’ve tasted sold at a gas station?
What on earth are peeps? I’d wager if they’re American sweets they taste like shite, like practically all US sweets.
They’re marshmallows, that are then coated in sugar.
Taste vaguely like sweetness, with a hint of industrial chemicals in the background.
I didn’t think anybody actually eats more than one or two from the pack. Then they just sit on the counter for 2 weeks and get thrown away
I will happily eat the whole package in one sitting, making myself sick and full of regret. That’s why I don’t buy peeps. Peeps are regret.
I didn’t think I could do that, I’d get sick on like the third one. No offense.
Peeps donnot get thrown away for being stale… I know people that open the package then leave it in a cabinet for weeks, because they like them “crunchy” 🫤
So sugar coated in sugar?
I enjoy this section in the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps#Alleged_indestructibility
Is the only American candy you’ve tasted sold at a gas station?