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You Can Fill My Basket With Peeps

With Easter coming, I felt it was about time to discuss my favorite springtime treat. At home in New Jersey, during Easter (as with basically all other times of the year), there is always plenty of good food. With a mom who is half Polish, I always grew up eating a big Easter breakfast full of kielbasa, pierogies, and babka. A week or so later on Orthodox Easter, we would visit my other (Russian) grandma and eat - well, mostly the same things. (Yay for Eastern European food.) But, as a child, of course, nothing beats the big basket full of candy.

Now, I like variety, and sorting through an Easter basket to find all of the different items inside was always part of the fun. But let’s be honest - I was only really concerned with one thing. I have nothing against the other Easter candies. I’m a big fan of jelly beans (year-round). The same goes for malted milk balls. (And, interesting, with these two types of candy, the best brands only come out at Easter.) You can’t go wrong with a chocolate bunny. And there is something pretty special about a Cadbury egg. But the one thing I really looked forward to on Easter morning? Peeps.

I prefer chicks to bunnies and open the packages immediately to let them get stale. While all of the original colors are fine (the new, brighter ones scare me a little), my favorite has always been blue. And, at least 80% of the time, I bite their heads off first.

Now, I know people either love them or hate them, and I obviously fall on the loving them side. I once made my own Peeps, I’d love to go on a tour of the Just Born factory, and I got excited when I found out that Lenox was making Peeps items. But, I admit, a love of Peeps can go too far.

For example, this year I came across “The Office Peeps Contest,” where Peeps were used to recreate scenes from The Office.

There’s even a Peeps artist creating a variety of interesting (if that’s the word) Peeps-filled art.

And, on YouTube, you can find Peeps re-enacting scenes from classic movies like Jaws.

All of which might be a bit much. But I understand. I, too, want my basket filled with Peeps.

How about you - what’s your favorite Easter candy?

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