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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts) Mon Apr 1, 2013, 04:18 AM Apr 2013

Nine Things You Didn’t Know About Your Easter Candy

It takes just six seconds to create the popular Marshmallow Peep. When it first debuted in 1953, it took 27 hours to hand-create each edible yellow chick. But now Peeps get cranked out of machines at 3,500 per minute and four million per day.

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Nine Things You Didn’t Know About Your Easter Candy (Original Post) Sherman A1 Apr 2013 OP

And taste nasty as ever. nt Comrade_McKenzie Apr 2013 #1

they are to easter what candy corn is to halloween JI7 Apr 2013 #2

MMMMM I miss Cadbury Eggs davidpdx Apr 2013 #3

Fact- I've never ever actually eaten a Peep. James48 Apr 2013 #4

Yes! Kurovski Apr 2013 #5

Worst holiday candy ever are those Skidmore Apr 2013 #6

Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts)

1. And taste nasty as ever. nt

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 04:53 AM

Apr 2013

JI7

(89,241 posts)

2. they are to easter what candy corn is to halloween

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 04:59 AM

Apr 2013

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

3. MMMMM I miss Cadbury Eggs

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 06:04 AM

Apr 2013

Talk about a sugar high

James48

(4,428 posts)

4. Fact- I've never ever actually eaten a Peep.

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:20 AM

Apr 2013

Am I missing anything?

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)

5. Yes!

Reply to James48 (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:22 AM

Apr 2013

Tooth decay and an impacted bowel.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

6. Worst holiday candy ever are those

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:26 AM

Apr 2013

egg candies that had the hard sugar shell with the white I don't know what it was stuff in the center. I used to take those eggs out of the basket and hide them so I wouldn't be obliged to eat them. Yuck!

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