This year, it seems like everyone is getting in on the Peeps love (and Peeps abuse). There are now overwhelming numbers of Peeps-themed art shows, stop-motion movies, and all manner of grotesque Peeps experimentation. Do a search on YouTube and you could spend your entire day watching Peeps-themed programming. Er... but don't do that. Get out there and enjoy the beautiful day. Happy Easter. Happy Spring.
2009's Peeps round-up intro:
Spring has sprung, the grass is green again, the trees are in bloom, the animals are stirring. And to me, that all means one important thing: Peeps are in season! I've had a rather unnatural attraction to Peeps every since I was a child. There's something about this strange, over-the-top-sweet, pillowy confection that makes it simultaneous attractive and repulsive. It's WAY too much of a good thing: too much sweet, too much cute, two much color (this year's colors are vivid to a degree that's downright hallucinatory). And then there's the strange "mouth feel" of gooey, pillow-soft innards and a crunchy crystalline sugar coating. Not to mention the rather disturbing idea of eating a rack of baby chicks, fused to each other at the hip, sold to you at Eastern time by a company called Just Born of Bethlehem, PA. It all adds up to a uniquely American pop-surrealist experience that I revel in each year. And from all of the crazy, educational, and absurd websites and videos I've seen online over the years, so don't a lot of people. Happy Spring, everybody!
Peeps brûlée! Like toasted marshmallows, but awesomer
Give the candy critters a crisp, glassy caramel shell. Go ahead, show them a little love. [Thanks, Matt!]
Experimental Burning Peepshow - Flammability Test #1
Jeri Ellsworth experiments with cutting a Peep with a 60w laser.