Are you a real peeps person?

If you are a real peeps person you will appreciate the article recently published in the News and Observer in North Carolina.

Spring has sprung and peeps are peeping out all over. Real peepsfolk carry their peeps in their pants pocket for all the world to see...

News and Observer
March 25, 2007
Thomasi McDonald, Staff Writer

Poetry and Peeps in Southern Village

CHAPEL HILL - Audrey Gillen, 10, hadn't eaten a Peep since kindergarten because, she said, her parents are "all healthy, healthy."

Small wonder, the normally poised Audrey, who lives in Durham, got a rush while staring at the trays and bowls of Peeps on display Saturday at Market Street Books & Maps in Chapel Hill's Southern Village.

"I'm going to get over-sugared today," she said.

Audrey and her mother were among about 50 children and adults who showed up at the bookstore for PeepFest 2007. With enough Peeps to feed a small village, festival organizers held poetry and cooking contests and a concert inspired by the marshmallow candy shaped like baby chickens and rabbits. Read more...