Good things do come out of it, though, and unsurprisingly, one of my favorites is the Marshmallow Peep, manufactured by Just Born. Sure, I’ve been living year-round on my stockpile, which does not seem to be shrinking at any considerable rate, but there’s something to be said about fresh Peeps. They’re smooshy and wonderful and you can almost see them being picked fresh off the tree by some nomadic immigrant who uses his precious marshmallow money on the finest-gruel-money-can-buy for his three small children, who are named Chaquita and Bananas.
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Spoodles the Living Dummy and the Temple of Peeps
Posted in food with tags bananas, batman, batman the animated series, bonkers, christmas, cocoa, cocoa cats, easter, gruel, halloween, just born, marshmallow peeps, marshmallow peeps cocoa cats, marshmallow peeps ghosts, marshmallow peeps pumpkins, marshmallow peeps spooky cats, marshmallows, peeps, peeps cocoa cats, peeps ghosts, peeps pumpkins, peeps spooky cats, pies, pumpkin pies, scarface, valentine's day on September 10, 2007 by hoagiefest 2020Easter’s Almost Here
Posted in Uncategorized with tags easter, marshmallow peeps, peeps on April 6, 2007 by hoagiefest 2020Easter is a’comin’, and I’d be foolish not to mention awesome new Peeps sites this year.
Not new but still awesome: Mystie’s Crown Combo presents the 2007 Peepdown. All the Peeps merchandise you can shake a prick at.
Meanwhile, somebody has a Flickr album of Peeps for Passover.
CandyBlog has Peeps Mashups, mixing Peeps with your other favorite candies.
Just Born released a Peeps Poll, so if you’re curious about the demographics of Peepdom, click here.
Enjoy, and happy Easter.
“The taste is completely different from a gummy bear, yet somehow familiar”
Posted in fiction with tags beeswax, candy, easter, gelatin, gummies, gummy bears, gummy candy, lemons, marshmallow, oranges, pineapples, raspberries, strawberries, wolfgang, wolfgang candy, wolfgang gummy bears on January 26, 2007 by hoagiefest 2020In my increasing efforts to branch out from my ever-multimedia-saturated posting, I’ve decided to also review things that take shorter to digest (er…ingest). Food. And what better way to start than sweet, delicious candy? And what better candy than…
Gummy bears! Specifically, Wolfgang Gummy Bears! I got these puppies (not really puppies) on Easter 2006. They came from a fundraiser catalog. The only candy I eat nowadays is of the fat-free variety, so gummy treats and marshmallow-based substances make up the bulk of my snack-food empire. Bears are, of course, the classic gummy shape, but probably the least fun. Nowadays you can get gummies in all different sorts of shapes, from the also-classic worms to human organs.
Pertinent facts: Serving size: 18 bears. Calories: 130. Fat: 0g. This is not a vegan product, as it contains gelatin and beeswax in its ingredients.
The colors of these bears were red, clear, green, orange, and yellow. The flavors were difficult to distinguish, but a quick scan of Wikipedia would indicate that the flavors are raspberry, pineapple, strawberry, orange, and lemon respectively.
I can’t say I was particularly pleased with these gummies. Perhaps it’s due to the fact that I left my bears unopened from the day I received them in April until a point in mid-December, but the bears were coated in some sort of white, crusty dust. Additionally, they were stiff and chewy. The flavors were difficult to distinguish. All in all, these bears were bupkus.
I think, though, that it was not age that made these candies poor. I have a separate bag of gummies I received on the exact same day (made by a different company, natch), and there is no evidence of white dust through the clear package. Additionally, light squeezing proves that the alternate gummies remain squishy and chewy, as opposed to tough. Instead, my guess is that Wolfgang has a recipe for their gummies that provides for longer shelf/shipping/storage life at the expense of the product’s quality.
There are certainly better gummy bears out there, so avoid Wolfgang’s at all costs if you’re in the mood.
Link: Wolfgang Candy