Happy Easter Sunday!

Time for the second-annual Easter post dedicated to PEEPS!

Those squashy, gender-neutral globs of sugar-coated sugar are as popular as ever and available practically year-round from our friends at JustBorn candy in toxic shades of pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Also available in white (for those of you concerned about the colored dyes), and shades of cream and brown in the case of the gourmet peep flavors like vanilla creme and chocolate mousse.

First stop, the Peep timeline:

For more Peep history, and a slideshow tour of the Peep-making process, visit the official JustBorn peep website.

Some Peep fun-facts:

• It would take over 70 million peeps chicks, lined beak-to-tail, to reach from New York City to LA.
• It would take over 172 million peeps bunnies ear-to-toe to circle the moon.
• Peeps are the #1 non-chocolate easter candy. (Really? even above jelly beans?? No!!!)
• Peeps may be pure sugar, but that also means they are fat-, gluten-, and nut-free.
• It takes 6 minutes to create one peeps chick.
• Originally, it took 27 hours to create one peep chick. They were squeezed out of a pastry tube and the eyes were painted on by hand.

And don't forget to check out the 3rd annual Washington Post "Peep Show"

(One of the former entries: Peep-O-Suction)

Finally, this year's featured peep research site: B.S.T. (Bunny Survival Tests), where peeps bunnies are exposed to lasers, heat (below - "hot tub" test and "slow heat" test), flame, radiation, and oxygen deprivation.

So, enjoy your Sunday, and enjoy hangin' with your peeps!!