SC - Circus peanuts

[Diana L Skaggs]

Circus peanuts are still available, at least in Oklahoma. Not on my list of
sugary substances worth being sick over.  Now chocolate bunnies are another
story.

Liadan

At 05:28 PM 4/3/01 -0700, you wrote:
>>Ummmm..... at the risk of sounding guache and non-American :-p
>>
>>What the heck are Peeps????
>(SNIP)_
>>Are these some sort of Marshmellow type sweeties??
>>
>>Inquiring Australian sugar-nuts want to know!!! :-p
>>
>>mari
>
>Yup, you got it. I find them utterly revolting and think that the 
>only good use would be in a peep shoot. YYMV.
>
>They have all sorts of seasonal variations. They started out as 
>"peeps" because they are flat marshmallow yellow chickies. They make 
>them in other shapes and colors now. Without any socially redeeming 
>value, IMNSHO.
>
>Anahita
>peeps are only slightly better than "circus peanuts" (gag). Do they 
>still make them? I hope not.
>
>I did eat a couple toasted marshmallows at March Crown. I may be a 
>curmudgeon, but my consort toasted them to perfection, so how could i 
>refuse? And when they weren't perfect, he ate them :-)
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