Peeps Marshmallow for Easter: How Many Peeps Are Made Each Year? How Long Does It Take To Make a Peep? Everything To Know About Iconic Sweet
Love them or hate them, those marshmallow Peeps that come in blindingly bright colours and an array of flavours are inescapable around the Easter holiday.
Bethlehem (US), Apr 15 (AP): Love them or hate them, those marshmallow Peeps that come in blindingly bright colours and an array of flavours are inescapable around the Easter holiday.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Millions are made daily in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, by Just Born Quality Confections, a family-owned candy manufacturer that also churns out Hot Tamales, Mike and Ike fruit chews and Goldenberg's Peanut Chews.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Easter Foods: 5 Delicious Dishes Around the World To Celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Peeps is Just Born's most recognizable brand and one of a handful of candies that evoke strong reactions 슬롯사이트� good and bad. Some say an Easter basket isn't complete without Peeps while others deride them as being indestructible. Some use them in recipes or even artwork.
슬롯사이트œEven if you're not usually one to gravitate to eating the Peeps, there's always so many other fun ways to include them in your celebrations,슬롯사이트� said Caitlin Servian, brand manager for Peeps.
How many Peeps are made each year?
On average, about 5.5 million are made each day.
That adds up to 2 billion a year 슬롯사이트� or roughly 6 Peeps for every man, woman and child across the US.
How many different varieties and colours are there?
First hatched in yellow, the sugary chicks and bunnies come in nine colours for this Easter season, including pink, blue and lavender. And there are even more flavours 슬롯사이트� 14 for Easter 슬롯사이트� from cookies and cream, to fruit punch and sour watermelon. The varieties and colours vary throughout the year with different holiday seasons.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Easter: From Hot Cross Buns to Capirotada, Try Out These Recipes for a Memorable Meal.
How long does it take to make a Peep?
Before the early 1950s, making the candies by hand took 27 hours.
Bob Born, who became known as the 슬롯사이트œFather of Peeps,슬롯사이트� came up with a way to speed up the process. He and a company engineer designed a machine to make them in less than six minutes. The same process is used today.
How are they made?
The main ingredients 슬롯사이트� sugar, corn syrup and gelatin 슬롯사이트� are cooked and combined to create marshmallows, which are then shaped and sent through a 슬롯사이트œsugar shower.슬롯사이트�
A whopping 181 kilograms of sugar is used per batch for Peeps' coloured sugars.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Freshly made Peeps 슬롯사이트� each chick weighs one-third of an ounce 슬롯사이트� then move along a conveyor so that they can cool before being packaged. (AP)
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