For years every Easter and spring season, Americans stuff their baskets with Peeps, these little neon marshmallow chicks (and sometimes bunnies) coated in petroleum-based synthetic dyes that the FDA ...

Marshmallow Peeps are a quintessential Easter candy brightly colored, sugar-coated, and instantly recognizable. Those adorable chicks and bunnies are as much a sign of springtime as a daffodil, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Cybele May is the author of a blog devoted to sweets and confections, CandyBlog.net, and is the perfect resource to tell us everything we ever wanted to know about Peeps-- the sweet, marshmallow ...

When you think about Easter candy, one particular item – love them or heated them – comes to mind. PEEPS are an Easter tradition with their marshmallow goodness. The makers of PEEPS are introducing ...

Close up of pile of Easter Peeps - LI Cook/Shutterstock No Easter spread is complete without the satisfying chew of a fluffy, sugar-coated marshmallow. We're talking about Peeps, of course. These ...

Despite their status as an Easter institution, Peeps are sort of the Rodney Dangerfield of confections; they're thick around the middle, good for a laugh and get no respect. Sure, some people love ...

Millions of the candies are made daily in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Some say an Easter basket isn’t complete without Peeps, while others deride them as being indestructible. Workers monitor Peeps ...

The American Heart Association recommends consuming no more than 36 grams of added sugar per day for adult men, no more than 25 grams of added sugar for adult women, and less than that for children.

Now you can have your PEEPS and drink them, too. Just in time for the Easter season, the Texas-based Promised Land Dairy is teaming up with the sugary treats for an exclusive PEEPS Sweet Marshmallow ...