'Tis The Season

[gerisullivan]

I'm only slightly weirded out by Green Peeps, but the notion and reality of sugar-free Peeps just made my head explode.

Yes, sugar-free Peeps. Sweetened with Splenda. I hope they're better than the Splenda-sweetened Diet Coke. I wanted so much to like that. But what of the sugar-coating? What of the sugary essence of thee Peep itself? The idea of sugar-free Peeps isn't as wrong as the Kosher for Passover Easter bunnies and temporary tattoos of Jewish symbols, but it comes close.

We live in a weird, weird world.

That, and I really couldn't tell you why I find the green Peeps to be far more a novelty, and a strange one at that, than I did the blue and purple Peeps when they were introduced. Maybe it's just that Peeps shouldn't be the color of grass.

You can see for yourself at the Peeps website. You'll have to click through for the whole listing of their Easter products.

There's of course also the ever-popular Peeps Research. Thanks to their Solubility Studies, I learned that "given enough time, the proper resources, and access to some really toxic stuff, one can probably dissolve just about anything except Peep eyes."

Comments

[lysana.livejournal.com]

The fact I can eat those Peeps doesn't change how I'm a bit croggled by the concept of sugar-free marshmallow chicks myself.

[coffeeem.livejournal.com]

Solubility: GAAAAAAAAAHHH!

And of course you don't want green Peeps; you'll lose them in the green Easter grass in the basket. (And don't tell me that people nowadays use Easter grass in colors other than green, because that's just wrong.)

Splenda

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

After my having been a little unimpressed several years ago by RC Cola with Splenda, I was quite pleasantly surprised to find that I really, really like the Diet Coke with Splenda. I alternate between this Diet Coke and the old-fashioned Diet Coke depending on which one is on sale any given week, and sometimes when I'm ahead on both I'll have three or four of one, and two or three of the other, the same day. There's no accounting for taste, either yours or mine.

Nate B.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Ah, but have you seen the Peeps socks? Those athletic footies, sometimes with the Peeps logo, and some even with little yellow chicks where the pompom normally goes. (Surely those use neither sugar nor Splenda, as those textures would just not be comfy on one's skin.)

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of the shopping expedition Sue Grandys and I went on just before our second Minicon running parties. We found pastel "Snowballs", plus she had to wrestle me to the ground when I found the gallon sized pack of Heinz ketchup...

[wild-patience.livejournal.com]

They make sugar-free Jelly Bellies, too. A co-worker showed them to me. They may be sugar-free, but they're sure not carb-free, so since I'm not that fond of jelly beans (even Jelly Bellies), this li'l diabetic gave 'em a pass.