'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

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.