That all changed in 1954. That’s when Bob Born, who was a member of the family that founded the company, and a colleague invented a machine that could make Peeps automatically.

“Carolann loves visiting the duck pond behind her house, so she created this Peeps diorama of her duck pond for the Pioneer Press youth peep competition,” writes Rebekah Akervik, Carolann’s mom.

Sofia Serdiouk, age 11, of Woodbury, wanted to participate in the 2025 Pioneer Press Peeps Diorama Contest, but she faced a quandary. She used items around the house to create her “Peeps ...

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Bob Born, a Pennsylvania confectioner who brought the marshmallow candies known as Peeps to Easter baskets nationwide — and incidentally launched a pop-culture phenomenon in which people consume ...

Other Peeps artists this year sent the candies to outer space, created Peeps board games and even crafted a piece dedicated to our national parks.

We ate our way through some of the weirdest tasting Peeps flavors on the market, including Dr. Pepper, Fruit Punch, and Sour Watermelon. Here's our verdict.

Just Born hatches 5 million Peeps a day The company has never had an unprofitable year Companies%27 other brands include Hot Tamales%2C Mike and Ike BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — It's Easter morning. A ...

That helped him earn the nickname “Father of Peeps.” Originally created for Easter, Peeps now come in shapes for other holidays. Easter accounts for about 75% of Peeps sales each year.

After designing the machine that deposits the Peeps Marshmallow chicks, which was used for over 50 years, Born also invented Hot Tamales after reworking Mike and Ike candies.

There’s a lot you may not know about Peeps, the most divisive (non-chocolate) Easter candy of them all.

Peeps, creator of the popular Marshmallow Chicks, announced a new flavor in collaboration with Breyers — a cookies and cream Marshmallow Chick! The new flavor joins their lineup of Easter-themed ...