Sugar-free Peeps.
I found this blurb while thumbing through a trade mag today at work:
"Just Born Candies will offer 3-count Peeps Sugar Free Pumpkins and Ghosts for Halloween 2008." (Candy Industry July 2008 Issue)
There is a picture of 3 cute little ghosties all snuggled together in their package.
Peeps. Without sugar. Sugar. Free. Peeps. I'm having trouble grasping the concept. The picture isn't very big so I can't verify my theory, but I'm assuming they don't have their traditional sugary coating and are made with a sugar substitute. Bleh. This definitely falls into the category of "Yeah it can be done, but should it be done?" A little of the real thing HAS to be better than a lot of its faux counterpart.
For the record, I can't stand Peeps. I just wanted to share this with my fellow Serious Eaters and see what you thought.
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17 Comments:
Bleh!
I mean, really, they're just marshmallows, but considering how few ingredients a marshmallow has, I can't see taking out a major ingredient and expecting it to be anywhere near the same.
I suppose these would be fine for peeple who buy them and don't eat them...but if you don't eat them, why do you care if there is sugar in them? Or maybe for peepsle who buy them for their kids and who think that a sugar sub is better than sugar.
I agree with you. A little of a natural but maybe not so good for you thing (in this case sugar) is much better than a lot of an artificial thing, like whatever they've put in there.
dbcurrie at 1:31PM on 07/16/08
*snicker* peeple
I like my Peeps left as is, but I'll check it out to see what it tastes like. Hopefully they won't taste like Poop.
If you're diabetic, can you still eat a fake Peep?
Cassaendra at 1:49PM on 07/16/08
Oh what now peeps with splenda. The horror!
JerzeeTomato at 2:03PM on 07/16/08
I'm frightened. Are they so popular that they need the marketing angle of sugar-free? Ew.
Gotta agree with the 'little of a good real thing rather than a lot of the fake'.
I love Peeps! I rarely eat them, but have to have at least 3 chicks at Easter. Only chicks (the other shapes are not as fun) and only yellow. I eat the little crispy eyes first.
I imagine the sugar-free Peeps taste like insulation. Bleh.
sadiepix at 2:20PM on 07/16/08
sadiepix - And the ones with sugar don't?????
RichardCrystal at 2:25PM on 07/16/08
@Richard--No way! :) They are one of those childhood things....I can't eat more than a couple a year, but they are tasty! Wrong, creepy-looking and squishy, but tasty!
(MY DH agrees with you, he thinks I am nuts!)
Kinda like the wtf goo in a Cadbury egg! yum! It's not a food, but I love it!
sadiepix at 2:33PM on 07/16/08
I don't even consider the 'real' peeps to be food. They are like squishy Play-Dough that you can microwave. The 'Shrinky Dinks' of food.
Now, now RichardCrystal, that's not fair to insulation--at least insulation has some fiber :)
HeartofGlass at 3:02PM on 07/16/08
I am still trying to figure out why peeps were ever invented.
izatryt at 5:40PM on 07/16/08
^peeps are the coal in the Christmas stocking of a child's Easter Basket
HeartofGlass at 6:12PM on 07/16/08
@HoG ~ LOL! I knew there had to be a reasonable explanation.
Everything I ever needed to know I learned on SE. ;-D
izatryt at 6:32PM on 07/16/08
Ugh, the only thing worse than Peeps, is sugar-free peeps.
Southern_bella at 6:42PM on 07/16/08
what the hell are they coating them in? equal? splenda?
ugh, ass.
rasellers0 at 6:44PM on 07/16/08
omg NO !!! dont get me wrong i adore peeps I've got my peeps in the hood t shirt and my peeps sitting on my desk, but to actually eat one? no thank you!
huneybumper at 7:08PM on 07/16/08
Hey Huney, a few years ago, my husband got me a "just hangin' with my Peeps" shirt. :)
Cassaendra at 9:21PM on 07/16/08
OMG HeartofGlass! So very true! I don't even know if peeps existed when I was of easter basket age but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have like them then, either.
I liken their texture more to a sugar coated sponge rather than insulation.
I enjoy squishing the beaks on the chicks. I don't know why but I always have.
Thanks, Peeple, for backing me up on the icky-ness of this new creation.
AuntJone at 9:44PM on 07/16/08
I can't understand peeps-bashing; they're just marshmallows, really. I imagine a sugar-free version would taste like artificial sweetener, and I suppose if you're diabetic and accustomed to sweetener, maybe that's better than no peeps (I wouldn't be at all surprised if a single Peep is too much for a diabetic).
But I wonder how they are going to get that nice super-thin crispy exterior without sugar?
renzata at 9:55PM on 07/16/08
I wonder if the sugar-free Peeps behave the same way as sugar-full Peeps when you stick them in the microwave.
abs294 at 4:54PM on 07/18/08