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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe Peeps Show!
a highly anticipated annual feature in the Washington Post, where readers compete to make dioramas on modern topical events in the life of this country out of Peeps candy in time for Easter
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/peeps-show-vii-2013-diorama-contest-winners/2013/03/26/9bdbb408-9638-11e2-9e23-09dce87f75a1_gallery.html#photo=1
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GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)Especially since they use the original Peeps--the chicks. I wish they would have painted Peeps into the "painting" in the background.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)That level of detail is what makes the winners in the competition.
I like all of them!
kwassa
(23,340 posts)The original Peeps diorama contest was run ten years ago by the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
There are now more than 40 contests nationwide, with the Washington Post probably being the most famous.
and the king of Peeps himself:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2013/03/28/the-quiet-life-of-mr--peeps.html
Sixty years after Born discovered a way to mechanize the manufacture of a seasonal spring candy made only in southern Pennsylvania, his chicks (and bunnies) are hotter than ever, thanks in part to more than 40 Peeps diorama contests throughout the country (including one this month at the Upper Arlington Senior Center).
Peeps have become such an iconic treat (or art medium) that the company said 2012 was its best financial year ever, with double-digit growth.
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Borns father, Sam, started the company in Brooklyn after immigrating from Ukraine in 1910. In quick order, Sam invented the hard chocolate coating for ice-cream bars, ice-cream sprinkles and a machine to insert sticks into lollipops.
He advertised his candy as being so fresh it was Just Born. The name stuck, even after Sam moved the company to Bethlehem, Pa.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Have people no regard for tradition?