It’s estimated that Americans will consume 700 million Peeps over the Easter holiday.
“Marshmallow Madness,” via Infoplease.com:
Easter is the second most important candy-eating occasion of the year for Americans, who consumed 7 billion pounds of candy in 2011, according to the National Confectioner’s Association
Each Easter season, Americans buy more than 700 million Marshmallow Peeps, shaped like chicks, as well as Marshmallow Bunnies and Marshmallow Eggs, making them the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy.
As many as 5 million Marshmallow Peeps, bunnies, and other shapes are made each day in preparation for Easter.
In 1953, it took 27 hours to create a Marshmallow Peep. Today it takes six minutes.
Yellow Peeps are the most popular, followed by pink, lavender, blue, and white.
Mmmm. Marshmallow, corn syrup, gelatin, and delicious carnauba wax.
We’re not even trying, are we, America?