White and gooey... no, not Barry Manilow

September 19, 2006 6:14 PM

Consider the Marshmallow, and it’s offspring the Peep. The marshmallow is said to have originated in Egypt as honey-based candy flavored and thickened with the sap of the root of the Marsh-Mallow plant. Recently marshmallow have caused not one, but two deaths by suffocation from playing Chubby Bunny. Clearly this is retaliation from the bunny-like Peep, for the atrocities committed upon them in the name of research and narrative! Will we resort to, guns to solve the struggle? Or just give in and continue our primative and snooty and cutsey and basic way of flaming, making and eating the confectionary?
posted by edgeways (35 comments total)

You need more linking practice.
posted by Kickstart70 at 6:19 PM on September 19, 2006

"Bunny vs. Egg Slicer" really tickled me. Thanks!
posted by of strange foe at 6:22 PM on September 19, 2006

the bunny-like Peep

Aren't Peeps meant to be birds?
posted by Hildegarde at 6:25 PM on September 19, 2006

Administrator, please hope this post.
posted by padraigin at 6:26 PM on September 19, 2006

crap... not sure what got mucked in the copy past process, sorry for the wierdness, I'll try and get it pulled and resubmit, grrr.
posted by edgeways at 6:27 PM on September 19, 2006

sorry again, email sent, tune in tomorrow for the real post. *sigh*
posted by edgeways at 6:30 PM on September 19, 2006

FWIW There are bunny peeps and bats and ghosts etc. Also FWIW I live downwind from the Marshmallow Fluff factory. Yum.
posted by Gungho at 6:32 PM on September 19, 2006

that headline is just wrong
posted by owhydididoit at 6:39 PM on September 19, 2006

fun post though, despite the link weirdness.
posted by owhydididoit at 6:40 PM on September 19, 2006

Also FWIW I live downwind from the Marshmallow Fluff factory. Yum.

I'd go crazy if I had to sniff Peep-fart all day long.
posted by carsonb at 6:40 PM on September 19, 2006

I'm afraid that I'm not finding the part about the deaths of children especially amusing.... hmmm...

But, I do want to be around when you repost this tomorrow... I don't think I've ever seen that happen.... and will be curious as to the response...

But...other than all that...this was...well, about marshmallows...
posted by HuronBob at 6:46 PM on September 19, 2006

Just put a Peep in a microwave and watch what happens.
posted by etaoin at 6:56 PM on September 19, 2006

Ellipsis are our friends eh? ;) yeah as post about marshmallows.

Thanks to #1 for fixing the link malformations, all should be well now.
posted by edgeways at 7:30 PM on September 19, 2006

I used to be a card-carrying member of the Peeps fanclub, but sadly I have forgotten the secret handshake.

I'm pretty sure that the secret Peep cabal is running the government. Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Pearle, and 6 other key players on the Bush team in 2001 are notorious Peeps fiends.
posted by isopraxis at 7:40 PM on September 19, 2006

Secret Peeps Club Here ---> x
posted by isopraxis at 7:44 PM on September 19, 2006

oops - Secret Peeps Club Here ---> x
posted by isopraxis at 7:45 PM on September 19, 2006

Of course the deaths are tragic. Chubby Bunny is amusing.
posted by owhydididoit at 8:14 PM on September 19, 2006

Peeps are disgusting.

Regular marshmallows are bland.

The only good application of marshmallow in this world is making Rice Krispies treats.
posted by Ynoxas at 8:23 PM on September 19, 2006

Mmmm, Gungho ... Fluffernutter.
posted by ericb at 8:41 PM on September 19, 2006

My mom is going to call me and warn me about the dangers of Chubby Bunny, I just know it.
posted by XMLicious at 9:02 PM on September 19, 2006

Regular marshmallows are bland.

True. That's why I prefer Marshman marshmallows (though some other kosher marshmallows are pretty good). Unfortunately, I can't find them in the US.
posted by camcgee at 9:31 PM on September 19, 2006

I used to love marshmallows until I found out they were made of hooves. Does anyone make vegetarian marshmallows?
posted by Violet Hour at 10:08 PM on September 19, 2006

Chubby Bunny, eh? That Darwin guy was onto something, methinks.

Personally, I hate marshmallows. But I enjoyed the post, thanks!
posted by Brak at 10:53 PM on September 19, 2006

It is not the guns that kill people. it is the marshmallows.
posted by Cranberry at 12:10 AM on September 20, 2006

I'm afraid that I'm not finding the part about the deaths of children especially amusing.... hmmm...

Kids! If you decide to play Chubby Bunny, for safety's sake you can substitute real chubbies for marshmallow.

It doesn't have to be boring. You can get creative with lipstick and serve them up as part of a rainbow party.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:50 AM on September 20, 2006

Well, that's the first I've heard of the Chubby Bunny... learn something new every day, right?

Oh, and BTW, edgeways, may I kindly suggest using spellcheck when you're putting together an FPP? And remember kids, no apostrophe necessary in its! I know because I make that mistake a lot too. And I hate myself the next morning.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 2:45 AM on September 20, 2006

We roast peeps instead of marshmallows. The sugar coating melts, then re-solidifies into a wonderful creme-brulee-ish shell. We've also used them for s'mores. Truly gourmet!
posted by MrMoonPie at 4:43 AM on September 20, 2006

The only good application of marshmallow in this world is making Rice Krispies treats.
posted by Ynoxas at 10:23 PM CST on September 19

MrMoonPie's name above has made me amend this statement.

With MoonPies.

But that's it. Rice Krispies treats and MoonPies. That's it.

And a few miniatures in hot cocoa.

DAMMIT.
posted by Ynoxas at 7:12 AM on September 20, 2006

Does anyone make vegetarian marshmallows?
posted by Violet Hour

Of course someone does!
Vegan ones in fact.

I have been wondering what happened to the miniature pastel colored marshmallows for years. Can't even find a picture on the internet.
posted by bobobox at 7:24 AM on September 20, 2006

Sitting around sunday school in a church basement, watching kids shoveling their mouths to the brim with jet puffed processed sugars; I believe that's when I truly realized there was no god. I suppose it was good for something. Seriously though, I'd be incredibly dissapointed in myself if that's the way I kicked the bucket. Wouldn't the act itself technically count as a derivative of overdosing, seeing as how your abuse of a substance was ultimately intended to produce great joy but instead resulted in your untimely demise by asphyxiation? PEEP OD!
posted by prostyle at 7:40 AM on September 20, 2006

I once sent a Californian online friend a case of Moon Pies as a gag gift.

Word from his wife: "He ate every last one of them and is now looking for places to get them locally."
posted by mrbill at 9:08 AM on September 20, 2006

I've eaten many many things that I should not have. This being said, heed my words well:

Peeps are the work of the Devil.
posted by ewkpates at 10:09 AM on September 20, 2006

mrbill, that's sort of how I got my moniker. I was working in DC, but was going to Atlanta for a visit. One of my office mates joked that I should bring back Moon Pies for everyone, which, of course, I did.
posted by MrMoonPie at 10:31 AM on September 20, 2006

And remember kids, no apostrophe necessary in its! I know because I make that mistake a lot too.

Unless one is contracting it is.
posted by OneOliveShort at 10:51 AM on September 20, 2006

Unless one is contracting it is.

I assumed it wasn't necessary to qualify that, as I was of course referring to the usage of its as it appeared this post. Just goes to show, though: never assume!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:10 PM on September 20, 2006