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Peeps The marshmallow candies now synonymous with Easter have their origins in a candy company created by Russian immigrant Sam Born. Born first opened a factory in the early 20th century in Brooklyn before moving his operations to Bethlehem (yes, Bethlehem!), Penn., in 1932. Starting in the 1950s, a marshmallow Peep was made by hand-squeezing marshmallow through pastry tubes. Each year, 2 billion Peeps are produced, with 75% made specifically for Easter, according to an e-mail from the company. According to Just Born, nearly a third of Peeps products purchased arent consumed, but are used for other purposes, like Peeps dioramas.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:43:50 +0000

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