Q 01/05

Which feature did Just Born remove from the Peeps chick to give the candy a sleek, modern look?

A) Its feet

B) Its wings

C) Its tail

D) Its crest

Answer · why

B) Its wings

Its wings were "clipped", in Just Born's own word, and the wingless outline has been the brand's signature ever since.

Q 02/05

Just Born says about a quarter of its customers prefer to eat Peeps in which condition?

A) Frozen

B) Toasted

C) Melted

D) Stale

Answer · why

D) Stale

Stale Peeps, left open until the marshmallow dries out and turns slightly crunchy, are the choice of 25 to 30 percent of buyers by the company's count...

Q 03/05

Peepsfest in Pennsylvania peaks with the drop of a 400-pound Peeps chick to mark which occasion?

A) Easter Sunday

B) Independence Day

C) New Year's Eve

D) Halloween

Answer · why

C) New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is when the giant chick comes down, in the early evening rather than at midnight, followed by fireworks over the SteelStacks arts campu...

Q 04/05

A Peeps chick took 27 hours to make by hand in 1953; how long does one take since mechanization?

A) 6 minutes

B) 30 minutes

C) 2 hours

D) 8 hours

Answer · why

A) 6 minutes

6 minutes is all it takes now, because an engineer in the founding family built a machine to form the chicks, and a version of his design still runs o...

Q 05/05

Which ingredient means that Peeps marshmallow candies are neither vegan nor kosher?

A) Carmine

B) Egg whites

C) Gelatin

D) Tallow

Answer · why

C) Gelatin

Gelatin gives Peeps their springy chew, and the kind in the recipe comes from pork. Just Born says it has tested vegetarian substitutes without findin...