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How did peeps get their name?

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Originally created by the Rodda Candy Company, their marshmallow chick line was eventually acquired by the Just Born candy manufacturer. Peeps come in all sorts of shapes, colors and seasons. But their original form was as a yellow chick. read more

First, soft sugary confections in the shape of baby chickens appear on store shelves around Easter and their name is"peeps," presumably because that's the sound that newly hatched chickens make. Second, the term is a slang shortening of"people" and means personal acquaintances, as in"my peeps brought you to my attention" means that my friends told me about you. read more

Twenty years later, the Marshmallow Peeps Bunny was released as a popular year round shape of the candy. The yellow chicks were the original form of the candy — hence their name — but then the company introduced other colors and, eventually, the myriad shapes in which they are now produced. read more

Peeps can also be the plural for the word peep - here's what the dictionary has to say about that: . peep - look furtively;"He peeped at the woman through the window" . peep - make high-pitched sounds;"the birds were chirping in the bushes" . read more

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