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Beware Of Peeps Made With Red Dye 3

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Families that celebrate Easter tend to obtain pastel colored baskets and plenty of Easter candy for their children to find on Easter morning. One thing parents need to be aware of is the type of dye that is included some of the most iconic Easter candies. Consumer Reports posted a news release titled: “Popular Peeps Easter candy is made with cancer-causing Red Dye 3”. From the press release: Consumer Reports is alerting consumers that the purple and pink Peeps candies popular this time of the year for Easter are made with Red Dye No. 3, a known carcinogen. Earlier this … Continue reading →

Celebrity PEEPS

Is there anyone out there who doesn’t enjoy those sugary, chewy (not to mention, oh so cute) Peeps brand marshmallow candies? You know the ones shaped like bunnies and chicks that your brother would steal from your Easter basket then chomp their heads off to torture you (okay, maybe that ritual just occurred in my happy family)? Regardless, Peeps are an institution. When I was a kid they only came in three colors: yellow, pink and white. These days even my toddler daughter knows that she can ask the Easter bunny for electric blue, hot pink, acid purple, and grassy … Continue reading →

Peeps in the Microwave

Every Easter I put together seven Easter baskets, six for the kids and one for the hubby, and I can never remember who likes Peeps and who doesn’t. You either love them or hate them, and our family is pretty evenly divided. So I just give everyone Peeps. But it works out, because the ones who love the Peeps eat them up and the ones who don’t do weird things with them, like have a jousting match. What’s a Peeps jousting match? You stick a toothpick in the front of each of two Peeps, as if they are holding little … Continue reading →