About a year ago, my friend and co-worker, Nick Barth, brought me a box of Christmas Peeps. He knew about my penchant for stale Peeps, and because he’s not a big fan of the tooth-rotting marshmallow treats fresh or stale, he gave them to me.
For all of 2009, these bright green Peeps perched on my desk and I occasionally gave them the poke test to see if they were stale enough for my liking. I almost ate them last summer, about six months after Nick gave them to me, but I decided they weren’t quite stale enough.
In retrospect, I should have feasted on the Peeps in July.
Finally, I busted open the package this morning and tried to eat one, but I could barely choke down a single bite. The Peep was like Styrofoam. The chunk just cracked off and it wasn’t chewy at all, like a Charleston Chew candy bar, which is how I prefer my Peeps.
Today, kids, I learned something. They say a Twinkie lasts forever, but Peeps have about a one-year shelf life -- even for the most diehard stale Peep lovers like myself.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
