Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died. He was 98. Read more from PBS.
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You may enjoy watching exploding Peeps in the microwave. Many hours of enjoyment doing this! LOL!
And of course the library tie-in: “Peep Research: A Study of Small, Fluffy Creatures and Library Usage” by Susan Avery and Jennifer Masciadrelli (Office of Fluffy Research, Staley Library, Millikin University) (2003): https://millikin.edu/staley/about-library/peeps-library