Editing Peeps (section)

==Contests and competitions==
[[Image:Orange peeps.jpg|right|thumb|Orange pumpkin [[Halloween]] Peeps]]
A "Peeps Eating" contest is held each year at [[National Harbor]] in front of the Peeps & Company store.<ref name="patch">{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/virginia/oldtownalexandria/world-peeps-eating-contest-saturday-national-harbor |title=World Peeps-Eating Contest Saturday at National Harbor |date=30 March 2016 |access-date=2017-02-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214103358/http://patch.com/virginia/oldtownalexandria/world-peeps-eating-contest-saturday-national-harbor |archive-date=2017-02-14 }}</ref> The 2017 winner, [[Matt Stonie]] of California, ate 255 Peeps in five minutes.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reiss |first1=Jaclyn |title=This man ate a record 255 Peeps in 5 minutes – The ''Boston Globe'' |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/04/09/this-man-ate-record-peeps-minutes/xNd2fmr8sh2H8qz8d1IxlJ/story.html |access-date=13 April 2017 |work=BostonGlobe.com |date=10 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516155837/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/04/09/this-man-ate-record-peeps-minutes/xNd2fmr8sh2H8qz8d1IxlJ/story.html |archive-date=16 May 2017 }}</ref> The first such event was arranged by Shawn Sparks in 1994, and had only six participants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://peep.peril.org/peepoff.html |title=The unofficial Marshmallow Peep page |access-date=2007-07-09 |author=Jack Eidsness |date=April 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617052855/http://peep.peril.org/peepoff.html |archive-date=2007-06-17 |url-status=dead }}{{dubious|date=November 2010}}</ref> Dave Smith started an annual Peep Off in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] after contacting a participant in the first Peep Off.<ref>{{cite news
 |author=Vincent P. Bzdek 
 |title=50 years of turning Easter into one big Peeps show 
 |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20040411/ai_n14573992/print
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102220644/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20040411/ai_n14573992/print
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=2 November 2007
 |publisher=Oakland Tribune (reprinted from [Washington Post article]) 
 |date=11 April 2004 
 |access-date=2007-08-09 
}}</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-11-la-na-peeps11-2009dec11-story.html First Peeps store is a mecca for all their 'peeple'], ''Los Angeles Times'', December 11, 2009</ref> Another contest in Maryland asks that participants create a diorama of a culturally important scene from the modern era, featuring a number of Peeps. The winner gets two free inflatable life jackets.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bayweekly.com/articles/creature-feature/article/peeps-madness |title=Peeps Madness &#124; Bay Weekly |access-date=2014-01-09 |archive-date=2014-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109190611/http://bayweekly.com/articles/creature-feature/article/peeps-madness |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:He_PEEPS_you_when_you're_sleeping.jpg|thumb|2022 PEEPFEST Diorama Competition]]
Several newspapers hold annual contests in which readers submit photos of dioramas featuring Peeps.  The ''[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]'' was the first paper to hold such a contest.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} Similar contests are put on by The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', and the ''[[Seattle Times]]''. These contests frequently correspond with the [[Easter]] holiday. MIT also has a yearly Peeps contest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2010/05/18/peeps/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129113022/http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2010/05/18/peeps/|url-status=dead|title=Alum.mit.edu|archive-date=29 November 2010|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> The ''[[Washington Post]]'' held an annual contest until 2017, when it was discontinued. The smaller ''[[Washington City Paper]]'' introduced their contest in its place.

The [[Racine Art Museum]] holds the Annual International Peeps Art Exhibition each April.<ref>Koman, Tess. [https://www.delish.com/food/a35853574/racine-art-museum-peep-show/ "Why a Renowned Wisconsin Museum Hosts a Giant Peeps Art Contest Every Year"], [[Delish]], March 25, 2021.</ref> Anyone can enter the contest, centered on the theme "peep-powered work of art".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stories.zagat.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325141410/http://www.zagat.com/buzz/its-peeps-art-time|url-status=dead|title=Zagat Stories|archivedate=25 March 2011|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

The following are other contests held in various states. Peeps [[jousting]] consists of putting two Marshmallow Chicks into the microwave and seeing which one gets the biggest and therefore affects/deforms the other. "Peepza" is a dessert pizza made with Peeps. Also, blogs were created according to Fox News entitled "101 Fun Ways to Torture a Peep."<ref name="auto1"/>